Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
*UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL*
How Music Works is musician and creative polymath David Byrne s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form. From its very inceptions to the comprehensive influences that shape it, whether composed in a vast concert hall, via digital arrangement, or intimately by fireside on drums, Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of experience to explore the panoptic elements of music and how it shapes the human experience. Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with the Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, Byrne reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Globally reaching in scale, but warmly inviting in tone, Byrne s magnum opus reveals ever-new and thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.
Praise for How Music Works
Brilliantly original The New York Times Book Review
Fascinating Booklist
Extraordinary The Guardian
Dazzling The Onion A.V. Club
Essential The San Francisco Chronicle
Absorbing The Independent
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Synopsis
*Updated with a new chapter on digital curation*
How Music Works is 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. Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne s magnum opus uncovers ever-new and thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.
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Synopsis
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 a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual"--The Boston Globe Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, David Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne's magnum opus uncovers thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.