Official sheet music for Kyle Morrison's "Pianometal" album.

WHY AREN'T YOUR SONGS BEING RECOGNIZED? Music Theory For The Modern Rockin' Metalhead provides today's rock and rollers with straightforward and simple methods that will help them write better songs practically overnight. The music business has never been more competitive than it is today. With tens of millions of bands around the world competing for attention, only those who have a solid understanding of music will rise to the top. Written by Shattersphere frontman and award winning songwriter Kyle Morrison Lovely, this book delivers what musicians really need to know in order to make their songs stand out in today's highly competitive market. If you haven't achieved the level of recognition you desire, you need this book!

There are far too many publications regarding the music business full of "do this, do that" advice that fail to encompass everything that modern day musicians need to know. This is the first guide to the music business ever written that completes the true formula for success by explaining not only what you have to do, but also who you have to be. Success begins with a state of mind, continues with taking action, and bears great rewards for a job well done. Giving and receiving "how to" information just isn't enough to produce results anymore. It's what a person decides to do with that information that counts, and people make those decisions based on who they are as individuals. This is the first work of its kind in the world that helps musicians by using the true formula for success. Stop listening to entertainment attorneys who have never set foot on stage, and start listening to someone who has actually done what you aspire to do!

This volume reflects nearly two years of Zoom interviews conducted leading up to and following the 2020 US election. In contrast to the abundance of literature on Trump and the far-right/left, the stories within highlight the struggle of the anti-Trump conservative voters who consider themselves caught between two increasingly polarized parties. Left behind by their party, and unwilling or unable to join the opposition, these individuals find themselves abandoned by the system dictated by a series of choiceless decisions. Grounded in anthropological and political theory and field methods, the interviews housed within this book reflect the advantages of the qualitative and holistic approach ethnography brings to the understanding of political identity. The book begins with a brief but comprehensive overview on the history of the Republican Party from Eisenhower to Trump. The following chapter then unpacks the complex and subjective label of ‘American conservatism’. Chapter Three ends with a breakdown of the dominant principles within conservative thought identified in the literature cited and each interview. The next few chapters analyze the party exits through a combination of Albert Hirschman’s (1970) Exit, Voice, Loyalty model and social identity theory. The final chapter of this book presents the reader with an opportunity to consider their positionality as it impacts the future of American democracy. Providing an interdisciplinary analysis of political identity in the American electorate, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of US politics, electoral politics, identity politics, political parties, public anthropology, and social science in general.

The first ever Pianometal Concerto presented in three movements.