How Music Works

DAVID BYRNE is an author, a musician, and a filmmaker known for his creative collaborations and work with the Talking Heads. He resides in New York.

Praise for How Music Works“Brilliantly original”—The New York Times Book Review“Fascinating” —Booklist“Extraordinary” —The Guardian“Dazzling”—The Onion A.V. Club“Essential”—The San Francisco Chronicle“Absorbing”—The Independent

Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. *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 technological. Byrne’s magnum opus uncovers ever-new and thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.

"Five Stars" according to Sydney. Perfect gift for those who love music. It Works Just Fine David Byrne is the front man of The Talking Heads, but son of a gun, he’s also a heck of a writer. How Music Works isn’t a typical celebrity biography. Byrne examines his own career in the broader context of the history of music; where it came from, how it’s created, and the evolution over time responding to the changes in society. His insig. Great history of the man, band, and music in general Vicki Goodwin First of all, let’s address the author’s name, yes, he is THAT David Byrne. If anyone should know music and I mean all about music, it would be the head of the Talking Heads, David Byrne.There is a lot of information about musical roots and how musicians worked to perfect their sound according to what worked best with their style. I was fascinated