Music Book Summaries

Writing Better Lyrics Summary
Writing Better Lyrics
by Pat Pattison 1995 192 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Music
Writing
Art
The Creative Act Summary
The Creative Act
A Way of Being
by Rick Rubin 2023 406 pages
4.03
56k+ ratings
Art
Self Help
Philosophy
All You Need To Know About the Music Business Summary
All You Need To Know About the Music Business
6th Edition
by Donald S. Passman 2013 464 pages
4.28
2k+ ratings
Music
Business
Reference
Just Kids Summary
Just Kids
by Patti Smith 2010 304 pages
4.22
300k+ ratings
Memoir
Music
Biography
This Is Your Brain on Music Summary
This Is Your Brain on Music
by Daniel J. Levitin 2006 314 pages
3.89
65k+ ratings
Music
Science
Psychology
Freeing the Natural Voice Summary
Freeing the Natural Voice
by Kristin Linklater 1976 211 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Theatre
Art
Music
Gödel, Escher, Bach Summary
Gödel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1979 777 pages
4.30
50k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Mathematics
Effortless Mastery Summary
Effortless Mastery
Liberating the Master Musician Within
by Kenny Werner 1996 192 pages
4.22
2k+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Self Help
A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary
A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan 2010 274 pages
3.70
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Music
Short Stories
Electric Body, Electric Health Summary
Electric Body, Electric Health
by Eileen Day McKusick 2021 320 pages
4.44
100+ ratings
Health
Spirituality
Self Help
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Summary
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by Amanda Palmer 2014 339 pages
3.92
36k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
A Freewheelin' Time Summary
A Freewheelin' Time
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
by Suze Rotolo 2008 369 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
Guitar Mastery Simplified Summary
Guitar Mastery Simplified
How Anyone Can Quickly Become a Strumming, Chords, and Lead Guitar Ninja
by Erich Andreas 2012 151 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
Music
Reference
How To
The Inner Game of Music Summary
The Inner Game of Music
by Barry Green 1986 225 pages
3.95
4k+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Self Help
Creative Quest Summary
Creative Quest
by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson 2018 288 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Music
Art
Memoir
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism Summary
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
by Angela Y. Davis 1998 464 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Music
Feminism
History
Guitar Zero Summary
Guitar Zero
The New Musician and the Science of Learning
by Gary F. Marcus 2012 288 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Memoir
12 Notes Summary
12 Notes
On Life and Creativity
by Quincy Jones 2022 192 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Self Help
Down with the System Summary
Down with the System
A Memoir
by Serj Tankian 2024 352 pages
4.45
3k+ ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
Musicophilia Summary
Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks 2007 400 pages
3.95
71k+ ratings
Music
Science
Psychology
To Selena, With Love Summary
To Selena, With Love
by Chris Pérez 2012 304 pages
4.64
8k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Music
How To Make It in the New Music Business Summary
How To Make It in the New Music Business
Practical Tips on Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living as a Musician
by Ari Herstand 2016 400 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
Music
Business
Unfinished
Hit Makers Summary
Hit Makers
The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
by Derek Thompson 2017 307 pages
3.90
6k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Six Steps to Songwriting Success Summary
Six Steps to Songwriting Success
The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs
by Jason Blume 1999 306 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Music
Writing
Set Your Voice Free Summary
Set Your Voice Free
How To Get The Singing Or Speaking Voice You Want
by Roger Love 1999 227 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Music
Self Help
Communication
Boys in the Trees Summary
Boys in the Trees
by Carly Simon 2015 384 pages
3.66
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Music
Healing at the Speed of Sound Summary
Healing at the Speed of Sound
How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives
by Don Campbell 2011 288 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Health
A Composer's Guide to Game Music Summary
A Composer's Guide to Game Music
by Winifred Phillips 2014 275 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Music
Game Design
Games
Doctor Faustus Summary
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann 1947 535 pages
4.08
13k+ ratings
Classics
German Literature
Literature
Fight Your Fear and Win Summary
Fight Your Fear and Win
by Don Greene 2002 240 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Self Help
If I Stay Summary
If I Stay
by Gayle Forman 2009 208 pages
3.92
900k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Scar Tissue Summary
Scar Tissue
by Anthony Kiedis 2004 465 pages
4.11
96k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Summary
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
A Low Culture Manifesto
by Chuck Klosterman 2003 272 pages
3.74
71k+ ratings
Essays
Humor
Pop Culture
Free Play Summary
Free Play
Improvisation in Life and Art
by Stephen Nachmanovitch 1990 256 pages
4.19
2k+ ratings
Art
Music
Psychology
The Zen of Social Media Marketing Summary
The Zen of Social Media Marketing
An Easier Way to Build Credibility, Generate Buzz, and Increase Revenue
by Shama Hyder 2010 200 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Business
Social Media
Computers
How to Rap Summary
How to Rap
The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC
by Paul Edwards 2009 340 pages
3.99
500+ ratings
Music
Hip Hop
Art
Where She Went Summary
Where She Went
by Gayle Forman 2011 264 pages
3.97
300k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
How to Listen to Jazz Summary
How to Listen to Jazz
by Ted Gioia 2016 272 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
Music
Jazz
History
Brutally Honest Summary
Brutally Honest
by Melanie Brown 2018 270 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Every Song Ever Summary
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
by Ben Ratliff 2016 272 pages
3.29
500+ ratings
Music
Art
Unfinished
Born to Run Summary
Born to Run
by Bruce Springsteen 2016 528 pages
4.19
51k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint
The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022 225 pages
4.12
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Indigenous
Biography
The Reason Summary
The Reason
How I Discovered a Life Worth Living
by Lacey Sturm 2014 208 pages
4.36
1k+ ratings
Christian
Biography
Memoir
The Song Machine Summary
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
by John Seabrook 2015 368 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
Music
Business
History
How Music Got Free Summary
How Music Got Free
The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
by Stephen Richard Witt 2015 296 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Music
History
Business
Bowie's Bookshelf Summary
Bowie's Bookshelf
The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
by John O'Connell 2019 320 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Books About Books
The Pianist from Syria Summary
The Pianist from Syria
A Memoir
by Aeham Ahmad 2017 240 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Music
Mood Machine Summary
Mood Machine
The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
by Liz Pelly 2025 288 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Music
Technology
Business
Ghost Rider Summary
Ghost Rider
Travels on the Healing Road
by Neil Peart 2002 460 pages
4.12
6k+ ratings
Travel
Music
Biography
Why You Love Music Summary
Why You Love Music
From Mozart to Metallica — The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds
by John Powell 2016 310 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Science
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