Why does melody affect us so deeply, from the moment we are born? Tunes touch our deepest emotions, and are capable of inspiring love, sorrow, faith, and hope. But how does a melody actually work? In ...
In his third book for the McSweeneys imprint, How Music Works—excerpted in the October 2012 issue of Smithsonian—David Byrne, the former frontman of the Talking Heads, goes out of his way to avoid ...
Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Music helped former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne come out of his shell and connect with others—and research shows he's not alone. We explore the ...
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