Steely Dan S Aja
DOWNLOAD
Download Steely Dan S Aja PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Steely Dan S Aja book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Steely Dan S Aja
DOWNLOAD
Author : Don Breithaupt
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-05-15
Steely Dan S Aja written by Don Breithaupt and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-15 with Music categories.
Aja was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned three hit singles. Odd, then, that its creators saw it as an "ambitious, extended" work, the apotheosis of their anti-rock, anti-band, anti-glamour aesthetic. Populated by thirty-fi ve mostly jazz session players, Aja served up prewar song forms, mixed meters and extended solos to a generation whose idea of pop daring was Paul letting Linda sing lead once in a while. And, impossibly, it sold. Including an in-depth interview with Donald Fagen, this book paints a detailed picture of the making of a masterpiece.
Eminent Hipsters
DOWNLOAD
Author : Donald Fagen
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-10-22
Eminent Hipsters written by Donald Fagen and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Music categories.
A witty, candid, sharply written memoir by the cofounder of Steely Dan In his entertaining debut as an author, Donald Fagen—musician, songwriter, and cofounder of Steely Dan—reveals the cultural figures and currents that shaped his artistic sensibility, as well as offering a look at his college days and a hilarious account of life on the road. Fagen presents the “eminent hipsters” who spoke to him as he was growing up in a bland New Jersey suburb in the early 1960s; his colorful, mind-expanding years at Bard College, where he first met his musical partner Walter Becker; and the agonies and ecstasies of a recent cross-country tour with Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs. Acclaimed for his literate lyrics and complex arrangements as a musician, Fagen here proves himself a sophisticated writer with his own distinctive voice.
Steely Dan Complete Songbook
DOWNLOAD
Author : Steely Dan
language : en
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Release Date : 1995-10-01
Steely Dan Complete Songbook written by Steely Dan and has been published by Hal Leonard Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-10-01 with Music categories.
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). All the songs from Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, The Royal Scam, Aja and Gaucho 62 songs in all! Includes: Reelin' in the Years * Rikki Don't Lose That Number * Aja * Deacon Blues * Peg * Hey Nineteen.
Steely Dan S Aja
DOWNLOAD
Author : Don Breithaupt
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2007-05-15
Steely Dan S Aja written by Don Breithaupt and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-15 with Music categories.
Don Breithaupt's book on Aja includes a detailed song-by-song analysis, an extended interview with co-writer, co-founder, singer, and pianist Donald Fagen, and discusses a wide range of Aja-related issues.
Major Dudes
DOWNLOAD
Author : Barney Hoskyns
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2019-09-17
Major Dudes written by Barney Hoskyns and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-17 with Music categories.
A “thoughtful, loving, and thorough portrait” of the pioneering musicians behind Steely Dan, featuring interviews, essays, reviews and more (PopMatters). At its core, Steely Dan is a creative marriage between guitarist Donald Fagen and keyboardist Walter Becker. It recorded several of the cleverest and best-produced albums of the 1970s, making them one of the most successful bands to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Major Dudes collects some of the smartest and most revealing interviews Becker and Fagen have ever given, along with intelligent reviews of—and commentary on—their extraordinary songs. Compiled by leading music critic Barney Hoskyns, Major Dudes features contributions from the likes of Sylvie Simmons, Fred Schruers, and the late Robert Palmer; plus rare interviews and reviews of Steely Dan’s early albums from Disc, Melody Maker, and Rolling Stone. With an introduction by Hoskyns and an obituary for Walter Becker by David Cavanagh, Major Dudes is essential reading for any rock afficionado.
Steely Dan Reelin In The Years
DOWNLOAD
Author : Brian Sweet
language : en
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Release Date : 2018-08-16
Steely Dan Reelin In The Years written by Brian Sweet and has been published by Omnibus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-16 with Music categories.
Reelin’ in the Years tell the remarkable story of the American jazz rock band who have sold over 50 million albums during a career lasting over 20 years: Steely Dan. Updated and revised for 2018. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a couple of cynical New York jazz fans wormed their way into a record contract and astonished critics with their first album Can't Buy a Thrill in 1973. Nine albums later, they were among the biggest selling acts in the world. Steely Dan were different from the rest of rock's super-sellers. They rarely gave interviews and, after some early bad experiences on the road, they refused to tour. They didn't have their photographs taken and few people knew what they looked like. Steely Dan weren’t even a proper group; it was two musicians and a producer, yet every top notch player in the world lined up to appear on their albums. This book, penned by Brian Sweet, the editor and publisher of Metal Leg, the UK-based Steely Dan fanzine, finally draws back the veil of secrecy that surrounded Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Here is the story of how they made their music and lived their lives.
Chairman At The Board
DOWNLOAD
Author : Bill Schnee
language : en
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Release Date : 2022-04-15
Chairman At The Board written by Bill Schnee and has been published by Backbeat Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Chairman at the Board is an intimate, funny, and absorbing look at the music business by an insider who has recorded a host of the greatest musical artists from the 1970s to today. Bill Schnee takes the reader inside the studio--behind the curtain--and through the decades with a cavalcade of famous artists as he helped them realize their vision. After his high school band was dropped by Decca Records, Schnee began his quest to learn everything he could about making records. Mentored by technical guru Toby Foster, mastering guru Doug Sax, and recording legend Richie Podolor at his American Recording Studio, he immediately began recording the top acts of the day as a freelance engineer/producer in Hollywood. Clive Davis soon hired him to work for CBS where he partnered with famed music producer Richard Perry. Schnee went on to record and/or mix many of Perry's biggest albums of the '70s and '80s, including those by Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Art Garfunkel, and The Pointer Sisters. With his deft personal touch with musicians, he continued to engineer and/or produce the likes of Marvin Gaye, Thelma Houston (the Grammy-nominated, direct-to-disc album I've Got the Music in Me), Pablo Cruise, Neil Diamond, Boz Scaggs, the Jacksons, Huey Lewis and the News, Dire Straits, and Whitney Houston. With over 125 gold and platinum records, and two Grammys for Steely Dan's Aja and Gaucho, Schnee has been called a living legend--recognized and respected in the industry as the consummate music man with an incomparable career that he lovingly shares with his readers in humorous detail.
How Music Works
DOWNLOAD
Author : David Byrne
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2017-05-02
How Music Works written by David Byrne and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-02 with Music categories.
*Updated with a new chapter on digital curation* How Music Works is David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social or technological. Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne’s magnum opus uncovers ever-new and thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.
Steely Dan
DOWNLOAD
Author : Jez Rowden
language : en
Publisher: On Track
Release Date : 2019-10
Steely Dan written by Jez Rowden and has been published by On Track this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10 with Music categories.
Quantum Criminals
DOWNLOAD
Author : Alex Pappademas
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2023-05-23
Quantum Criminals written by Alex Pappademas and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-23 with Music categories.
"Steely Dan was a somewhat unusual band that still inspires unusually strong devotion in its fans. Formed in the late '60s in New York, they released seven albums between 1971 and 1981, two of which were nominated for a Grammy. Part of what's unusual about them is that each of those albums was made by a different group of musicians--founding members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen had no issues swapping players from record to record in order to get the sound they wanted. The band stopped touring in 1974, so the recording studio was the only place they needed their collaborators. Those recordings are legendary, especially among vinyl enthusiasts, for their exquisite production. The precision was necessary, in part, because Steely Dan played with form more than most bands, mixing elements of other genres--especially jazz--with pop and rock. And the lyrics are also distinctive. As the authors put it in their proposal, Steely Dan's songs are "exercises in fictional world-building. Each song features its own cast of rogues and heroes and creeps and schmucks, lovers and dreamers and cold-blooded operators, all tempest-tossed by the ill winds of the '70s." This book consists of sixty-some essays, each devoted to one character, and each essay is accompanied by a painting of the particular character that serves as a jumping-off point for the piece, with additional spot illustrations scattered throughout"--