Music audiobooks

My life as an animal

By: Andrew Tyler

Narrated by: Jim Smith

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Working as a respected investigative journalist for the Observer and Guardian, with star-studded spells at the New Musical Express and Time Out and dedicating the last 20 years of his life completely to Animal Rights, Andrew Tyler has recorded his own ‘great life’ - from his early days in a Jewish orphanage in London to his final day in a clinic... Read more

There's a Light at the End of My Muddle

By: Ellen Palestrant

Narrated by: Ellen Palestrant

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

You will have fun listening to "There's a Light at the End of My Muddle", read by the author Ellen Palestrant. There are more than seventy, highly original poems, limericks and tongue-twisters in this collection such as My Story is a Hula-Hoop, Slurping Pasta, Colors are a Magic Trick and Thorny Thicket Thistles. All are entertaining,... Read more

Music Docs, Folge 2: Olaf Opal

By: Simone Sohn

Narrated by: Simone Sohn

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Music Docs ist eine neue Dokumentationsserie mit Deep Dives in spannende Geschichten zu den Menschen hinter deiner Lieblingsmusik - die dabei selbst zu Wort kommen. In Folge 2 geht es um Produzentenlegende Olaf Opal und um seinen Balanceakt zwischen Superhits und Indieperlen denen er gleichermaßen Leben eingehaucht hat. Olaf hat Musikgeschichte... Read more

Dornröschen. Ballett von Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski - Abridged

By: Simsa Marko

Narrated by: Simsa Marko

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Am Hofe von König Florestan wird zur Geburt seiner Tochter, Prinzessin Aurora, ein großes Fest gefeiert. Doch leider wurde versäumt, die böse Fee Carrabosse einzuladen. Sie verflucht Aurora und den Hof: Sollte sich Aurora mit etwas Spitzem stechen, stirbt die Prinzessin. Die Fliederfee kann dies abmildern. Als Aurora sich an ihrem 16. Geburtstag... Read more

Honey Don't

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Join the British Invasion with this fun and easy classic by the Beatles. This lesson includes instruction on both the acoustic rhythm and electric lead guitar parts. There is also a full demonstration and backing tracks in three configurations to practice and perform with. This song is a level one so it is suitable for most first year guitar... Read more

Something

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In this level one “by ear” lesson you will learn all three guitar parts to this iconic Beatles hit. A full demonstration of the guitar parts with drums and bass is included as well as backing tracks to practice with in several configurations. Read more

Piano by Ear: Christmas Box Set 1

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 5 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

In this Piano by Ear box set, you will receive a nice mix of old and new Christmas standards arranged at various levels of difficulty. This way you can start playing for your Holiday gatherings right away while still working on more sophisticated pieces to play later. All of these songs are taught “by ear” so you can work on them anywhere and at... Read more

Purple Haze

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In this level two lesson you will learn all of the rhythm and lead guitar parts from the studio version of “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the guitar parts with backing tracks and then teaches every chord, lick, and rhythm of the song completely “by ear.” At the end of the lesson there are backing... Read more

Marry Me – Fingerstyle Solo

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

This love ballad by the band Train makes a wonderful level two fingerstyle guitar solo and you can learn how to play it completely “by ear!” This lesson starts with a full demonstration of the solo and is then followed by a detailed lesson teaching every note and phrase without music, tab, or video. Read more

Bouree in Em

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

This clever and fun piece is a nice introduction into Bach’s counterpoint style that set him up as the king of the Baroque period. The lesson starts with a full demonstration followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson breaking the entire song down into two- to four-measure sections. Read more

Open Arms – Classical solo

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

This love ballad by Journey translates into a fantastic finger-style guitar solo. In this lesson you will start with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson that teaches each phrase in extreme detail. When you learn this way you learn the song quicker and you memorize it as you go. This lesson is rated at a level... Read more

Largo from Xerxes

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a simple yet beautiful piece that is typically performed with an orchestra. This arrangement captures all of the emotion of the largo without adding any undo difficulty. This lesson starts with a full demonstration of the largo followed by a detailed all-audio lesson teaching the entire song without music, print, or video. When you learn... Read more

Polonaise 17

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

This simple and fun Polonaise is by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, son of J. S. Bach. This lesson includes a full demonstration followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson teaching the song in two to four measure sections. When you learn without print or video you memorize the song while you learn it and develop your ability to pick out other songs “by... Read more

Dust in the Wind – fingerstyle solo

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In this lesson you will learn a neo-classical guitar solo of “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas. The solo is fully demonstrated at the beginning of the lesson and then the entire arrangement is taught by ear in small sections. When you learn by ear you not only learn the song more quickly, you learn it in such a way that you build your skills for... Read more

Sonatina in G

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This sonatina is special in that it starts in the typical sonatina style in four-four time but then adds a romance section at the end in six-eight time. It is basically two songs in one. This lesson starts with a full demonstration of the sonatina followed by a detailed all-audio lesson teaching the entire song without music, print, or video.... Read more

I Believe in You

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In this Guitar by Ear lesson you will learn all of the electric lead guitar parts as well as an acoustic rhythm guitar part to this Don Williams hit. The lesson includes demonstration and backing tracks to practice and perform with. This is rated at a level 1.5 difficulty. Read more

Hill Street Blues

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The television series Hill Street Blues was a first in many areas but none as impacting as this unforgettable theme song by Mike Post. This lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson demonstrating and explaining every phrase and note of the song. This is a fast way to learn this landmark piano... Read more

Polonaise 28

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This lesson includes a full demonstration followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson teaching the song in two to four measure sections. When you learn without print or video you memorize the song while you learn it and develop your ability to pick out other songs “by ear.” Read more

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn this reflective Christmas carol without using any music, print, or video. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the arrangement and then proceeds to teach the entire song “by ear,” describing every note and finger used to play the song. Read more

Nearer, My God, to Thee

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In this Piano by Ear lesson you will learn a beginner level piano solo of this classic hymn. The song is fully demonstrated and then taught in two- to four-measure sections, completely by ear, describing every note and finger used to play the song. Listen to the lesson sample above to see just how easy it is to learn to play this great hymn... Read more

Green Green Grass of Home

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This level one lesson uses Elvis’ version of the song as the primary source of the acoustic and electric parts but also teaches an acoustic-only version based on the Tom Jones’ version with the walking bass lines. In the Elvis version you will both the acoustic rhythm guitar part and the electric lead guitar part to the song. Everything in this... Read more

Guilty

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In this lesson you will learn the guitar part to the live version of “Guilty” as it was performed by the Bee Gees. You will learn the guitar part in standard tuning as well as the open tuning that Barry Gibbs typically plays in. This way you can play the song without having to retune your guitar. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of... Read more

Guitar by Ear: Solos Box Set 1

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 25 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This box set contains lessons on modern guitar solos in both flat-pick and fingerstyle. This package contains over twenty-five hours of high quality instruction of the songs and styles of artist like Duane Allman, Tommy Emmanuel, Albert King, and George Benson. There are also several fingerstyle solos that were specially arranged by Bill Brown... Read more

Comptine D'un Autre Été

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This modern neo-classical piece by the French composer Yann Tiersen is a clever piece which builds upon a recurring pattern in the left hand. The four sections continuously develop the themes until, by the end of the piece, you have been carried on a musical adventure while never leaving the underpinning sea of the left hand’s repeating pattern.... Read more