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How Music Works

Byrne, David, 1952- Book - 2012 780.9 By None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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Creation in reverse -- My life in performance -- Technology shapes music : analog -- Technology shapes music : digital -- In the recording studio -- Collaborations -- Business and finances -- How to make a scene -- Amateurs! -- Harmonia Mundi.
The Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame inductee and co-founder of Talking Heads presents a celebration of music that offers insight into the roles of time, place and recording technology, discussing how evolutionary patterns of adaptations and responses to cultural and physical contexts have influenced music expression throughout history and culminated in the 20th century's transformative practices.

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PUBLISHED
San Francisco [Calif.] : McSweeneys, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 345 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781936365531
1936365537

SUBJECTS
Music -- Social aspects.
Music -- Psychological aspects.
Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.