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Despite being unable to play an instrument Susan Rogers became an extraordinarily successful record producer and certainly one of the most successful women record producers in history because of her ability to listen She was an engineer on Princes When Doves Cry which inspired the title of the book

This is What It Sounds Like distils a lifetimes expertise as a producer and an awardwinning professor with a PhD in cognitive neuroscience to present a new theory of listening for everyday music fans Each person has a unique identity as a listener she explains determined by seven influential dimensions of musical listening authenticity realism novelty melody lyrics rhythm and timbre

In helping readers understand and embrace their personal musical identity Rogers explores the different ways music appeals to our mind and body how falling in love with a song is a lot like falling in love with a person and what your preferred music reveals about what you need to feel whole Told in a lively empathetic style with fascinating stories of encounters with musicians from Prince to Miles Davis to David Byrne This is What it Sounds Like will change your musical life

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