
This Is What It Sounds Like
What the Music You Love Says About You
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Susan Rogers
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By:
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Ogi Ogas
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Susan Rogers
When you listen to music, do you prefer lyrics or melody? Intricate harmonies or driving rhythm? The “real” sounds of acoustic instruments or those of computerized synthesizers? Drawing from her successful career as a music producer (engineering hits like Prince’s “Purple Rain”), professor of cognitive neuroscience Susan Rogers reveals why your favorite songs move you. She explains that we each possess a unique “listener profile” based on our brain’s reaction to seven key dimensions of any record: authenticity, realism, novelty, melody, lyrics, rhythm, and timbre. Exploring this profile will deepen your connection to music, refresh your playlists, and uncover aspects of your personality. Rogers takes us behind the scenes of record-making, using her insider’s ear to illuminate the music of Prince, Frank Sinatra, Lana Del Rey, and many others. Told in a lively, inclusive style, This Is What It Sounds Like will change the way you listen to music.
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One thing though: This book likely works better if you’re reading it with the accompanying playlist going. Constantly pausing the audiobook to go listen to the mentioned song sample hit really annoying really quickly.
You’ll never listen to music the same way again.
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Every music lover should listen!
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Great Listening
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Must hear, must read
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Love it
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when you keep thinking
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A Winner
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The concept,s.
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Having worked with Prince would be enough street cred for me, but these professors add a whole new level of science and knowledge!
Just having finished The Language Game by Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater, a book about how language works, I enjoyed it all the more! Recommend both!
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unbelievably enlightening
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