Author: John Powell
I gave this book to my teenage son who seemed to be developing a wide and varied taste in music. I was curious to see if this book would help him and me find the answer to what accounts for the diversity in our music playlists. While I didn’t find the answer to this specific question, I found a lot of other nuggets of sound wisdom. For instance, Powell indicates that for most of us our preference in music is sealed in our young adult phase. In other words, people continue to like the music they listened to in their youth. There’s also a good discussion on how many instruments are off-key and the human ear-brain system just adjusts for it.
Other than a few interesting patches, the book was rather boring and a drag to read.
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