5 Music Related eBooks

Can't Stand Up for Falling Down: Rock'n'Roll War Stories by Allan Jones
George: A Memory of George Michael by Sean Smith
Frederic Quinonero, "Jean-Jacques Goldman : vivre sa vie"
Rethinking J.S. Bach's The Art of Fugue by Anatoly P. Milka, Esti Sheinberg
Mathematics and Music, Volume 28 by David Wright

Can't Stand Up for Falling Down: Rock'n'Roll War Stories by Allan Jones
English | August 10th, 2017 | ASIN: B073Y5B3WF, ISBN: 1408885913 | 381 Pages | EPUB | 2.33 MB
Allan Jones launched Uncut magazine in 1997 and for 15 years wrote a popular monthly column called Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, based on his experiences as a music journalist in the 70s and 80s, a gilded time for the music press.
By turns hilarious, cautionary, poignant and powerful, the Stop Me…stories collected here include encounters with some of rock's most iconic stars, including David Bowie, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Smiths, R.E.M. and Pearl Jam. From backstage brawls and drug blow-outs, to riots, superstar punch-ups, hotel room confessionals and tour bus lunacy, these are stories from the madness of a music scene now long gone.
Allan Jones is an award-winning British music journalist and editor. In 1974, he applied for a job on the UK's best-selling music paper as a junior reporter, signing off his application with "Melody Maker needs a bullet up the arse. I'm the gun, pull the trigger". He was editor of Melody Maker from 1984 to 1997 and until 2014 editor of music and film monthly Uncut.

George: A Memory of George Michael by Sean Smith
English | November 16th, 2017 | ASIN: B06Y57BNQX, ISBN: 0008155631, 0008252920 | 275 Pages | EPUB | 11.76 MB
George is the story of two lives - the private man and the public legend. Georgios Panayiotou was just eighteen when he decided to adopt the stage name of George Michael. Sometimes his two worlds would collide with shattering consequences. Bestselling biographer Sean Smith has gone back to the neighbourhoods of North London to trace the astonishing journey of a sensitive but determined boy who grew up to be one of the biggest British pop stars of all time.
Along the way, he talks to those close to George, revealing the real man - funny, articulate, intelligent and generous spirited - who hid behind the powerful image he created. He reveals the complex relationship with his high-achieving Greek-Cypriot father; the unconditional love of his mother; his teenage relationships with girls; and his first tragic love affair with another man. George's career began falteringly with a schoolboy band, exploded with Wham! before he became a solo phenomenon. But at the height of his fame, the world seemed to turn against him.
Smith describes his despair at losing the two people who mattered most, how he sought consolation in drugs, his notorious `coming out' and how he ended up in jail. His health failed him and he died heartbreakingly alone on Christmas Day, 2016. Affectionate yet honest and moving, George is both a celebration of George Michael's music and a lasting tribute to a decent and much-loved man.

Frederic Quinonero, "Jean-Jacques Goldman : vivre sa vie"
City | 2017 | ISBN: 2824610824 | French | EPUB | 293 pages | 0.3 MB
Qui est vraiment Jean-Jacques Goldman ? Un incroyable faiseur de tubes ayant vendu près de 40 millions de disques ? Un auteur-compositeur qui a créé des classiques indémodables, de Je te donne à Envole-moi, Comme toi ou Là-bas ? Certes. Mais il est impossible de résumer Jean-Jacques à cette seule - formidable - carrière.
Cette biographie nous entraîne sur les traces d’un Goldman qui a toujours cultivé la discrétion et l’authenticité. On découvre un enfant solitaire, ancien scout et fils de résistant. Un homme profondément marqué par le parcours de sa famille d’immigrés juifs et par la disparition de son frère, à 35 ans.
Loin des paillettes du show-business, c’est l’histoire d’un artiste resté présent dans le coeur du public. Une exceptionnelle histoire d’amour qui dure depuis 40 ans…
La biographie vérité d’un artiste unique.
Biographie de l'auteur
Spécialiste de musique et de cinéma, Frédéric Quinonero est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages. Il a publié une quinzaine de biographies consacrées aux artistes français de la chanson ou du cinéma, notamment Johnny Hallyday, Jane Birkin et Françoise Hardy.

Rethinking J.S. Bach's The Art of Fugue by Anatoly P. Milka, Esti Sheinberg
2016 | ISBN: 1472458869 | English | 286 pages | PDF | 12 MB
The enigmatic character of The Art of Fugue became apparent as early as in its first edition, printed more than a year after the composer’s death. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who published both the first and the second editions, raised several unsolved questions regarding this opus. Anatoly P Milka presents a consistent and coherent solution to the unresolved questions about the history, structure and appearance of J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue, opening new perspectives for further exploration of this musical masterpiece. Milka challenges the present scholarly consensus that there exist two different versions of The Art of Fugue (the Autograph and the Original Edition) and argues that Bach had considered four versions, of which only two are apparent and have been discussed so far. Only Bach’s illness and death prevented him from fulfilling his plan and publishing a fourth, conclusive version of his opus.

Mathematics and Music, Volume 28 by David Wright
English | August 25th, 2009 | ISBN: 0821848739, 9780821848739 | 178 Pages | True PDF | 3.53 MB
Many people intuitively sense that there is a connection between mathematics and music. If nothing else, both involve counting. There is, of course, much more to the association. David Wright's book is an investigation of the interrelationships between mathematics and music, reviewing the needed background concepts in each subject as they are encountered. Along the way, readers will augment their understanding of both mathematics and music.
The text explores the common foundations of the two subjects, which are developed side by side. Musical and mathematical notions are brought together, such as scales and modular arithmetic, intervals and logarithms, tone and trigonometry, and timbre and harmonic analysis. When possible, discussions of musical and mathematical notions are directly interwoven. Occasionally the discourse dwells for a while on one subject and not the other, but eventually the connection is established, making this an integrative treatment of the two subjects. The book is a text for a freshman level college course suitable for musically inclined or mathematically inclined students, with the intent of breaking down any apprehension that either group might have for the other subject. Exercises are given at the end of each chapter. The mathematical prerequisites are a high-school level familiarity with algebra, trigonometry, functions, and graphs. Musically, the student should have had some exposure to musical staffs, standard clefs, and key signatures, though all of these are explained in the text.