Welcome to “InsideTheHits.net”. This is a companion website to “InsideTheHits.com”, which is posted by Berklee Press, the publications arm of Berklee College of Music in Boston. Berklee Press/Hal Leonard are partners in the production and distribution of Berklee Press books, workbooks, CD-ROMs, Vinyl (!) and other music-related titles. Their I.T.H. site links to this one, and vice versa. Check out their catalog for other excellent publications. My own latest book, INSIDE THE HITS, is also B.P.’s latest title. As I wrote it, I’m very happy that you are interested! And, for your info, I am posting this site personally as an aid to owners of my book, or just to give some who haven’t got the book a “scratch ‘n sniff” of what the book is.

        Very simply, this book is for anyone who loves Rock, Pop and R&B recorded from 1956 through about 1990, and who would like to know just why some of the greatest records of the era affect our emotions so deeply. Point: a great record is like a great film - only without the visuals. Viewing a film, we can discover shot by shot or frame by frame how it mainpulates viewers with acting, lighting, camera angles, editing, sound... that’s what we all pay for! In a like way, I try to reveal how we are seduced and controlled by great records. At some point in every classic song, the record shouts “Gotcha!”, and we’re in for the whole ride.



DEDICATION

HOW TO BUY ONLINE:

1. INSIDE THE HITS (the fantastic book they’re all talking about)
2. THE MUSIC: RECOMMENDED CDs, Original Albums on CD, COMPILATIONS

INSIDE INSIDE THE HITS

1. WHAT MAKES THE HITS WORK
2. WHAT’S NEW & EXCITING ABOUT I.T.H.
3. A TASTE OF THE BOOK AND THE MUSIC
4. DISCLAIMER, LAMENT and a HIGH-PRICED, low profit OFFER

FREE SAMPLES FROM INSIDE THE HITS (ACTUAL SECTIONS FROM THE BOOK)

1. FOREWORD
2. CONTENTS
3. INTRODUCTION & most of PART 0: What The Hits Have In Common
4. Excerpts from:
                     PART 1,
                     PART 2,
                     PART 3,
                 &  PART 5
5. The ever-mysterious KEY ELEMENTS MATRIX
6. INDEX

MUSIC - 30 SECOND CLIPS of 89 GREAT RECORDS

1. ROCK’S FIRST DECADE and WHAT MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE
2. THE BEATLES
3. THE BRITISH INVASION: ADVENTURES IN EXCESS AND ELEGANCE
4. MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH: AN EXPLOSION OF NEW AMERICAN SOUNDS AND STYLES, 1965-1973
5. MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE, 1974-1988

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        Enjoy the site, and the book itself. I’ve been thinking about writing it and planting the seeds at Berklee for fifteen years. It certainly should be ripe by now.