The music industry has always been cutthroat and competitive by heart. And nowadays, it is becoming more and more difficult make income. Having to make a small amount of money playing music on the side is not very difficult. However, to be able to turn a passion into a career, you will need to want it more than anything else. Although there are lots of luck involved, various factors may be influenced to put you in a position of launching a musical career. Furthermore, it is important to have unrealistic standards with regards to how things will be as soon as you are able to quit your day job. Adele is one of the best-selling singer and songwriter in the United Kingdom.

Births, deaths and marriages, No1 singles, drug busts and arrests, famous gigs and awards... all these and much more appear in this fascinating 50 year almanac.Using a page for every day of the calendar year, the author records a variety of rock and pop events that took place on a given day of the month across the years.This Day in Music is fully illustrated with hundreds of pictures, cuttings and album covers, making this the must-have book for any pop music fan.

(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part as well as in the vocal line.

"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic There’s a reason today’s ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore—they’re designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider’s look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters—alongside industry heavy-hitters like Katy Perry, Rihanna, Max Martin, and Ester Dean—this fascinating journey into the strange world of pop music reveals how a new approach to crafting smash hits is transforming marketing, technology, and even listeners’ brains. You’ll never think about music the same way again. A Wall Street Journal Best Business Book

If you yearn to say yes to your deepest expression in your art and life, this self-help book is for you. Dr. Hillis guides you past resistance on your artist's journey so you can finally trust yourself, develop confidence and cultivate deep exploration and experimentation in your art. Bonus resource library with videos lessons and book club guide.

Jennie's connection with her twin brother, Toby, grew stronger after he died in 1864. Now Jennie must rely on her ability to communicate with his spirit to find out what has happened to her beloved fiancé, Will, while he was off at war. The army says he died honorably in battle. But his brother confides that Will became a violent criminal and died in a prison camp. Jennie begins to doubt that anyone is telling her the truth. With the help of a spiritualist photographer, the spirit of her dead fiancé, and the clues she discovers and keeps in her scrapbook, Jennie must put together the pieces of this mystery before she loses her home, her fortune, and possibly her life.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This definitive songbook presents, for the very first time, all the songs from Adele's four chart-topping albums in a single volume. Other bonus tracks and the massive Skyfall theme are included, all arranged for piano, voice, and guitar with chord symbols and full lyrics. 62 songs, including: All I Ask * Chasing Pavements * Crazy for You * Cry Your Heart Out * Easy on Me * Hello * I Drink Wine * Love Is a Game * Make You Feel My Love * Rolling in the Deep * Rumour Has It * Send My Love (To Your New Lover) * Set Fire to the Rain * Skyfall * Someone like You * When We Were Young * Woman like Me * and more!

This single chapter book contains the full sheet music for Adele's Academy Award winning theme song to the 23rd Bond film, Skyfall. The song has here been expertly arranged for easy Piano solo.