How Music Works is David Byrne's bestselling, buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about.
132-133. Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music, by Greg Milner, Faber & Faber, 2010, p. 119. “A Metropolitan Opera High Note, as Donations Hit $182 Million,” by Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times, October 10, ...
Do your Bob Dylan albums sound better on CD vinyl? John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers these questions and many more in How Music Works, an intriguing and original guide to acoustics.
This book proposes a Physical Culture Theory, taking culture as a self-organizing impulse pattern of electric forces.
The perfect book for players and listeners alike.
*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 ...