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Guitarists
  Acoustic Guitar is the magazine for acoustic guitar enthusiasts, both professional and amateur. On every page of Acoustic Guitar magazine, you'll recognize that same love and devotion you feel for your guitar. Written by musicians for musicians, Acoustic Guitar magazine is a vital resource for players, performers, teachers, instrument builders, and collectors. Nowhere else can musicians find such comprehensive coverage of acoustic guitars, whether vintage or from outstanding modern makers; interviews with top performers; music innotation and tablature; and reports on everything a player needs to perform and record music.

Total Guitar is dedicated to making its readers better guitarists. It features product reviews, artist profiles and interviews, as well as techniques and tutorial pages. It is Europe's best-selling guitar magazine for people of all abilities with a passion for rock music. Each issue includes a free CD!


Guitar Player Magazine
will enhance your professionalism as a performer while fostering an appreciation for all forms of music.
If you're a serious guitarist, you'll want Guitar Player Magazine. Designed to help guitarists be the best musicians they can be, It provides readers with information on improving production values, evaluates the latest guitars, and profiles new and legendary artists.

Bass, Violin, etc.
  Bass Player magazine is for serious electric and acoustic bass players who want to play and sound better. Each month, Bass Player features interviews with the world's top bassists, hands-on lessons in every style, comprehensive reviews of basses, amps and effects, and news about the latest music and hottest gear.
Strings features profiles, lessons, reviews, and industry news for players of violin, viola, cello, bass, and fiddle. 


The Lost Art of Country Bass
is an introduction to country bass for electric or upright players. This book/CD pack is an insider's look at country bass playing on stage and in the studio. The book includes lessons and music in the style of Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzel, Marty Stuart, David Ball, and more. The CD includes 35 songs with full band backing. You'll learn classic and modern country bass lines, how to be a studio bassist, how to read music with the Nashville Number System, and more.

  Drum! Magazine is packed with artist insights, lessons, practice and recording tips, and career advice. With honest product reviews, a special hand drum section, electronic product information, and more, DRUM! is THE hip rock drumming magazine of today.


Stick Technique
is a book culled from Bill Bachman's popular "Strictly Technique" articles in Modern Drummer magazine, this book will help players develop hands that are loose, stress free, and ready to play anything that comes to mind. The book is for everyone who plays with sticks, regardless of whether you're focusing primarily on drumset, orchestral percussion, or the rudimental style of drumming. Divided into three main sections - Technique, Top Twelve Rudiments, and Chops Builders - the book is designed to get you playing essential techniques correctly and as quickly as possible. Also includes a bonus section two-hand coordination and independence.


Keyboard Player

Keyboard is packed with the information you need to make music with today's hot new technology -- synthesizers, digital recording systems, MIDI sequencers, multimedia gear and more. Plus, you also get stories about your favorite artists.

Jazz Player

Jazziz magazine highlights the world of jazz music and culture. Each monthly issue comes with a full-length, limited edition CD featuring the best new, classic and exclusive jazz music, including artists such as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and many others. Every issue of Jazziz includes reviews of more than 100 new releases, profiles of jazz musicians, historical pieces on music and trends, a festival guide, events coverage and previews of musical instrument hardware and software.
 
Jazz Times provides in-depth profiles of leading musicians, past and present; extensive news coverage of the industry; hundreds of CD, book and video reviews; incredible photography; and special theme issues. Also featured are directories of clubs, education programs, record labels and music festivals; reader polls and critics picks; and contests to send readers to the world's best jazz festivals.

Alternative, Electronic
  Alternative Press Magazine is the ultimate guide to the new and hip. A.P. Magazine includes music, videos, books, movies, fanzine reviews, upcoming release listings, music charts from the people who know musicians and readers, the latest news from inside the world of music, well-researched music journalism, first looks at today's up-and-coming bands, and guides to the hippest scenes. Alternative Press Magazine also features in-depth interviews, contests, and giveaways. Provocative and entertaining, A.P. is the most respected source of new music information today. 
 
Electronic Musician
gives you the tools you need to make better music, from production to performance. Every issue offers product news and reviews on the latest equipment and services, plus tips and techniques, gear reviews and insights from today's top artists.


Song Writers
American Songwriter has covered 'The Craft of Music' through an in-depth survey of the musical landscape, highlighted by interviews with both legends and up-and-comers. It is the definitive creative resource for aspiring, amateur and professional songwriters and is also widely read by those music fans who are looking for a periodical that goes beneath the surface of pop culture and today's image-driven preoccupation.

All Musicians
  Eddie Trunk continues to entertain fans on the radio and as the host of VH1 Classic's hit television program That Metal Show with his passion for music. Known as a leading expert on all things hard rock and heavy metal, in his debut book, Eddie discusses his most essential bands, his unique personal experiences with them, his favorite "Stump the Trunk" anecdotes and trivia, as well as his favorite playlists. Whether you're a classic Metallica or Megadeth metalhead or prefer the hair metal of old-school Bon Jovi or Poison, Eddie Trunk's Hard Rock and Heavy Metal salutes all who are ready to rock.
 
Texas Music is the first publication of its kind to focus exclusively on the unique brand of music from this proud state. The magazine covers every type of music to be found in Texas. Readers get witty stories about Texas' colorful personalities in the music industry, as well as behind-the-scenes coverage of music events, while learning about great contemporary bands and gaining historical perspective on music in Texas.