Add Some Music To Your Day
Analyzing and Enjoying the  Music of the Beach Boys

 

Edited by  Don Cunningham and Jeff Bleiel

200 pages, Paperback
ISBN 0-9675973-0-7
$19.95

Edited by Don Cunningham (editor and publisher of Add Some Music during the fanzine’s seven-year existence) and Jeff Bleiel (author of That’s All: Bobby Darin On Record, Stage & Screen), this book features insightful, opinionated commentary on the Beach Boys which has been unavailable for over 15 years.

Highlights
About the Add Some Music fanzine
Reviews/Critical Praise
Classic Beach Boys songs covered in this book
Featured articles
About the editors
To Order
Questions

Highlights

About the fan magazine Add Some Music (1978-1984)

“The best Beach Boys fanzine ever” – Endless Summer Quarterly

Many Beach Boys aficionados consider Add Some Music – a serious journal about the band’s artistry and history – to be the best fanzine ever published about the group.  The articles now collected for the book Add Some Music To Your Day stand up as exceptionally perceptive commentary on the Beach Boys – writing which has never before received wide distribution.  

Reviews/Critical Praise

CRITICAL PRAISE FOR ADD SOME MUSIC TO YOUR DAY: ANALYZING AND ENJOYING THE MUSIC OF THE BEACH BOYS

"A wonderful look into the Beach Boys that caught my attention. It gives fresh insight into the evolution of our music."
 Al Jardine, The Beach Boys

"The writing is focused and provocative…The essays could easily send readers to their CD players to hear what has got Cunningham and his contributors so stoked…A useful addition to the tsunami of Beach Boys scholarship."
 Billboard

 "This book reminds us of all things musical about the Beach Boys – the loss of Dennis, the genius of Brian, and the beauty of Carl. It also reminds us of the capabilities of Mike, Al and Bruce. Don Cunningham’s musical analysis helps us better understand the legendary band."
 David Beard, Endless Summer Quarterly

"An irresistible glimpse back to a more optimistic time…Add Some Music, the preeminent Beach Boys fan publication of the late 70s and early 80s, was as enlightening as it was entertaining. Any Beach Boy fan with the slightest interest in the band beyond the sun/fun/surf songs will find something worthwhile here."
 Amplifier

"Because it focuses on the music, this book is an important addition to Brian Wilson/Beach Boys literature."
 David Leaf, author, The Beach Boys and The California Myth

"Expert dissection of Brian’s music, leavened with excellent and occasionally poignant period photos…If you claim to be a Beach Boys fan, you have to buy this book."
 Andrew Doe, author, The Complete Guide To The Music Of The Beach Boys

"Lots of great memories evoked with this book…Highly recommended."
 Beach Boys Stomp

Classic Beach Boys songs covered in this book

Read insightful commentary about the composition, production, and recording of these Beach Boys favorites:

 Featured Articles

About the Editors

Don Cunningham was editor and publisher of Add Some Music during the journal’s seven-year existence (1978-1984)

Jeff Bleiel is author of That’s All: Bobby Darin on Record, Stage & Screen, and co-producer of the box set As Long As I’m Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection

To Order

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Questions

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