Resultados para "George" en Música

The life of Franz Schubert has been a gift to romantically inclined biographers: the beautiful, brilliant, modest boy who sprang to fully fledged genius at the age of sixteen; the quintessential ‘artist in a garret’, entirely consumed by his art and living a hand-to-mouth existence in Vienna (home of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven); the gentle, cheerful, convivial young man who prized friendship almost as highly as music itself; the unworldly poet from whom great music poured like water from a fountain; the unrecognized master who died almost penniless at the age of 31.

In this audio-original production, author Richard Fawkes traces the development of the musical, highlighting composers and lyricists including Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim. Presented by the vivacious singer Kim Criswell, star of Cats, and including nearly 100 famous musical extracts.

What popular musician and composer has given more to the world than the late, great George Harrison? Not only was he foundational to the Beatles' greatest music, but he was also an inspired solo performer, philosopher, advocate of Indian religion, Hare Krishna, and arguably, the grandfather of world music. People everywhere could sense the basic honesty, decency, and true compassion of this amazing artist and man. Ask almost anyone who their favorite Beatle is and they will tell you - more often than not - George Harrison.

In February 1969, the Beatles began working on what became their final album together. Abbey Road introduced a number of new techniques and technologies to the Beatles' sound and included "Come Together", "Something", and "Here Comes the Sun", which all emerged as classics. Womack's colorful retelling of how this landmark album was written and recorded is a treat for fans of the Beatles. Solid State takes listeners back to 1969 and into EMI's Abbey Road Studios, which boasted an advanced solid state transistor mixing desk. 

La renommée de Le Corbusier est telle que son seul nom symbolise une sorte de renaissance architecturale liée à la reconstruction du pays suite à la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Créateur d'une écriture nouvelle de la construction de l'espace, sa réflexion s'inscrit dans un début de XXe siècle riche en remise en cause des académismes artistiques hérités du passé.

Learn every guitar riff and lick to this Alvin Lee and George Harrison hit completely “by ear”. In this lesson, you start with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed lesson by Bill Brown teaching the rhythm guitar part and the slide and fingered solos (all seven of them). Because the entire lesson is taught “by ear”, you learn it faster and you memorize it as you go. At the end of the lesson, there are three versions of the backing tracks to practice and perform with.

There are a multitude of jazz standard licks in this George Benson rendition of the hit by Average White Band. In this “by ear” lesson, you will learn both the rhythm and lead (melody) guitar parts without using any tab, print, or video. This way, you learn the song quickly and develop your ability to learn other songs “by ear” as well. A full demonstration of the song is included as well as three versions of the backing tracks so that you and a friend can perform both parts if you choose.

For Bass Guitar: George Benson’s version of this song is just as funky as the original, and you can learn the entire bass part totally “by ear”. The lesson starts with a full demonstration followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson teaching every lick and phrase of the song. At the end of the lesson there are backing tracks to practice and perform with.

D Hunter's investigation into his mentor's murder leads into a parallel history of hip hop, a place where renegade government agents, behind-the-scenes power brokers, and paranoid journalists know a truth that only a few hard-core fans suspect. This rewrite of hip-hop history mixes real-life figures with characters pulled from the culture's hidden world, including Jay Z, Kanye West, and Russell Simmons.

In 1979, the self-titled debut album by the B-52s burst onto the Billboard charts, capturing the imagination of fans and music critics worldwide. The fact that the group had formed in the sleepy southern college town of Athens, Georgia, only increased the fascination. Soon, more Athens bands followed the B-52s into the vanguard of the new American music that would come to be known as "alternative", including R.E.M., who catapulted over the course of the 1980s to the top of the musical mainstream.

Dark Horse tells the intensely personal tale of a man who referred to his tour of duty with the Beatles as "a nightmare". Included are exclusive interviews with George Harrison, John Lennon, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Tiny Tim, and many others, as well as rare archival material.

Cerphe's Up is an incisive musical memoir by Cerphe Colwell, a renowned rock radio broadcaster for more than 45 years in Washington, DC. Cerphe shares his life as a rock radio insider in rich detail. His story includes promotion and friendship with a young unknown Bruce Springsteen; his years at radio station WHFS 102.3 as it blossomed in a new freeform format; and candid interviews with famous musicians.

From our talent-rich neighbor to the north comes this biography of one of the most successful Canadian rock bands, The Tragically Hip, which announced a year-long tour after sharing the news of lead singer Gord Downie’s inoperable cancer. Now available to US listeners, The Never-Ending Present details what led up to the memorable night when music fans all over the world watched Downie’s heroic final performance.