Pathfinder for Music

Some Print Resources at the Windward CC Library

• How to grow as a musician: what all musicians must know to succeed by Sheila Anderson (ML3795 .A827 2005)
• The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, 3 volumes (Reference Collection, ML100 .G16 1998)
• The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Reference Collection, ML102 .P66G84 1995)
• The New Grove Dictionary of American Music (Reference Collection, ML101 U6 N48 1986)
• Dictionary of American Pop/Rock (Reference Collection, ML102 P66S5 1982) - the jargon of popular music
• The rough guide to reading music and basic theory by Hugo Pinksterboer (MT85 .P5 2001)
• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie (Reference Collection: ML100 .N48)

Note: in the WCC Library, try browsing the M section in either the Main or the Reference collections.

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Digital Books (via eBrary and NetLibrary)

• Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Classical Music
• Analyzing popular music edited by Allan Moore

Web Sites

• Honolulu Symphony
• Lyrics
• International Association for the Study of Popular
• Review of Popular Music Online
• Experience Music Project - popular music museum
• All Music Guide - articles arranged by genre, then by decade
• The Center for Popular Music - Helpful Links
• Sonicnet - biographical information, music reviews, current news, audio files, and links to artist's websites.
• Country Music Search Engine
• Country.com
• HyperReal - Techno & rave culture
• The Blue Highway - Provides profiles of 20 of the greatest blues artists, with biographies, audio files, and links to other websites.
• Blue Flame Cafe - Virtual biographical encyclopedia of 100 blues artists.
• House of the Rising Punk - Links and reviews.
• 'Search & Destroy' - Punk and Rock and Roll Search Engine
• Music Theory Online
• I Hear America Singing
• http://www.grammyintheschools.com
• National Association of Music Education
• Online Observatory
• Wolfgang's Vault - archive of concert recordings
• Jamendo - creatives commons music
• Dance - from the New York Public Library of Performing Arts
  

Videos

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• Amadeus (DVD)
• The Committments (DVD)
• Immortal Beloved (DVD)
• Schultze gets the Blues (DVD)

Online Music

• http://www.okaytoplay.com/wiki/Legal_Music_Providers - list of "podsafe" music
• Pandora.com - online radio that creates a playlist based on your musical preference

For more resources, including online journal articles, check out the Windward CC Library main page.