5/24/2023 0 Comments David byrne's how music works![]() These three things make the book a winner. ![]() Third, he writes in a straightforward, unpretentious way. Second, Byrne is widely read and very interested in ideas. ![]() First, Byrne has had a long, varied musical career and there’s lots of biographical detail here. What makes the book so compelling is a delightful mixture of three things. How Music Works is a wide-ranging look at every aspect of music from culture to collaboration to finances. I expected to like the book in fact I loved it. What better time to pull David Byrne’s How Music Works off my bookshelf, where it’s been lurking unread for nearly a decade? I didn’t regret the decision. ![]() The BBC’s Soul Music also covered Once In A Lifetime a year ago. The Strong Songs podcast had a terrific analysis of the Stop Making Sense concert movie, which is astonishingly good on every level. Having somehow let Talking Heads pass me by as a teenager, I’ve been discovering the joys of David Byrne recently. ![]()
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