Títulos en Compositores y músicos

Alexander Hacke, eine der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten der deutschen Avantgarde, feierte im Oktober 2025 seinen 60. Geburtstag. Seine fesselnde, nunmehr komplett überarbeitete und erweiterte Autobiografie "KRACH – Verzerrte Erinnerungen" (Ventil Verlag) zeichnet seinen Weg durch Punk, experimentelle Musik und die wilden Jahre Westberlins nach – und natürlich die Geschichte der legendären Band, mit der er jahrzehntelang Musikgeschichte geschrieben hat: Einstürzende Neubauten, deren Klangwelten bis heute wegweisend sind.

Exploding on the music scene in the early 1970s, the rock group KISS combined raw energy with theatrical showmanship—not to mention face painting! Founding member Gene Simmons—an outrageous star whose superlong tongue, legendary sexual exploits, and demonic makeup have made him a rock icon—recounts his own story as well as the history of the band. In KISS and Make-Up, Simmons shares a wild, shocking, and unbelievable tale about an immigrant boy from Israel who studied to be a rabbi but was saved by rock and roll and became one of the most notorious rock stars in the world.

This book provides a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes look at the art of creating a remarkable hip-hop album, shedding light on the intricate process involved in producing such an impressive work. A detailed analysis of each song is provided, per chapter, offering a deeper understanding of the album. Get an insider's feel of sitting alongside the author, as they create and record their latest work. The listener will discover enlightening concepts, such as the psyche that goes into coming up with ideas for song titles.

LE RÉCIT DE 50 ANS DE VIE ET D'AVENTURES AUX CÔTÉS DE JOHNNY. Partager l’intimité d’une légende vivante n’est pas donné à tout le monde. C’est ce qu’a vécu Jacques Verrecchia, qui fut l’avocat de Johnny Hallyday pendant 25 ans et avant tout son ami pendant un demi-siècle, jusqu’à sa disparition. De Saint-Tropez à Los Angeles, dans un cadre professionnel ou en vacances, il a connu une multitude d’aventures avec l’idole des jeunes. À travers ce témoignage, c’est un Johnny inédit qu’il nous décrit.

What you are about to listen to is not only the story of an accomplished man, but a true guide to succeeding in everything you set out to do. Steph has received from God one of the greatest vocal gifts of our time. But possessing an exceptional voice is not enough without the perseverance and strength of character needed to move forward—even in the face of the hardest trials.

In The Real Toscanini, Cesare Civetta presents an intriguing collection of vivid, one-of-a-kind interviews with artists who performed with Toscanini. A portrait of the inner workings of the maestro emerges through these extensive conversations, conducted by the author over a period of 20 years, together with other firsthand recollections. These accounts clarify Toscanini's philosophy, musical style, and techniques. They depict a man tormented by inner demons of anger and depression, which were easily triggered by his frustration at being unable to produce the musical ideal in his mind's ear.

Steve Blacknell takes listeners through the, at times, gruesome details of his life as an MTV video jock to television presenting while coping with Bulimia, Anorexia, drug addiction through a life of excess. His successes and failures are documented in painful detail with, at times, hilarious outcomes. Steve Blacknell watched his first love achieve worldwide fame, interviewed the cream of the music industry and was present at both the UK and US Live Aid days. His grandest ambitions were almost achieved, but his failures were no less grand. This is a no holds barred memoir.

In this fearless and hilarious memoir, legendary trumpeter Mark Gould, former co-principal trumpet of the Met Orchestra for nearly three decades, takes listeners behind the gold-leaf curtain of the world’s most secretive opera house. With sharp wit and total honesty, Gould reveals what it’s really like to spend 29 years buried beneath the stage in the biggest opera house on earth—sharing tight quarters with world-famous singers, unpredictable conductors, and a brass section built on equal parts brilliance and chaos.

TAYLOR SWIFT: The Making of a Pop Machine is the real story of how a Pennsylvania girl with a dream became a billion-dollar brand, a streaming superpower, and the most influential artist of her generation. From country roots to stadium dominance. From Kanye interruptions to ten-minute revenge ballads. From Big Machine drama to legal warfare with Taylor’s Versions. From sad songs to supply chains. This isn’t just a pop star biography. It’s a business case study, a cultural timeline, and a reminder that no one weaponized heartbreak better than Taylor Swift.

Este libro es mucho más que la historia de cómo un niño, que rasgaba una escoba imaginando que era una guitarra en la vereda de una de las polvorientas calles de Santa Cruz, se convierte en el líder, cantante y compositor del grupo de música pop más exitoso del Bolivia: Azul Azul. Es mucho más que la historia del compositor del hit La bomba, que sonó en todos los rincones del planeta, y que alcanzó a ser la canción latina número uno del mundo, certificada por la revista Billboard y convertida hoy en un clásico mundial que ha vendido más de 16 millones de copias.

En los años sesenta, Celia Cruz emprendió una nueva vida lejos de su Cuba natal, el lugar donde brilló por primera vez. Exiliada y con el corazón dividido entre la nostalgia y la esperanza, Celia decidió conquistar escenarios que parecían inalcanzables. Peldaño a peldaño, durante más de cuatro décadas, la Guarachera forjó una carrera extraordinaria a fuerza de talento, carácter, visión y su inconfundible sello personal: ¡Azúcar!

Now fully revised and expanded, this new edition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison is the most comprehensive evaluation of George Harrison's musical career ever published. Treating each of Harrison's songs with unprecedented analysis, author Simon Leng reveals Harrison's eclectic approach – from teenage Nashville twang through Indian raga, psychedelia, gospel, soul, and pure pop – and thoroughly defines Harrison's role in the Beatles.

Mountain Notes: A Nature Diary is a captivating, poetic journal that celebrates the rugged beauty of the Dromara Hills in County Down, Northern Ireland where the author returned home to live on her family farm in 2020. Maggie Doyle grew up on this small dairy farm and feels a deep, emotional connection to this landscape and the rhythms of the natural world. Following a thirty-year career in radio production at BBC Northern Ireland, she took early retirement in 2019.

El verano londinense de 1995 fue una locura. Con uñas, dientes, guitarras eléctricas y declaraciones arrogantes, se libraba la batalla del britpop; desde la de Beatles versus Rolling Stones que no se veía una competencia tan feroz como la que protagonizaron Oasis y Blur. Fue memorable: el Reino Unido había recobrado su histórica fortaleza rockera.

“One of the most casually insightful rock bios ever.”—Entertainment Weekly Told in the words of his musical accomplices, fellow-travelers, friends, and lovers, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead is an intimate and unusual biography of fabled singer–songwriter Warren Zevon, the musical force...

“Take the backroads, not the highways,” Minnie Pearl often said—a sentiment that captures her life’s winding journey. Born Sarah Ophelia Colley in 1912, she grew up in Centerville, Tennessee. This small-town upbringing inspired her imagined hometown of Grinder’s Switch. Minnie Pearl’s break came in 1940 when she debuted on the Grand Ole Opry, which marked the beginning of a career that spanned more than fifty years. Garth Brooks remarked, “When she walked out, everybody waited for the ‘How-dee!’ It’s just two syllables, one word, but every time she said it—it felt like it was just for you.”

Nur wenige Künstler schaffen es, sich auf so vielseitige Weise in die Herzen seines Publikums zu spielen wie Manuel Rubey. Er war einst Sänger der deutschsprachigen Band Mondscheiner und ist es aktuell bei der großartigen Allstar-Formation Familie Lässig, er spielt erfolgreich Kabarett, hat im Jahr 2020 mit seinem Buch-Debüt "Einmal noch schlafen, dann ist morgen" (Molden Verlag, Styria) einen Bestseller gelandet und ist überdies im deutschsprachigen Raum gefragter Schauspieler (u.a. Falco, Braunschlag, Aufschneider, Waren mal Revoluzzer).

In Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist, Anthony Feinstein tells the poignant story of the life and career of one of history's greatest violinists. As a child prodigy, Rabin had the classical music world at his feet. Notable successes abounded. Yet no sooner had Rabin taken his place alongside such illustrious colleagues as Heifetz, Milstein, and Stern than he abruptly and inexplicably disappeared from the concert stage. For three years, the public saw and heard little of him.

Confessions of a Serial Songwriter is an amusing and poignant memoir about songwriter Shelly Peiken's journey from young girl falling under the spell of magical songs to working professional songwriter writing hits of her own. It's about growing up, the creative process – the highs and the lows, the conflicts that arise between motherhood and career success, the divas and schemers, but also the talented and remarkable people she's found along the way. It's filled with stories and step-by-step advice about the songwriting process, especially collaboration.

Shell Shocked is Kaylan's candid, no-holds-barred journey through the wildest decades of rock and roll. He pulls no punches in recounting the sex, the drug use, and the legendary encounters that defined the era including the jaw-dropping, true story of snorting cocaine off Abraham Lincoln's desk inside the Nixon White House.