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Sep 12, 2012 · Touching on the joy, the physics, and even the business of making music, How Music Works is a brainy, irresistible adventure and an impassioned argument about music’s liberating, life-affirming power.
How Music Works is a non-fiction book by David Byrne, a musician, composer, and writer best known for his work with the group Talking Heads. He discusses the form and influence of music in a non-linear narrative fashion, using a variety of experiences from his career to create something part autobiography and part music theory.
May 2, 2017 · NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.
Sep 2, 2014 · Touching on the joy, the physics, and even the business of making music, How Music Works is a brainy, irresistible adventure and an impassioned argument about music’s liberating, life-affirming power.
About How Music Works. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.
How Music Works is David Byrne's remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he's spent a lifetime thinking about. Incisive, engaging, and eclectic, it was first published by McSweeney’s in 2012 to rave reviews and became a New York Times bestseller.
May 2, 2017 · NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical,...
May 2, 2017 · NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.
Sep 13, 2012 · A brainy, irresistible adventure, How Music Works is an impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.
May 2, 2017 · Drawing on a lifetime of music-making as an amateur, professional, performer, producer, band member and solo artist, Byrne (Bicycle Diaries, 2009) tackles the question implicit in his title from multiple angles: How does music work on the ear, brain and body? How do words relate to music in a song?
Apr 26, 2022 · With his albums for Talking Heads, his work with Brian Eno or his solo output, the author has been consistently at the forefront of musical, and artistic, innovation. In this book he explores why the past matters and what the future might bring.
These interactive Music Theory tutorials explain how music works, in simple language that you can relate to. There are nine tutorials, each divided into several topics. Every topic contains a wealth of diagrams and sounds to illustrate the points being explained.
Sep 21, 2012 · “How Music Works” is a faux-naïve guidebook (meaning he reduces complex phenomena to simple terms, though not always), written for the musically illiterate pop-music player and fan.
Sep 19, 2013 · How Music Works is an audacious and exhilarating dissection of how culture, context and technology combine to create aural splendour. How Music Works is David Byrne's bestselling, buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about.
Touching on the joy, the physics, and even the business of making music, How Music Works is a brainy, irresistible adventure and an impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.
How Music Works is a comprehensive suite of multimedia tutorials which explain music in clear, simple language you can relate to. Packed with over 115 topics in nine tutorials, and illustrated with 360 diagrams and 750 demonstration sounds, the tutorials start with the very basics of music and advance to topics which are valuable even for ...
Aug 24, 2012 · How Music Works is a brainy, irresistible adventure and an impassioned argument about music’s liberating, life-affirming power. Today we’re featuring an excerpt from the first chapter of the book.
Sep 12, 2012 · Just as he’s debuting his new work with St. Vincent, the creatively insatiable David Byrne is also publishing a book, called How Music Works. Beautifully designed by Dave Eggers’ McSweeney’s...
This book presents a physical culture theory of music for everyone and suggests a basic mechanism how music works: self-organization or synchronization.
Aug 19, 2024 · Music acts as a powerful “metronome” for your body, helping you maintain a steady pace and use energy more efficiently. Fast-paced tunes with strong beats (around 160 bpm) can significantly boost your performance. In fact, studies show that listening to music during exercise can increase workout duration and intensity, leading to better ...
