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Why You Like It audiobook
- By: Nolan Gasser
- Narrator: Nolan Gasser
- Category: History & Criticism, Music
- Length: 38 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: April 30, 2019
- Language: English
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Why You Like It Audiobook Summary
“Nolan Gasser is brilliant at explaining the beautiful machinery behind your favorite songs without taking away any of the magic.” –Conan O’Brien
This program is read by the author.
From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of how your mind, body, and upbringing influence the music you love.
Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful effect on us?
In this sweeping and authoritative audiobook, Dr. Nolan Gasser–a composer, pianist, and musicologist, and the chief architect of the Music Genome Project, which powers Pandora Radio–breaks down what musical taste is, where it comes from, and what our favorite songs say about us.
Dr. Gasser delves into the science, psychology, and sociology that explains why humans love music so much; how our brains process music; and why you may love Queen but your best friend loves Kiss. He sheds light on why babies can clap along to rhythmic patterns and reveals the reason behind why different cultures across the globe identify the same kinds of music as happy, sad, or scary. Using easy-to-follow notated musical scores, Dr. Gasser teaches music fans how to become engaged listeners and provides them with the tools to enhance their musical preferences. He takes listeners under the hood of their favorite genres–pop, rock, jazz, hip hop, electronica, world music, and classical–and covers songs from Taylor Swift to Led Zeppelin to Kendrick Lamar to Bill Evans to Beethoven–and through their work, introduces the musical concepts behind why you hum along, tap your foot, and feel deeply.
Why You Like It will teach you how to follow the musical discourse happening within a song and thereby empower your musical taste, so you will never hear music the same way again.
“A sprawling, packed-to-the-brim study of the art and science of music, as monumental and as busy as a Bach fugue… Gasser’s enterprise has a pleasingly mad-scientist feel to it, one that will attract music theory geeks as much as neuroscientists, anthropologists, psychologists, and Skynyrd fans.” — Kirkus Reviews
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Why You Like It Audiobook Narrator
Nolan Gasser is the narrator of Why You Like It audiobook that was written by Nolan Gasser
NOLAN GASSER is a critically acclaimed composer, pianist, and musicologist. Most notably, he is the architect of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project and the chief musicologist from its founding in 2000. Dr. Gasser lectures widely on the nature of musical taste and the intersections of music, science, and culture. He received his Ph.D. in musicology from Stanford. He lives with his wife in Petaluma, California. Why You Like It is his first book.
About the Author(s) of Why You Like It
Nolan Gasser is the author of Why You Like It
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Why You Like It Full Details
| Narrator | Nolan Gasser |
| Length | 38 hours 56 minutes |
| Author | Nolan Gasser |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
| Release date | April 30, 2019 |
| ISBN | 9781250319111 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Why You Like It is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is History & Criticism, Music
Additional info
The publisher of the Why You Like It is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781250319111.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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