In it he explores how profoundly music is shaped by its time and place, and he explains how the advent of recording technology in the twentieth century forever changed our relationship to playing, performing, and listening to music.Īcting as historian and anthropologist, raconteur and social scientist, he searches for patterns and shows how those patterns have affected his own work over the years with Talking Heads and his many collaborators, from Brian Eno to Caetano Veloso. Infused with his passionate writing style, the book is an exhilarating read, particularly with its vague title promising so little.How Music Works is David Byrne's remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. Best known for his work in Talking Heads, Byrne writes with authority. In How Music Works, David Byrne goes beyond providing a historical overview of music by adding personal observations.

Barry Kernfeld’s Pop Song Piracy: Disobedient Music Distribution since 1929 is another noteworthy example. Many of these, such as Matthew David’s Peer to Peer and the Music Industry and Patrik Wikström’s The Music Industry: Music in the Cloud, aim to contextualize the present day by delving deep into the past. Infused with his passionate writing style, the book is an exhilarating read, particularly with its vague title promising so little.ĪB - In recent years, several books have been published which discuss changes in the recording industry as a result of the digital revolution, exploring technological issues such as piracy, copyright, remix culture, and playlists.

N2 - In recent years, several books have been published which discuss changes in the recording industry as a result of the digital revolution, exploring technological issues such as piracy, copyright, remix culture, and playlists. T1 - Book review: How Music Works by David Byrne

How music works book review