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Bookstore — The Engine Room on Paper: a reader's guide to memoirs by session musicians
The players who filled the studios wrote some of music writing's most revealing books. Here is how to read them well.
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Biographies, technical manuals, oral histories and composer memoirs reviewed for accuracy and usefulness, with a note on who each book is for.
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Books Read Aloud — Loud on the Lap: How to Choose Read-Aloud Music Books for Kids
Picture books that introduce instruments and rhythm work best when they are built to be spoken, not just seen. A guide to what makes one sing.
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Books to read — Essential Books on the Lives of Great Composers: how to build the shelf
A way to rank composer biographies by what they do well, when the shelf cannot hold everything.
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Building a Home Bookshelf for Your Vinyl Collection
A good record shelf fits every format, protects first pressings, and grows with your taste. How to build a home for your vinyl collection.
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Bookstores near me — Where the Music Books Live: how to find the shops that stock them
A search for the right independent bookstore starts with knowing what a deep music shelf looks like — and where to look for one.
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The Voice on the Page: What Oral Histories Do That Memoirs Cannot
A memoir gives you one memory, polished. An oral history hands you the argument itself — and music stories are usually arguments.