¿Por qué nos gusta tanto la música?

On October 15, 1967, bass player Steve Boone took the Ed Sullivan Show stage for the final time, with his band The Lovin' Spoonful. Since forming in a Greenwich Village hotel in early 1965, Boone and his bandmates had released an astounding nine Top 20 singles, the first seven of which hit the Billboard Top 10, including the iconic Boone co-writes "Summer in the City" and "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice." Little did Steve Boone know that the path of his life and career would soon take a turn for the bizarre, one that would eventually find him looking at the world through the bars of a jail...

Year of Wonder introduces readers to one piece of music each day of the year, artfully selected from across genres, time periods, and composers. Burton-Hill offers short introductions to contextualize each piece, and makes the music come alive in modern and playful ways. A dazzling musical journey.

En la actualidad se consume más música que en ningún otro momento de la historia. En la era digital, los modelos y hábitos de consumo, al igual que los modelos de negocio musical, se han transformado radicalmente. Este nuevo enfoque precisa que el artista se comunique de forma directa y honesta con sus fans, sin intermediarios ni discográficas. En nuestros días, las mayores tiendas de música del mundo están en Internet: iTunes, Amazon, Spotify...inmensas plataformas de distribución y venta que ya no están solo al alcance de grandes compañías y nombres consagrados, sino de...

Isabel Villagar has provided us with a book to guide us in teaching children how to sing. Her book is based on scientific principles and focuses on the mental and emotional stages that children and teens go through while learning to sing. She dispels the notions that singing is reserved to those select few that are born with a gift. Isabel invites readers of all ages to uncover their own vocal talent.