The Complete Idiot's Guide to Open Mic Night for Guitarists
Advice, Tips, Instruction, and 25 Great Songs
Guitar Book & 2 Enhanced CDs
Item: 00-37455
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Open Mic Night will give you the musical and performance knowledge, technical skills, and, most importantly, the confidence you need to step up to the microphone and give it your all. This book contains information on how to sign up, preparing your set, venue etiquette, performance, the equipment you might need, networking, and promotion so friends and fans will come out and show support. But the heart of this book is the songs---25 great songs all arranged for voice and guitar, by such artists as Foo Fighters, Plain White T's, Radiohead, Bruno Mars, Gnarles Barkley, Train, The Black Crowes, Jason Mraz, Jackson Browne, and many more.
Every song is paired with a detailed lesson on how to play the tune, and each song-geared lesson is peppered with concepts that will heighten your overall understanding of music. In addition, each lesson contains biographical info about the artist or band, and sometimes some background on the creation of the song, information that's perfect for on-stage open mic banter. Plus, all songs are performed and demonstrated on the provided CDs. And with the TNT software included on the discs, you can slow songs down, loop sections, change keys, and even drop out the vocals for karaoke-style sing-along practice.
Titles: 15 Step * 1983 * Billionaire * Butterfly * Chuck E.'s in Love * Crazy * Everlong * Grenade * Heaven * Hey There Delilah * Home * If Everyone Cared * If I Had $1,000,000 * I'll See You in My Dreams * In Love with a Girl * Into the Mystic * Layla * Marry Me * Over the Rainbow * Say * She Talks to Angels * Too Many Angels * Umbrella * Use Somebody * You Can Leave Your Hat On.
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Contents
| Title | Composer |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | Isham Jones (composer); Gus Kahn (lyricist) |
| If I Had $1000000 | Steven Page (composer); Ed Robertson (composer) |
| She Talks to Angels | Chris Robinson (composer); Rich Robinson (composer) |
| Too Many Angels | Jackson Browne (composer) |
| Layla (Unplugged) | Eric Clapton (composer); Jim Gordon (composer) |
| Hey There Delilah | Tom Higgenson (composer) |
| In Love with a Girl | Gavin Degraw (composer) |
| If Everyone Cared | Chad Kroeger (lyricist); Nickelback (composer) |
| Umbrella | Shawn Carter (composer); Terius Nash (composer); Thaddis Harrell (composer); Christopher Stewart (composer) |
| 15 Step | Thomas Yorke (composer); Edward O'Brien (composer); Jonathan Greenwood (composer); Colin Greenwood (composer); Philip Selway (composer) |
| Everlong | David Grohl (composer) |
| Grenade | Andrew Wyatt (composer); Claude Kelly (composer); Peter Hernandez a/k/a Bruno Mars (composer); Ari Levine (composer); Philip W. Lawrence (composer); Brody Brown a/k/a Christopher S (composer) |
| 1983 | Christopher C. Allen (composer); Branden M. Campbell (composer); Elaine G. Doty (composer); Tyler A. Glenn (composer); Timothy A. Pagnotta (composer) |
| Use Somebody | Caleb Followill (composer); Jared Followill (composer); Nathan Followill (composer); Matthew Followill (composer) |
| Billionaire | Travis McCoy (composer); Peter Hernandez a/k/a Bruno Mars (composer); Ari Levine (composer); Philip W. Lawrence (composer) |
| Say | John C. Mayer (composer) |
| Heaven | Brett Dennen (composer) |
| Home | Michael Buble (composer); Amy Foster (composer); Alan Chang (composer) |
| Crazy | Thomas "Cee-Lo" Callaway (composer); Brian J. Burton (composer); Gianfranco Reverberi (composer); Gian Piero Reverberi (composer) |
| Marry Me | Sam Hollander (composer); Patrick T. Monahan (composer) |
| Butterfly | Jason Mraz (composer) |
| Chuck E's in Love | Rickie Lee Jones (composer) |
| Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz") | Harold Arlen (composer); E. Y. Harburg (lyricist) |
| You Can Leave Your Hat On | Randy Newman (composer) |
| Into the Mystic | Van Morrison (composer) |
Additional Information
| Series: | Complete Idiot's Guide |
| Instrument: | Guitar |
| Format: | Book & 2 Enhanced CDs |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Item Number: | 00-37455 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-8014-8 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-8014-6 |
| UPC: | 038081419367 |
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