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This Is Your Brain on Music Summary
This Is Your Brain on Music
The Science of a Human Obsession
by Daniel J. Levitin 2006 344 pages
3.89
64k+ ratings
Music
Science
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
A Freewheelin' Time Summary
A Freewheelin' Time
A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
by Suze Rotolo 2009 384 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
Ice Summary
Ice
A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood
by Ice-T 2011 274 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Biography
Music
Memoir
Guitar Mastery Simplified Summary
Guitar Mastery Simplified
How Anyone Can Quickly Become a Strumming, Chords, and Lead Guitar Ninja
by Erich Andreas 2013 204 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Music
Reference
How To
Musicophilia Summary
Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition
by Oliver Sacks 2008 425 pages
3.95
69k+ ratings
Music
Science
Psychology
Freeing the Natural Voice Summary
Freeing the Natural Voice
Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language
by Kristin Linklater 2006 381 pages
4.13
500+ ratings
Theatre
Music
Writing
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. Summary
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.
A Memoir
by Viv Albertine 2014 432 pages
4.29
12k+ ratings
Music
Memoir
Biography
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 304 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Music
History
Business
Why You Love Music Summary
Why You Love Music
From Mozart to Metallica — The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds
by John Powell 2016 320 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Science
How to Listen to Jazz Summary
How to Listen to Jazz
by Ted Gioia 2016 268 pages
4.08
2k+ ratings
Music
Jazz
History
Hit Makers Summary
Hit Makers
The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
by Derek Thompson 2017 352 pages
3.9
6k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Piano Playing Summary
Piano Playing
With Piano Questions Answered (Volume 1)
by Josef Hofmann 1976 336 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Music
Classical Music
Playing the Piano for Pleasure Summary
Playing the Piano for Pleasure
The Classic Guide to Improving Skills through Practice and Discipline
by Charles Cooke 2011 192 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Music
Self Help
Classical Music
Every Song Ever Summary
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
by Ben Ratliff 2016 272 pages
3.3
500+ ratings
Music
Art
Unfinished
Six Steps to Songwriting Success Summary
Six Steps to Songwriting Success
The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs
by Jason Blume 2010 306 pages
3.94
100+ ratings
Music
Writing
Porcelain Summary
Porcelain
by Moby 2016 320 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Road Beneath My Feet Summary
The Road Beneath My Feet
by Frank Turner 1900 272 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Memoir
The Healing Power of Sound Summary
The Healing Power of Sound
Recovery from Life-Threatening Illness Using Sound, Voice, and Music
by Mitchell L. Gaynor 2002 274 pages
4.17
100+ ratings
Music
Health
Psychology
Sinatra's Century Summary
Sinatra's Century
One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World
by David Lehman 2015 288 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Biography
Music
Creative Quest Summary
Creative Quest
by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson 2018 288 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Music
Art
Memoir
The Secret Piano Summary
The Secret Piano
From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations
by Zhu Xiao-Mei 2012 330 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Memoir
China
History
Brutally Honest Summary
Brutally Honest
by Melanie Brown 2018 256 pages
4.06
5k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Song Machine Summary
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
by John Seabrook 2015 352 pages
3.93
4k+ ratings
Music
Business
History
Music Heard So Deeply Summary
Music Heard So Deeply
A Music Therapy Memoir
by Betsey King 2015 228 pages
4.76
10+ ratings
Music
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
Just Kids Summary
Just Kids
by Patti Smith 2010 318 pages
4.21
200k+ ratings
Memoir
Music
Biography
The Reason Summary
The Reason
How I Discovered a Life Worth Living
by Lacey Sturm 2014 210 pages
4.35
1k+ ratings
Christian
Biography
Memoir
Music Theory Secrets Summary
Music Theory Secrets
94 Strategies for the Starting Musician (Volume 1)
by Brent Coppenbarger 2014 156 pages
3.67
6+ ratings
Music
Home Summary
Home
A Memoir of My Early Years
by Julie Andrews Edwards 2008
3.96
19k+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
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 290 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Health
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
4.41
500+ ratings
Music
Business
Unfinished
Faking It Summary
Faking It
The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music
by Hugh Barker 2007 400 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Music
History
Journalism
Blues Legacies & Black Feminism Summary
Blues Legacies & Black Feminism
Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith & Billie Holiday
by Angela Y. Davis 2011 465 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Music
Feminism
History
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 342 pages
3.93
36k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Self Help
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Summary
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
A Low Culture Manifesto
by Chuck Klosterman 2003 256 pages
3.74
71k+ ratings
Essays
Humor
Pop Culture
Guitar Zero Summary
Guitar Zero
The New Musician and the Science of Learning
by Gary F. Marcus 2012 286 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Memoir
Writing Better Lyrics Summary
Writing Better Lyrics
by Pat Pattison 2010 304 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Music
Writing
Poetry
Ghost Rider Summary
Ghost Rider
Travels on the Healing Road
by Neil Peart 2002 462 pages
4.11
6k+ ratings
Travel
Biography
Music
The Sound of Music Story Summary
The Sound of Music Story
How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time
by Tom Santopietro 2015 336 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
History
Music
Biography
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead Summary
When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead
Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man
by Jerry Weintraub 2010 278 pages
4.13
4k+ ratings
Biography
Business
Memoir
How to Write One Song Summary
How to Write One Song
by Jeff Tweedy 2020 173 pages
4.22
5k+ ratings
Music
Writing
Art
A Composer's Guide to Game Music Summary
A Composer's Guide to Game Music
by Winifred Phillips 2014 288 pages
4.2
100+ ratings
Music
Game Design
Games
Fight Your Fear and Win Summary
Fight Your Fear and Win
by Don Greene 2002 240 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Self Help
Electric Body, Electric Health Summary
Electric Body, Electric Health
Using the Electromagnetism Within (and Around) You to Rewire, Recharge, and Raise Your Voltage
by Eileen Day McKusick 2021 305 pages
4.43
100+ ratings
Health
Spirituality
Self Help
Boys in the Trees Summary
Boys in the Trees
by Carly Simon 2015 384 pages
3.66
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Music
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint
The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022 842 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Music
How Music Can Make You Better Summary
How Music Can Make You Better
by Indre Viskontas 2019 122 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Music
Psychology
Health
12 Notes Summary
12 Notes
On Life and Creativity
by Quincy Jones 2022 256 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Music
Biography
Self Help
Efficient Music Production Summary
Efficient Music Production
How To Make Better Music, Faster
by Ashley Hewitt 2020 104 pages
2.86
7+ ratings
Music
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