Title:
How music works
Author:
Edition:
First Three Rivers Press edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York : Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
Physical Description:
382 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780804188937
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
"Originally published in the United States in hardcover in 2012 and in paperback in 2013 by McSweeneys, San Francisco."
Contents:
Creation in reverse -- My life in performance -- Technology shapes music : analog -- Technology shapes music : digital -- Infinite choice : the power of creation -- In the recording studio -- Collaborations -- Business and finances -- How to make a scene -- Amateurs! -- Harmonia Mundi.
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Language:
English
