Music

Indian music is vast like an ocean, so deep that its depths can hardly be fathomed. It is said that the unique beauty of Indian music lies between the notes, where each note takes on a new life, turning into a stepping stone to reach its ultimate source god. This book is an attempt to inspire intere... More

""Whether you are a musician, an engineer, or both, this book will transport you through the universe of digital audio workstations in the most entertaining and intellectual way possible. This is not another dull user's manual for mouse-jockets. Rather, Professor Leider offers insights and creative ... More

The cult of Elvis Presley has, since his death, become ever more pervasive in American culture. From Graceland to Las Vegas, from fans to impersonators, from novels, films and popular music to websites, outsider art and tabloid conspiracy theories, "Elvis Religion" explores this frequently bizarre p... More

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This book derives and discusses the current state of the art in physical modelling of musical instruments for real-time sound synthesis. It includes the derivation of mathematical models in the form of partial differential equations for the vibrational description of strings, membranes/plates, and r... More

This book does not offer all the answers to leading a happy life but it comes pretty close. It covers topics ranging from emotional security, dealing with crisis, managing stress and spirituality amongst others. Lucidly the author picks up various problems that once face in the modern world, how to ... More

In this book notice has been taken of the legendary origin of music among the aryans, and of its principles as understood in Modern India the peculiar scale and rhythms employed have been described in detail and examples of various airs are given in notation. A classic. Hardbound... More

Rarely do we come across books on musical instruments. And one covering the whole gamut of Indian Classical musical instruments is practically unheard of. This book by Dr. Suneera Kasliwal covers almost all instruments in vogue in the classical music scenerio of southern and northern India. Apart fr... More

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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi has always lived for music. As a boy of eleven, he ran away from home in search of a guru. In later years, he underwent unimaginable hardships to emerge as one of the foremost classical vocalists of all times. Even today he calls himself a shagird, for his quest still continues.... More

This book is an authoritative treatise on the whole range of what constitutes Indian music, be it classical or folk type. The author traces not just the history behind the evolution of particular styles of music but also explains what each style is all about. He also mentions the corresponding or eq... More

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The iPod, Apple's breakthrough MP3 music player, boasts a contact list, calendar, alarm clock, notes reader, and a handful of games In its first year, iTunes has sold more than 70 million songs; since hitting the market in November 2001, the iPod has sold more than 3 million units This updated editi... More