Future and current independent private music educators will find this book an invaluable resources for establishing and maintaining a private music studio. Private music instructors will learn what they should expect professionaly, personally, and financially from their independent music instruction business. Until now, no single resource has existed that fully explains how to run this type of business successfully.

This book presents all aspects of private music instruction through an easy-to-read, concise, and engaging instructional format. Following the sound advice presented will help to greatly alleviate the problems that all beginning independent instructors face by specifically mapping out chronological steps for establishing and maintaining a private instruction music business.

The field of private music education has been inundated by less-than-professional individuals who have made it difficult for legitimate, qualified instructors. The Private Music Instruction Manual shares years of information and experiences in the hope of legitimizing the field of private music instruction.

In a world where there is decreasing priority and structure in public music education, private music instructors become increasingly important to prepare the next generation of musicians. No matter the size of your private music instruction business, the advice presented in The Private Music Instruction Manual will help to improve any private music business.

From the Midwest Book Review:

With The Private Music Instruction Manual; A Guide For The Independent Music Educator, author Rebecca Osborn draws upon her many years of experience and expertise as an adjunct college music professor and owner of three private music studies to write an informed and informative guidebook specifically for musicians and music instructors who want to teach students in a profitable private practice but are not familiar with or knowledgeable about setting up a music instruction business enterprise. Rebecca Osborne provides a wealth of invaluable, professional, effectively organized and presented instructions on establishing and maintaining a music teaching business and shows what to expect professional, personally, and financially from independent music instruction. If you want to make money teaching other how to play any kind of music instrument, then you need to give a careful (and profitable!) reading to Rebecca Osborn's The Private Music Instruction Manual!

Lifetime Contracts... A book designed to help you get your feet through the door of the Music Industry...With knowledge, time and dedication, you will be able to come up with new ideas for running your own Independent Record Label. Learning to build a company that can generate millions!!! This book is written in a simple format in which everyone is able to comprehend.

Lifetime-Contracts offers an explanation of The Five Exclusive Rights of publishing:

1. The right to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords...
2. The right to prepare derivative works based upon the copy right work. Works based on pre-existing works... can be transformed or adapted.
3. The right to distribute... to the public for sale, rental, lease, or lending.
4. The right to perform the work publicly....
5. The right to display the work publicly...

Plus, much much more. So don't waste time! Pick up your copy of Lifetime Contracts and learn how to be effective in the market.

My knowledge came in the form of a blessing that can now be passed on to you. Think about your future and achieve your goals. That could happen overnight or take a lifetime.

This book is dedicated to the late Eric L. Wright, a.k.a "Easy-E", the business mogul... also standing as the GODFATHER of entrepreneurship in Hip-Hop! The credit is long overdue...

A portion of the proceeds from this book are being donated to Oprah's Angel Network.

Wherever and whenever you first heard the music of Van Halen, it's an experience few of us will ever forget. Just one song can evoke many questions: "How does he play the guitar like that? How does that singer do his incredible scream? Is that an earthquake or a rhythm section? What planet is this band from anyway? And why does their music make me feel so GOOD?"

As a fan, it gets even more intriguing when you discover that guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alex Van Halen, bassist Michael Anthony, and vocalists David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, and Gary Cherone are as colorful a cast of characters as have graced any concert stage from Beethoven to the Beatles.

Since the late 1970's, these California hard rock titans have inspired thousands of people to lock themselves in their rooms and play guitar all night, or just leap into mid-air for no apparent reason. They've redefined rock 'n' roll good times with their musicianship and unstoppable energy. They've given us some of the most famous songs, albums, tours, and offstage controversies in rock history. And they continue to provide the soundtrack to the lives of millions of avid fans from Amsterdam to Panama.

Van Halen inspired me to write this book with one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-four trivia questions about the greatest rock band in the world today.

1984: The Ultimate Van Halen Trivia Book tests your knowledge of the classic material Van Halen has committed to record and videotape: lyrics and titles, album covers, recording techniques and equipment, engineers and producers, vocal and instrumental oddities, and much more. Just how closely have you been paying attention? What do you know about those legendary Van Halen concerts? Check if you can recall quotations from band members and what others have said about them. There's also trivia on the musical tributes and critical tongue-lashings they've received over the years.

Some questions put Van Halen in historical context, as you test what you know about the personal backgrounds and hobbies of band members and the day-by-day history of the band. Questions on the solo careers of Van Halen alumni round out the mix. You'll find that Van Halen pops up in places you'd scarcely expect. You will learn things about the mighty VH which you wouldn't find anywhere else.

Now here's fair warning (allusion intended) on a few matters. First, everyone who has ever been in Van Halen is referred to as a "member of Van Halen" throughout, even if he's not part of the current lineup. Only a few questions refer specifically to "current" members. Band members are mostly cited just by their first names to save space. The terms "Dave-era" and "Sammy-era" denote the periods when those two singers were recording studio albums with the band (1978-1983 and 1986-1995 respectively), and "solo song" means a song performed as a solo artist.

Second, the answers to some questions can give you clues to other ones. Some back-to-back questions are linked as well. It's probably best to read through the book from start to finish and cover up the response below each question with your hand as you try to answer. But hey, no rules and no schools, right? If it sounds good, it IS good! So do whatever you feel like.

Third, I've made every effort to ensure the information in 1984: The Ultimate Van Halen Trivia Book is as accurate as possible. If there are differences of opinion about the answer to a certain question, I've tried to indicate that too. And why the title of the book? Well, as the band makes the transition to its third era with Gary, it seemed right to name this book after a record which marked both a glorious finale and a new beginning.

You say you don't know? You won't know until you begin.

Late breaking news: All members of Van Halen have received copies of 1984: The Ultimate Van Halen Trivia Book, and tour manager Scotty Ross says, "the band loved the trivia book!"

The last two decades have seen the Art of the DJ grow and diversify into a global movement spanning countless cultural and musical boundaries. Focusing both technical and creative aspects, Buster Smith brings you a systematic approach to learning the skills and techniques of the vinyl DJ and tackles the deeper subtleties – how to prepare and plan a set, how to "read" the dancefloor and how to master the mindset required to Move the Crowd.

Featuring:

• Clearly illustrated technical explanations of the tools of the trade – their controls, functions and operations explained.
  
• Beginners, intermediate and advanced chapters taking you from learning the basics all the way to mastering beat mixing to devastating effect.
  
• An introduction to "Turntablism" – the language, skillz and techniques of this exciting new musical form.
  
• An explanation of the Smith System – a unique method of learning how to scratch and improvise creatively on the fly.
  
• An in-depth exploration of the psychology of the dancefloor – understanding the "hive mind" mentality of a crowd.