June 9th 2009
This Is Your Brain On Music. The science of a human obsession. Daniel J. Levitin
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This Is Your Brain On Music. The science of a human obsession. Daniel J. Levitin. 2007. ISBN 0525949690. This is one of those cross over books that impacts anyone who reads it.
We have all heard the 10 000 hours to mastery story, well this book was the source of that comment. Consider a well experienced musi cian who goes back to school for a PhD in neural science in order tostudy what really happens in the mind (not the brain) when music is played. The book reads like the best gripping fiction, but it is all true, it is science. Just not the science you are used to having ladled into your unreceptive student brain. While reading this you will be engaged and saying “That is so true” so many times. For me this has opened up completely new genres to listen to and learn from. I measure genius as being able to take the complex and make it really easy to understand. Thank you Dr Levitin. (And thank you son Brock for giving me this book)
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2 Responses to: “This Is Your Brain On Music. The science of a human obsession. Daniel J. Levitin”
Thanks for the write-up and thanks to Brock for giving you the book! Glad to know you enjoyed “This is Your Brain On Music” You might be interested to read my second book, “The World In Six Songs.”
I would love to review it Daniel!