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.