How music works / David Byrne.

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 musi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byrne, David, 1952-
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : McSweeneys, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Music > Social aspects.
Music > 20th century > History and criticism.
Physical Description:345 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, charts, plans, facsimiles, photographs (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.