Musicians who are interested in performing in Japan may encounter many challenges trying to set up shows due to differences in language and culture. This book provides vital information about the Japanese music scene and how musicians from overseas can navigate it successfully. Compiled specifically for working musicians; all of the advice; hints; and testimonials in this book are either from veteran musicians and members of the industry living in Japan or from musicians who have performed there as part of the Kansai Music Conference. It also includes useful Japanese phrases that can go a long way to making the difference between having a ldquo;goodrdquo; tour and having a ldquo;productiverdquo; tour.Many people think that Japan is a place where foreign musicians can ldquo;make it bigrdquo; like they did in the late 20th century; but those days are gone. This book is here to explain why things have changed and how to adjust your strategy to establish a foothold and make the most of your experience in Japan.
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Review
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A good place to startBy E. JonatanThe second edition of this book was the first book on tube amps I ever read. I borrowed it from the local library. I can not say that I understood all the concepts then; but for some reason whenever I had returned the book to the library there was something I had to look up; so I bought the third edition.There are not very many good tube books out there; you can believe me because I have read everything from the 1956 RCA tube manual to most of the modern books on the subject.This book is not perfect. It has the tendency to hide a lot of information in the text instead of making a clear presentation from point A to point B. It assumes that you have read all the preceding chapters and have them fresh in your head because there are explanations on things in chapter 13 that is based on stuff in chapter 3 with no references what so ever.That said; I think this is probably the best place to start. It has lots of information that is relatively easy to grasp.If you are more interested in guitar amplifiers; then I would not recommend you to start with this book. It has all the basic information you need to design a guitar amplifier; so it is not bad reading; but I would recommend you to buy "The Ultimate Tone" series (probably start with volume 3)by Kevin O`Connor instead. Because it explains more of the guitar concepts; such as how to make distortion sound good.If you want to design tube amplifiers I recommend this book. Even though I have many tube books this is the one I always come back to when I want to look something up.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A worthwhile addition to the library of any DIY tube builder and enthusiast.By hifidocA well written analysis of the inner workings of tube amplifier and preamplifiers. There a several examples given of circuits built and tested by the author6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Targeted to HiFi amps.By Fernando Antonio De PaoliBeyond my expectations in details; but targeted to hi fi tube amplifiers. Many details on amps circuits; tricks; do and donts and not for ones that looking for guitar amps. Eng. Fernando
