Someone Counts to Four and Then You Start Playing
How to Disturb the Universe with the Power of Rock’n’Roll
Someone Counts to Four and Then You Start Playing
How to Disturb the Universe with the Power of Rock’n’Roll
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SOMEONE COUNTS TO FOUR AND THEN YOU START PLAYING is about that moment when you let go and realize perfection isn't the goal, excitement is.
SOMEONE COUNTS TO FOUR AND THEN YOU START PLAYING is a bold call to return to the fundamentals of rock'n'roll - Rhythm, Rebellion, Sex, and Soul. It is seductive, subversive, dangerously wry, and radically authentic. It encourages curiosity, adventure, imagination, protest, and a little bit of trouble. It is all about creating possibilities.
SOMEOME COUNTS TO FOUR AND THEN YOU START PLAYING puts the dirt and grime back in rock'n'roll music by putting the people back in power. It offers raw insights for aspiring musicians looking for an uncorrupted worldview with hard-fought lessons in blues and punk rock. It exposes the tyranny of taste, talent, and technique, and rips the sheets off of traditional music theory.
SOMEONE COUNTS TO FOUR AND THEN YOU START PLAYING tears a path from Little Richard and Bo Diddley through the Sex Pistols, Nirvana, and the White Stripes, and along the way celebrates the New York Dolls, the Stooges, the Cramps, and America's rich tradition of juvenile delinquency. It is a love letter with a happy ending, a self-empowering, life-changing book for anyone who wants to disturb the universe by opening up their hearts and having an unapologetic good time.
Author MIKE EDISON dances freely with anarchy and existentialism, quantum physics, and cheap pyrotechnics. This isn't just a book about rock'n'roll, it is the thing itself, a rock'n'roll manifesto that should be nailed to the front door of the local music school-and the local bar.
Table of Contents
1. Play the Blues
2. Practice Like They're Going to Take It Away from You
3. Get a Metronome
4. Throw Away the Metronome
5. The Truth about Talent
6. Welcome to the Machine
7. You're Gonna Need Some Gear
8. Steal This Riff
9. Why Does My Guitar Sound Like Sh*t?
10. Sing, Dance, Play the Drums
11. Curiosity Killed the Cat (But Satisfaction Brought Him Back)
12. Only a Moron Would Say "I Hate Jazz"
13. Positive Mental Attitude
14. Everybody Get Together
15. Don't Call It "Band Practice"
16. How to Turn a Guitar Player into a Bass Player
17. The "F" Word
18. What You Need to Know about Music Theory
19. Jamming, Part One: Freedom
20. Jamming, Part Two: No Weak Jams, Ever
21. Write a Simple Song
22. If You Can't Play the Tambourine, You Can't Play in My Band
23. Look Better than the Audience
24. Someone Counts to Four and Then You Start Playing
Coda: There Are No Small Gigs, Only Small Minds
Product details
| Published | Apr 15 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9798765188460 |
| Imprint | Backbeat |
| Illustrations | 15 B/W Images |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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