Giant Steps

My Improbable Journey From Stage Lights To Executive Heights

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Beschreibung

<p><b>In <i>Giant Steps</i>, Derek Shulman chronicles a truly incredible life and career in music--first as the leader of the progressive-rock pioneers Gentle Giant, then as the record-label executive responsible for cultivating and signing the likes of Bon Jovi, Dream Theater, and Slipknot and orchestrating comebacks by AC/DC, Bad Company, and more.</b></p><br><p>Beginning with a young Shulman confidently telling his school teacher that he would grow up to become a pop star, this eye-opening memoir explores a Zelig-like existence on both sides of the music industry. Shulman found fame first as a teenager in the 60s group Simon Dupree &amp; The Big Sound, then took rock music to the outer reaches across eleven albums with Gentle Giant. In the 80s, he switched gears to become a record executive, first at Polygram and then at Atco and Roadrunner, working with everyone from Black Sabbath to Dr. Dre to Pantera to Men Without Hats.</p><br><p>Along the way, Gentle Giant would become a defining influence on hip-hop, their music sampled by many of the genre's leading lights--including J. Dilla, De La Soul, and dozens more--and the band acclaimed by The Roots bandleader and filmmaker Questlove as one of his favourite rock acts of all time.</p><br><p>Clean-living and career-driven in a world of debauchery and excess, Shulman is perfectly placed to explore and explain the major developments in popular music and youth culture from the 1960s to the present day, making <i>Giant Steps</i> a must-read for fans of prog, rock, hip-hop, and more.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781916829244

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

212 x 152 x 24 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Outline Press Ltd