Contains simple tips for maintaining guitars, amps, PA equipment and drums which will help prevent your kit from breaking down at inopportune moments, saving you money by avoiding expensive repair bills.

In recent years, home recording equipment has become more affordable as the technology rapidly evolves to meet the needs of professional musicians. Now both professional musicians and amateurs alike can make music from the comfort of their own homes. This DVD details absolutely everything the beginner needs to know about putting together a home recording studio. Topics covered include computers, microphones, mixing desks, monitor speakers, studio interfaces, MIDI, and cabling and connecting everything together. Also included in this inclusive DVD is a 32-page booklet with easy-to-follow diagrams, professional tips and a comprehensive section on troubleshooting. Record studio expert Danny Cope guides you through all the essential steps, unravelling technical terms and helping you make intelligent and educated choices about equipment. Authored for Zone 0.

Led Zeppelin's hard-driving mix of blues-rock and funk electrified generations of fans, providing them with an unforgettable, monumental musical experience. Superbly illustrated, this book delves into the true-life tales and people that inspired one of the greatest bands of all time. What were “The Houses of the Holy”? Where was the “Stairway to Heaven”? This in-depth look reveals the roots and origins of the songs on all eight of the band's celebrated studio albums, together with all the stories behind material released after Zeppelin's breakup in 1980.

Charles Strouse composed some of the most successful shows in Broaday history (Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and Golden Boy); wrote the film score for Bonnie and Clyde as well as the unforgettable theme song for All in the Family; has been sampled by one of today's biggest rap stars – Jay-Z, and his songs have been sung by musical greats from Ray Charles to Barbra Streisand. This biography tells the stories behind his phenomenal career.

Headbangers, rejoice, because this fantastically illustrated encyclopedia includes all things metal, from influential bands such as Led Zeppelin, Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly, KISS, and Queen, to Mötley Crüe, Black Sabbath (before Ozzy became a family sitcom star), Deep Purple, Twisted Sister, and Aerosmith, right up to Jane's Addiction, Las Cruces, Limp Bizkit, and today's most extreme death metal bands.