Educational

Who put the rock into rock and roll? You and your students will find out with this original musical that's ideal for upper elementary and middle school. You'll discover how different rock styles developed through the decades and enjoy Kirby and John's unique brand of humor and musical creativity. Eight original songs, a hot professional track and John Jacobson's choreography will make this a show that everyone will enjoy! Available: Teacher's Manual (piano accompaniment, dialog, choreography and Production Guide, Singer's Edition 5Pak (vocal lines only, dialog and choreography), Preview CD (full performance only) and Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: 25 minutes. For Grades 3-8.

Who put the rock into rock and roll? You and your students will find out with this original musical that's ideal for upper elementary and middle school. You'll discover how different rock styles developed through the decades and enjoy Kirby and John's unique brand of humor and musical creativity. Eight original songs, a hot professional track and John Jacobson's choreography will make this a show that everyone will enjoy! Available: Teacher's Manual (piano accompaniment, dialog, choreography and Production Guide, Singer's Edition 5Pak (vocal lines only, dialog and choreography), Preview CD (full performance only) and Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: 25 minutes. For Grades 3-8.

Who put the rock into rock and roll? You and your students will find out with this original musical that's ideal for upper elementary and middle school. You'll discover how different rock styles developed through the decades and enjoy Kirby and John's unique brand of humor and musical creativity. Eight original songs, a hot professional track and John Jacobson's choreography will make this a show that everyone will enjoy! Available: Teacher's Manual (piano accompaniment, dialog, choreography and Production Guide), Singer's Edition 5Pak (vocal lines only, dialog and choreography), Preview CD (full performance only) and Performance/Accompaniment CD. Performance Time: 25 minutes. For Grades 3-8.

This highly detailed book covers Billboard's Album Rock charts from 1981-1995, and Modern Rock charts from 1988-1995.

Listen in as ten of today's great rock troubadours share the deeply personal process of nurturing a spark of inspiration into a fully realized piece of music. In these rare conversations with Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, Acoustic Guitar magazine's founding editor and an active singer-songwriter, they speak candidly about the highly personal art and craft of songwriting. Artists profiled include Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Ani DiFranco, James Taylor, Indigo Girls, Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Ben Harper, Barenaked Ladies and Chris Whitley.

Grab your mallets and R.O.C.K. to some pop classics! Easy-to-follow, scripted lesson plans will help you teach the Orff instrument and percussion parts in a flash! Just open the book and go! For those who want to add guitar and/or piano, there are suggestions for those instruments as well. Sing, play and perform fresh, new arrangements to eight popular hits. Your students will beg to play and sing these songs again and again! No worries, be happy! Available: Teacher Edition, Singer Edition 20-Pak (vocals and assorted instrument parts) and Classroom Kit (Teacher and Singer 20-Pak). Suggested for grades 4-8.

Grab your mallets and R.O.C.K. to some pop classics! Easy-to-follow, scripted lesson plans will help you teach the Orff instrument and percussion parts in a flash! Just open the book and go! For those who want to add guitar and/or piano, there are suggestions for those instruments as well. Sing, play and perform fresh, new arrangements to eight popular hits. Your students will beg to play and sing these songs again and again! No worries, be happy! Available: Teacher Edition, Singer Edition 20-Pak (vocals and assorted instrument parts) and Classroom Kit (Teacher and Singer 20-Pak). Suggested for grades 4-8.

Grab your mallets and R.O.C.K. to some pop classics! Easy-to-follow, scripted lesson plans will help you teach the Orff instrument and percussion parts in a flash! Just open the book and go! For those who want to add guitar and/or piano, there are suggestions for those instruments as well. Sing, play and perform fresh, new arrangements to eight popular hits. Your students will beg to play and sing these songs again and again! No worries, be happy! Available: Teacher Edition, Singer Edition 20-Pak (vocals and assorted instrument parts) and Classroom Kit (Teacher and Singer 20-Pak). Suggested for grades 4-8.

Rockin' Your Stage Sound is designed to help musicians understand what they will be facing onstage during a performance and how they can best use their gear in service of the overall sound. Combining the observations of a professional live-sound engineer with the perspectives of successful players of all types, the book provides a wealth of tips and viewpoints unique to live-sound tutorials. Fast-paced and easy to read with multiple illustrations and diagrams, Rockin' Your Stage Sound offers conventional and radical approaches to solving stage problems and gives musicians multiple strategies for achieving the best sound in any venue.

If you want to be a success in today's music world, you'd better become a promotion fanatic. Here's all you need to learn about how to get new business. You'll discover the real strategies that let you leverage your success and status to keep bringing in more business. Prepare your mind for self-promotion and master the technical aspects. Create an image and learn to clarify what you are trying to say. Fisher will teach you to gather marketing information about your segment of the music industry and how to understand and use many promotional tactics such as networking to establish and maintain your efforts. Ruthless self-promotion is about making your music business stronger by building upon the success you've already achieved. By the author of the MixBooks favorite How to Make Money Scoring Soundtracks and Jingles.