Nieuwe, uitgebreide editie Hoe muziek werkt is David Byrnes ode aan de muziek, een verslag van een leven in de muziekwereld en een uitleg over hoe en waarom muziek werkt. Byrne, muzikant, ontpopt zich in dit standaardwerk tot historicus, antropoloog en sociaal wetenschapper en biedt ons een schat aan feiten over muziek en muziekvormen, gemengd met zijn eigen ervaringen. Met concrete voorbeelden laat hij zien dat muziek niet alleen in studio's ontstaat, maar meer nog een logisch en prachtig...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”—The Boston GlobeUtilizing h...

**“...an engaging book: part diary, part manifesto.”—The GuardianA round-the-world bicycle tour with Talking Heads co-founder David Byrne, one of the most original artists of our day.**Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession-strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician and co-founder of Talking Heads David Byrne—who has relied on a bike to get around New York City since ...

'Byrne comes across like a post-punk Michael Palin.' Sephen Dalton, The Times'An engaging book; part-diary, part-manifesto.' ObserverDavid Byrne, co-founder of the group Talking Heads, has been riding a bicycle as his principal means of transportation since the 1980's. When he tours, Byrne travels with a folding bicycle, bringing it to cities like London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Manila, New York, Detroit and San F...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”—The Boston GlobeUtilizing h...

For over thirty years, besides making music, David Byrne has focused his unique genius upon forms as diverse as the archaeology of music as we know it, architectural photography and the uses of PowerPoint. Now he presents his most personal work to date, a collection of drawings exploring the form of the tree diagram.Arboretum is an eclectic blend of science, automatic writing, self-analysis and satire. A journey through irrational logic – the application of scientific rigo...

How Music Works is David Byrne's bestselling, buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. Drawing on his own work over the years with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and his myriad collaborators - along with journeys to Wagnerian opera houses, African villages, and anywhere music exists - Byrne shows how music emerges from cultural circumstance as much as individual creativity. It is his magnum opus, and an impassioned argument about music's liberating, life...

Mit ›Wie Musik wirkt‹ ermöglicht Musiker David Byrne den Lesern einen außergewöhnlichen Blick in die Welt der Musik – die Mischung aus Musikgeschichte, Autobiographie und Handbuch ist so vielseitig wie der Talking Heads-Gründer selbstDavid Byrne ist ein Vordenker des Pop und ihm immer einen Schritt voraus. Nach all den Jahren im Musikbusiness weiß er genau, wie unterschiedlich Musik in Kellerkneipen und Aufnahmestudios, auf afrikanischen Dorfplätzen und in den Opernhäusern dieser We...

In 1949, scientist and mathematician Dr Jacob Bronowski installs a hidden, locked room in his house.Fifty years later, his grandson discovers the secrets contained in the room, unearthing echoes from across six million years of human history.David Byrne's play Secret Life of Humans was first seen during a sell-out, award-winning run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017. It had its London premiere at New Diorama in April 2018, ahead of transferring Off-Broadway...

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When the Chapmans had their first and only child they had to make a decision; would the infant be brought up as a boy or a girl? They made the wrong choice, naming the baby Kieth. At the age of sixteen, after the child’s homophobic father had left the family home, and the mother had committed suicide suffering severe depression, Kieth became forever Known as Kacey Chapman.Her beloved grandfather became her protector, and she was able to experience a family life full of love and und...

30 of Kerry's greatest footballers choose the one game in their legendary careers that defined them and their careers. Including Mick O'Dwyer, Ger Power, Mickey Ned O'Sullivan, Seán Walsh, Eoin Liston, Mikey Sheehy, Jimmy Deenihan, Tommy Doyle, Jack O'Shea, Darragh Ó Sé, Tomas Ó Sé, Seamus Moynihan, Eoin Brosnan, Marc Ó Sé, Darran O'Sullivan and Kieran Donaghy.A remarkable history of The Kingdom's dominance of gaelic football in Ireland as 30 players over a 60-year period revisit ol...