Cherry Lane Music was launched in the early 1960s in an apartment overlooking the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. From these humble beginnings, Cherry Lane has evolved into a leader in the field of sheet music and many other music-related products.
Milton Okun founded Cherry Lane with a few copyrights and the desire to attain success by applying the values of integrity and reliability to creating a quality musical product. We have achieved quality in our printed music through a steadfast commitment to providing the finest arrangements, engravings, design, paper stock and printing. Our reputation for the precision of our guitar tablature books is an indication to that commitment, as is the playability of all of our transcriptions and arrangements. The print company is known for its wide assortment of folios and sheet music for a diverse group of artists from Barbra Streisand, John Mayer and the White Stripes to the Dave Matthews Band, Metallica and Jack Johnson.
Cherry Lane is pleased to bring our creative edge in songbook production into the twenty-first century. Our continued mission, as summarized by John Stix, Senior Vice President of Rights Acquisitions and head of the print company, is to "get sheet music out of the piano bench and onto the piano. By making a pact with our fans, we hope they will come to see our folios as more than just songbooks."
We are proud to offer a wide variety of folios from many of today's great artists, from Jack Johnson and Sara Bareilles to Metallica and the Dave Matthews Band. Below is a description of a number of specialized series that we produce.
Piano/Vocal/Guitar - Our most popular and universal series, the Piano/Vocal/Guitar books include transcriptions of each vocal and piano part, in addition to every guitar chord. Many books feature photos, bios, and other great bonuses in addition to the complete albums of today's best artists.
The Art Of - Each book in The Art Of series presents a comprehensive overview of the playing style of one of today's greatest guitarists. Classic licks, excerpted solos, lessons, interviews, and insightful commentary on the music provide players with the tools they need to best understand a particular artist's work.
Just the Riffs - Just the Riffs packs a truckload of great riffs into one awesome book. We take a band, isolate their best and coolest riffs, and present them in a straight-ahead way - with no fancy talk, no wasted space. Just here it is, here's how it sounds, and here's how to play it.
Legendary Licks - The Legendary Licks series presents the music of a band or artist in a comprehensive, play-along package. Each book contains note-for-note transcriptions and detailed performance notes on how to play dozens of classic licks, fills, riffs, and solos - complete with recorded demonstrations. Slowed-down versions are also on the CD for the fast and tricky passages. And the recording is split channel, so you can listen to all the instruments or play along with the band!
Play It Like it Is/Artist Approved - These editions feature exact, authentic transcriptions for guitar, bass, and drums for some of the best music of all time. Many were authorized by Guitar and Guitar One Magazine. Guitar and bass books include notes and tablature. The books featuring the Artist Approved logo have been personally approved by the transcribing artist.
Riff by Riff - The Riff by Riff series is designed to give all musicians - aspiring as well as professional - the most complete, in-depth, and thorough analysis available of a given band or artist. Each book presents detailed and easily accessible instructional material that addresses all aspects of the music. By taking a close look at the riffs, rhythm figures, solos, and harmony lines, Riff by Riff examines essentially every guitar part in the music - using the actual music as played on the recording.
Strum & Sing - The Strum & Sing series provides an unplugged and pared-down approach to your favorite songs - just the chords
and the lyrics, with nothing fancy. These easy-to-play arrangements are designed for both aspiring and professional musicians.
Transcribed Full Scores - Transcribed Full Scores are vocal and instrumental arrangements of music from some of the greatest groups in music. These excellent publications feature transcribed parts for lead vocals, backup vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, drums, and all of the various instruments used in each specific recording session. All songs are arranged exactly the way the artists recorded them.