David Byrne 2 Books Collection Set (How Music Works, Bicycle Diaries)

Name: David Byrne 2 Books Collection Set (How Music Works, Bicycle Diaries)
Brand: David Byrne

David Byrne

Titles in This Set:. How Music Works. Bicycle Diaries Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9780571241033, 9780857862525 Overview:. David Byrne's two-book collection offers a guided tour into the heart of culture, sound, and how cities move. How Music Works asks not what a song is, but why it exists in the first place—how venues, audiences, and broadcasting environments shape the music we hear. Byrne blends decades of making music with sharp cultural analysis, drawing on his work with Talking Heads and collaborations with Brian Eno, and pairing these observations with travelogue-style anecdotes from opera houses to remote communities. The result is a persuasive, entertaining argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power. Complementing this, Bicycle Diaries invites readers to look at urban life from the seat of a bicycle. Byrne pedals through cities such as London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Manila, New York, Detroit, and San Francisco, turning streets into labor...