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  Touring Guitarist Handbook - 101...

  HowExpert, Brandon Humphreys

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  This audiobook highlights tips and tricks learned over two decades of real-world experience as a touring guitarist. For bands and musicians who are not signed, don’t have managers or agents, but are willing to do the hard work and pay their dues to take their show on the road. From advice on how to properly pack a trailer, to the various ways to place a microphone in front of an amplifier, this audiobook includes a wide range of topics, and is sure to have something for musicians of all experience levels. 
  Major topics addressed include, but are not limited to:Planning the tour - from how to choose which cities to visit to how to pack your trailer or van.Promoting the tour - from how to write a press release to how to maximize your social media use.Gear and supplies - from how to set up your guitar and which effects work best live to where to place the mic in front of your amp.Life on the road - from the best gas stations and how to deal with boredom to winter driving tips.Putting on a great show - from how to fine-tune your tone to a room to how to get along with your bandmates for optimum teamwork.Merchandise and revenue - from how to get creative when it comes to choosing your merch, to crowdfunding techniques, to tips on making sure you get paid by the venue.Connecting with fans - from using social media marketing creatively to general tips on in-person interactions with fans at the show. 
  About the expert: Brandon Humphreys has been playing guitar and singing in semiprofessional and tour-support bands for more than 20 years. He has played music across the Western US and Canada, often in support of national acts. Between all of the various bands over the years, he has recorded and released four full-length albums and two EPs. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  Outlaw and a Lady An - A Memoir...

  Jessi Colter

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  Renowned songwriter, singer, and wife of Waylon Jennings writes an intimate, enormously entertaining memoir of American music, of life with Waylon and the Outlaws, and of faith lost and found. 
  The daughter of a Pentecostal evangelist and a race-car driver, Jessi Colter played piano and sang in church before leaving Arizona to tour with rock-n-roll pioneer Duane Eddy, whom she married. Colter became a successful recording artist, appearing on American Bandstand and befriending stars such as the Everly Brothers and Chet Atkins, while her songs were recorded by Nancy Sinatra, Dottie West, and others. Her marriage to Eddy didn’t last, however, and in 1969 she married the electrifying Waylon Jennings. Together, they made their home in Nashville, which in the 1970s, was ground zero for roots music, drawing Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Shel Silverstein, and others to the Nashville Sound. And Jessi was at the center of it all, the only woman on the landmark Wanted: The Outlaws album, the record that launched the Outlaw Country genre and was the first country album to go platinum. She also tasted personal commercial success with the #1-single “I’m Not Lisa.” 
  But offstage, life was a challenge, as Waylon pursued his addictions and battled his demons. Having drifted from the church as a young woman, Jessi returned to her faith and found in it a source of strength in the turmoil of living with Waylon. In the 1980s, Waylon helped launch the super group The Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson, and the hits kept rolling, as did Waylon’s reckless living. Amid it all, Jessi faithfully prayed for her husband until finally, at Thanksgiving 2001, Waylon found Jesus, just months before he died.  
  An Outlaw and a Lady is a powerful story of American music, of love in the midst of heartache, and of faith that sustains.

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  Monsters on the Couch - The Real...

  Brian A. Sharpless

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  From psychologist, researcher, and horror film enthusiast Brian A. Sharpless comes Monsters on the Couch, an exploration into the real-life psychological disorders behind famous horror movies. Accounts of clinical syndromes every bit as dramatic as those on the silver screen are juxtaposed with fascinating forays into the science and folklore behind our favorite movie monsters. 
   
   
   
  Horror fans may be obsessed with vampires, werewolves, zombies, and the human replacements from Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but even many medical professionals may not know about the corresponding conditions of Renfield's syndrome, clinical lycanthropy, Cotard's syndrome, and Capgras syndrome. 
   
   
   
  Some of these disorders are surprisingly common in the general population. For instance, a number of people experience isolated sleep paralysis, a disorder implicated in ghost and alien abduction beliefs. Fascinations with sleep paralysis have led to its own brimming subgenre of horror. 
   
   
   
  As these tales unfold, listeners not only learn state-of-the-art psychological science but also gain a better understanding of history, folklore, and how Hollywood often—but not always—gets it wrong when tackling these complex topics.

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  A View from the Bridge

  Arthur Miller

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  Italian-American immigrant life in the 1950’s textures this searing drama of love and revenge. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone is devoted to his wife, Beatrice and to his niece, Catherine. When Beatrice’s impoverished Sicilian cousins enter the U.S. illegally, in hope of finding work, Eddie gives them a helping hand. But when Catherine and one of the cousins fall in love, Eddie’s affection for his niece turns into obsession. 
   
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Charles Cioffi, Harry Hamlin, Jamie Hanes, Mary McDonnell, Peter Morse, Ed O'Neill, Amy Pietz and Don Tieri.

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  True Stories of Ancient...

  Lana Preston

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  Wander softly through the quiet streets of Mesopotamia, the sun-baked banks of the Nile, and the misty fields of the Indus Valley. The focus lingers not on wars or kings, but on the monotonous comfort of daily life—the stacking of bricks, the lighting of oil lamps, and the slow turning of seasons. This intentional low-stakes storytelling creates a safe, predictable atmosphere perfect for winding down after a stressful day.
   
  Designed to be mildly interesting yet effortlessly sedative, this audio experience helps you disengage from wakefulness through:
  
  Hypnotic Descriptions: Long, flowing sentences detailing architecture, farming, and trade.
  Low-Intensity Narratives: No sudden plot twists or jarring conflicts to disturb your rest.
  Rhythmic Repetition: A steady cadence that mimics a lullaby for the adult mind.
  Global Settings: Peaceful vignettes from Early China to Ancient Egypt.
  
   
  Let the mundane beauty of ancient civilizations blur into a comforting backdrop as you release tension. Allow the quiet hum of history to cradle your consciousness, ensuring you drift away long before the final chapter concludes.

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  Blues People - Negro Music in...

  LeRoi Jones

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  “The path the slave took to ‘citizenship’ is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen’s music—through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel, development, jazz…[If] the Negro represents, or is symbolic of, something in and about the nature of American culture, this certainly should be revealed by his characteristic music.” 
  So says Amiri Baraka in the introduction to Blues People, his classic work on the place of jazz and blues in American social, musical, economic, and cultural history. From the music of African slaves in the United States through the music scene of the 1960s, Baraka traces the influence of what he calls “negro music” on white America—not only in the context of music and pop culture but also in terms of the values and perspectives passed on through the music. In tracing the music, he brilliantly illuminates the influence of African Americans on American culture and history.

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