Synopsis
It's an insightful exploration of the
joy, the physics, and even the business of music and making music.
Acting as historian and anthropologist, raconteur and social scientist,
the author explains how profoundly music is shaped by its time and
place, and how the advent of recording technology forever changed our
relationship to playing, performing, and listening to music.
About David Byrne
Born: May 14, 1952
Scottish-American singer,
songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, and
filmmaker. He is best known for being frontman of the New Wave/punk
band Talking Heads. He won an Oscar and a Grammy Award for his
soundtrack to the movie The Last Emperor in 1988.
作者简介
《时代周刊》盛赞大卫•拜恩为“摇滚的文艺复兴人”。
作为摇滚史上最具原创性和影响力乐队“传声头像”的主唱和灵魂人物，大卫•拜恩一次次带领乐队进入未知领域，其前卫的实验性和艺术性深刻地影响了流行乐的发展，并入选西方摇滚乐最高荣誉“摇滚名人堂”。
1987年，大卫•拜恩与日本音乐人坂本龙一及我国作曲家苏聪合作，为影片《末代皇帝》创作音乐，赢得了奥斯卡、金球和格莱美三大奖项的认可。拜恩还是一位视觉艺术家，于2006年出版了写生作品集《植物园》（Arboretum）。
——转自豆瓣网
