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| From | "Jeff" <jeff.teez@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Are professional music critics losing their clout? |
| Date | Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:40:10 -0400 |
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Michael C. wrote, in part:
> I didn't read Levitin's previous book, "This Is Your Brain on Music:
> The Science of a Human Obsession". Any observations from the
> Audities/Pop Underground clan?
Stewart answered:
Quite good. It's extremely theory-heavy, so parts of it can be
somewhat hard slogging, but I bought his general premise.
I can only add:
Hard slogging indeed, but it's worth the effort. This is a science book.
If any of you are considering buying this book, give it a good once over
before you do, just so you know what you're getting into. It can be
highly technical in many spots. If you have a good grounding in music
theory (unlike myself), I believe you'll have a much easier time with it
and probably get a good bit more out of it than I have so far. I'm
really having to concentrate and re-read many sections to get a full
appreciation. I plan on passing this book on to friends who are actual
musicians. Again though, even for plain old music geeks like myself,
it's well worth the effort!
jeff t.
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