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" Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 by Boston Globe and Literary HubA legendary record producer8211 turned8211 brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it's also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in Los Angeles, rose to become Prince's chief engineer for Purple Rain, and then created other No. 1 hits ,including Barenaked Ladies' One Week, as one of the most successful female record producers of all time. Now an award-winning professor of cognitive neuroscience, Susan Rogers leads readers to musical self-awareness. She explains that we each possess a unique listener profile based on our brain's natural response to seven key dimensions of any song. Are you someone who prefers lyrics or melody? Do you like music above the neck (intellectually stimulating), or below the neck (instinctual and rhythmic)? Whether your taste is esoteric or mainstream, Rogers guides readers to recognize their musical personality, and offers language to describe one's own unique taste. Like most of us, Rogers is not a musician, but she shows that all of us can be musical8212 simply by being an active, passionate listener. While exploring the science of music and the brain, Rogers also takes us behind the scenes of record-making, using her insider's ear to illuminate the music of Prince, Frank Sinatra, Kanye West, Lana Del Rey, and many others. She shares records that changed her life, contrasts them with those that appeal to her coauthor and students, and encourages you to think about the records that define your own identity. Told in a lively and inclusive style, This Is What It Sounds Like will refresh your playlists, deepen your connection to your favorite artists, and change the way you listen to music. "
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Biographisches: " Susan Rogers , PhD, is a cognitive neuroscientist and an award-winning professor at Berklee College of Music, as well as a multiplatinum record producer. She resides in Boston, Massachusetts." Biographisches: " Ogi Ogas , PhD, was a Department of Homeland Security Fellow at the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems at Boston University. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts." Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from July 18, 2022 “Be it records or romantic partners, we fall in love with the ones who make us feel like our best and truest self,” writes music producer and neuroscientist Rogers in this pitch-perfect deep dive into the power of music. Determined to ascertain how and why music resonates so strongly with its listeners, Rogers—the chief engineer for Prince’s Purple Rain —breaks down the emotional and scientific importance of lyrics, melody, rhythm, and timbre. In brainy yet breezy prose, she explores how a song’s melody can actually be more impactful than its lyrics,how audiences crave to hear lyrics they can relate to,and why making music with others facilitates a sense of belonging: “Communal music making bypasses the need to express your musical self as an individual, letting you fuse your identity with something larger than yourself.” Most resonant is Rogers’s fascinating foray into the ways the mind and music connect,because “our auditory circuitry has more varied and direct connections to our emotion circuitry than does our visual circuity,” she writes, “music activates our mind wandering network—and our personal self—more easily and fully than any other art form.” Combining erudite analysis with plenty of soul, this will have music lovers rapt." Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: July 15, 2022 Liberace or Lyle Lovett? What we listen to speaks volumes about us. In this blend of neuroscience and audiophilia, Rogers, who describes herself as one of the very few successful female record producers in the profoundly male-dominated industry, has spent a lot of time thinking about the meaning of listening to music. One of her great conversation starters is a record pull, asking the person or people you're with to play their favorite tunes and, in turn, putting yours on the table in a fearless exercise in self-discovery. The records you offer have predictive value. For example, if you like David Bowie, you might like Lou Reed--whom Rogers declined to work with on the grounds that she was a little too methodical for the improvisational project he had in mind. Writing with neuroscientist Ogas, Rogers identifies seven dimensions that shape our understanding and appreciation of music, four of them musical (melody, lyrics, rhythm, and timbre) and three aesthetic (authenticity, realism, and novelty). Some are obvious: The songs we walk away humming or dancing to catch us in just the right way. The aesthetic dimensions are subtler. On the matter of authenticity, Rogers holds up the example of the supremely horrible band the Shaggs, who made up in fearlessness what they couldn't muster in musical skill (Incompetence. Embarrassing, unsalvageable, breathtaking incompetence). Interestingly, Rogers argues that nature and nurture play roles in determining musical taste. We have a certain genetic propensity for some kinds of music, but more to the point, it's experience and exposure that help shape our tolerance for novelty (Zappa or Stockhausen, anyone?) and desire for believability (Hank Williams versus, say, Milli Vanilli). Refreshingly, Rogers urges that we rid ourselves of snobbery, for musical taste is broadly various: It is the limitless diversity of listener profiles that fuels the infinitely rich art form we love. An intriguing look at how what enters our ears shapes our minds. COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(5): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 1, 2022 Rogers, who worked with Prince on his 1984 album Purple Rain and produced the 1998 Barenaked Ladies hit One Week, lays out seven dimensions of experiencing music--four musical dimensions (melody, lyrics, rhythm, timbre) and three aesthetic dimensions (authenticity, realism, novelty)--that create an individual's unique listener profile. Cognitive neuroscientist Rogers, now a professor at Berklee College of Music, and her coauthor, science writer Ogas, write chapters covering each of the seven dimensions, usually beginning with an anecdote from Rogers's career before explaining the dimension and the neuroscience behind it. Rogers uses the idea of a record pull--sharing personally meaningful albums or songs for discussion--to illustrate her points. While pitched as a method of self-understanding through music, the book doesn't enumerate concrete steps or tools (like a questionnaire) that would help readers to create their own music profiles. Although the book's neuroscience can be dry at times, Rogers's personal anecdotes shine. VERDICT As long as readers are up for a record pull, they won't be disappointed. Sure to appeal to many popular music lovers, particularly young adults. --Nancy H. FontaineCopyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(6): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 10, 2022 In this frequently captivating but somewhat misnamed debut book from Rogers, coauthored with science writer Ogas, the Berklee College of Music professor outline seven areas that define musical taste: authenticity, realism, novelty, melody, lyrics, rhythm, and timbre. Through these categories, Rogers carefully dissects music ranging from the Beatles to Daft Punk and beyond. While the book at first seems like a primer on the intricacies of musical taste, Rogers and Ogas end up revealing more about the business of music than the subtitle suggests. With an accessible and explanatory style, Rogers details her background and experience as she takes readers on this musical journey. Throughout, Rogers cues readers to listen to specific songs that illustrate her points, and a streaming playlist of the songs discussed in the book is promised, though was not yet available at the time of review. COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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