Adult Piano Adventures Popular Book 2 - Timeless Hits and Popular Favorites


Book Description

(Faber Piano Adventures ). The appeal of popular music spans generations and genres. In this collection of 27 hits, enjoy folk tunes like "Ashokan Farewell" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water," movie themes from James Bond and Batman , Broadway numbers from Evita and A Little Night Music , and chart-toppers performed by Michael Jackson, Adele, Billy Joel, and more. Adult Piano Adventures Popular Book 2 provides this variety, yet with accessible arrangements for the progressing pianist. Students may advance through the book alongside method studies, or jump to all their favorites. Optional chord symbols above the staff guide understanding and personal expression.




Playing Your Song


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True wedding stories from behind the microphone. Observations and tales from the unique perspective of the Wedding DJ, often the only sober person in the room at 11:00 PM. What's a longevity dance? What's an actual table dance? How mad would you get if your minister didn't show? Ever been mooned by the groom? Can the honeymoon end at the cake table, before it even begins? Ever bowled a spare at a wedding? Discover the curious and interesting behaviors of all wedding participants.




Hand to Hold


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This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.




Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo


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A lively and lyrical picture book jaunt from actor and author John Lithgow! Oh, children! Remember! Whatever you may do, Never play music right next to the zoo. They’ll burst from their cages, each beast and each bird, Desperate to play all the music they’ve heard. A concert gets out of hand when the animals at the neighboring zoo storm the stage and play the instruments themselves in this hilarious picture book based on one of John Lithgow’s best-loved tunes.




They're Playing Our Song


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America's premier funny man and the Tony Award-winning composer of A Chorus Line; collaborated on this hit musical; a funny, romantic show about an established composer and his relationship with an aspiring young female lyricist, not unlike Carole Bayer Sager. Professionally, their relationship works beautifully, but ultimately leads to conflict on the home front. Of course, there's a happy ending.




Who Sang the First Song?


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Have you ever wondered who hummed the first tune? Was it the flowers? The waves or the moon? Dove Award-winning recording artist Ellie Holcomb answers with a lovely lyrical tale, one that reveals that God our Maker sang the first song, and He created us all with a song to sing. Go to bhkids.com to find this book's Parent Connection, an easy tool to help moms and dads (or anyone else who loves kids) discuss the book's message with their child. We're all about connecting parents and kids to each other and to God's Word.




On Repeat


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On Repeat offers an in-depth inquiry into music's repetitive nature. Drawing on a diverse array of fields, it sheds light on a range of issues from repetition's use as a compositional tool to its role in characterizing our behavior as listeners, and considers related implications for repetition in language, learning, and communication.




Change the World-Write Your Song!


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Its a book packed with more than 25 years of songwriting knowledge. You will learn the fundamentals of writing a song and how to be a singer/songwriter in the truest sense. If you want to change the world, you'll have to change yourself first! Share yourself with great candor without being afraid! Your well-being will spread to someone else, like a pebble in a pond. Music has been therapy for thousands of years! You'll be your own private therapist, entrepreneur and creator all in one! Songwriting is the fastest way to resolve conflicts in your life! What you feel comes out when you write a song. And most of the time, writing resolves it. If you want to be a hit songwriter this book has the tools for you to learn, but it also has the tools to learn how to be a better story teller! Power yourself through song and then pass it on!




10 (Uncommon) Ways to Get Your Song Played on the Radio


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When it comes down to getting your song played on the radio, you don't have many chances. You also don't have many chances to make it in the music industry. In the many years that I have worked in the industry, I've seen the same mistakes repeated by many new singers who just don't understand how the game works. Music and radio work hand in hand and outsiders are not often welcomed into the fold until they prove themselves. The question is how do you prove yourself if you don't have the opportunity? When we want an opportunity we will often go above and beyond the call of duty and in the process make huge mistakes that we cannot recover financially from. There are a lot of people who will smile in your face and take your money but not many who will show you the ropes and with good reason... what are they getting out of it. To an extent they are correct why should they give you their hard-earned knowledge and service for free? If there is one thing the music industry has taught me it is that there is NO such thing as a free lunch. There is ALWAYS a price. This book will show you several ways that many aspiring artists either don't know about or have not tried. I can tell you I have seen each one work to get an artist's career off the ground and even when it didn't work it gave them the knowledge and the confidence to grab the bull by the horns and do the work with their own hustle which can work too. This book applies to all radio formats even though I use urban radio for the examples here. So no matter what kind of music you produce it is possible to not waste money on crooks who make promises they can't keep and to either use the back door to get in or to gain the knowledge that it takes to manage your own career.




The Dot


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Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind and she goes on to encourage another student who feels the same as she had.