Reddit reviews How Music Works
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How Music Works
Not a book, but also recommend you check out Cherie Hu's blog, water and music
If this is not a joke, you may be intrested in How Music Works by David Byrne
Lots of good theory/terminology in that bad boy.
In Spite (Rock or something)[Themed]
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So I just finished reading David Byrne's How Music Works and was inspired by his work with the Bernie Worrell/Adrian Belew version of Talking heads. In the book, Byrne talks about the power of building the band's songs around a central repeating theme and usiing non traditional percussion to enhance the sound of a former post punk band. The ultimate manifestation of this formula is the concert movie Stop Making Sense - which I think is must viewing for any musician.
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I first built the main riff and the solo about 10 days ago mainly as an exercise in creating a backing track to jam to but then left it to work on other stuff.
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When I saw the theme today I wrote the lyrics and constructed the chorus sections. The song is about someone who hangs onto a 'nightlife' lifestyle too long.
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the main part of the beat is created by combining a trip hop sample loop with bongos and the Logic Drummer Jesse.
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What resulted is a the mutant love child of Some Girls era Stones, Santana and ????
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Anyway - I really liked the way the bass riff just builds tension thru the song. And I highly recommend that book for anyone that is interested in hearing one of music's true pioneers explain his philosophy of music.
Thanks for checking it out!