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Goin' To Toronto
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Join me for a trip back in time to the early days of the Canadian rock scene. We start in my early days with Whitey (Glan) and the Roulettes. Our next stop is Yorkville, where Mike’s Trio becomes Luke (Gibson) and The Apostles. After a stint with...
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Songwriting as Soul Work
Songs and the Inner Life
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In a world that encourages creatives of all kinds to monetize their artistic expression and judge it by commercial standards, Lynn Harrison offers an alternative approach. In Songwriting as Soul Work, Harrison offers a perspective that challenges...
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Track Changes
The Origin Story of Canadian Music on the Internet (1990-2010)
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Track Changes: The Origin Story of Canadian Music on the Internet (1990–2010) is the first book of its kind to document a cultural revolution in Canada, one now buried under broken URLs, corrupted hard drives, and discarded cell phones. Long...
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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
The Road to Unity and Spiritual Maturity
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The way we worship becomes the way we believe, which in turn becomes the way that we think, interact and feel. No wonder worship is at the heart of so many controversies in the church. Paul’s teaching on psalms, hymns and spiritual songs explores...
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Noyes Notes…on Transposition
A Transposition Method for Wind Musicians
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Transposition. What is it? How do you do it? Why and when does a musician need it? How do you get started learning it? In Noyes Notes…on Transposition, trumpeter, music educator, and technical writer Randal C. Noyes uses simple, concise language...
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Musical Colours
Marches of the UK and Canadian Forces
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On the cover of the 1970 record THE VANISHING REGIMENTS, Colonel CH Jaeger OBE made an interesting observation: ‘Be it true or not that old soldiers never die but only fade away, it is absolutely certain that the music connected with soldiering...
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If My Life Were A Song
A Memoir
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From the Appalachian foothills of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the turbulent streets of Watts, Los Angeles, If My Life Were A Song takes you on a gripping journey of survival, resilience, and redemption. This memoir delves into the life of a young...
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You Did What?
The Unusual Musical Odyssey of Burl Ronald Brinnon
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At the fresh age of fifteen, Ron Brinnon launches his professional saxophone career and plays gigs that land him amid a hotbed of Russian missiles, an FBI chase, and a levitation session with Depak Chopra. Performing for greats like Desi Arnaz,...
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Solidarity Forever
The Art and Soul of Stevie Van Zandt
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Solidarity Forever is the definitive account of the musical journey of the music legend of Disciples of Soul, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and anti-apartheid project Sun City fame, Little Steven Van Zandt. Following Van Zandt’s...
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Gritty City
An Oral History of Winnipeg Hip-Hop Music: 1980-2005
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Gritty City is a love letter to Winnipeg, a prairie metropolis born out of rebellion, a river city marooned in the middle of a continent. Maybe there is something in the water that makes us different... Gritty City is the first book to tackle the...
