Penn mentioned David Byrne's book "How Music Works" as a fabulous work that explores the influences of African music and other cultural elements on modern music.
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David burns ... Book how music works which is a fabulous book.
— Episode: #1343 - Penn Jillette
Episode: #1343 - Penn Jillette
Penn mentioned David Byrne's book "How Music Works" as a fabulous work that explores the influences of African music and other cultural elements on modern music.
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David burns ... Book how music works which is a fabulous book.
The interview quoted Byrne's book to illustrate his philosophy of stripping away rock clichs and later his approach to movement and dance on stage.
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And you wrote, you wanted no rock moves or poses, no pomp or drama, no rock hair, no rock lights, no rehearsed stage pattern, definitely no noodling guitar solos.
— Episode: David Byrne on 40 Years of 'Stop Making...
Episode: David Byrne on 40 Years of 'Stop Making Sense'
The interview quoted Byrne's book to illustrate his philosophy of stripping away rock clichs and later his approach to movement and dance on stage.
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And you wrote, you wanted no rock moves or poses, no pomp or drama, no rock hair, no rock lights, no rehearsed stage pattern, definitely no noodling guitar solos.
And you're talking about dancing and you say, a nerdy white guy trying to be smooth and black is a terrible thing to behold. I let my body discover little by little its own grammar of movement, often jerky, spastic and strangely formal.
Episode: Best Of: David Byrne / Inside The AI Company That...
Byrne reflected on his artistic philosophy, describing how he stripped away rock conventions to create a unique musical language.
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So I'm going to quote you from your book How Music Works in terms of what you stripped away.
So I'm going to quote you again from, this is from your book How Music Works. And you're talking about dancing and you say, a nerdy white guy trying to be smooth and black is a terrible thing to behold. I let my body discover little by little its own grammar of movement, often jerky, spastic and strangely formal.
Episode: David Byrne On 'Stop Making Sense'
The book was cited as the source of Byrne's philosophy of stripping away rock clichs and focusing on minimalist stage elements; Byrne explained that he wanted no rock moves, poses, lights, or rehearsed patterns.
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So I'm going to quote you from your book How Music Works in terms of what you stripped away. In your book, you wrote, you wanted no rock moves or poses, no pomp or drama, no rock hair, no rock lights, no rehearsed stage pattern, definitely no noodling guitar solos.
I'm going to quote you again from, this is from your book How Music Works. And you're talking about dancing and you say, a nerdy white guy trying to be smooth and black is a terrible thing to behold.
The book by David Byrne was brought up in the discussion of creativity and constraints. The idea was mentioned that imposing constraints can sometimes stimulate creativity. It was described as liberating by the hosts.
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Well there's an interesting fact that we've seen or at least a hypothesis, let me put it at that level, where if you have unbridled space to be creative it might actually interfere with your ability t...
— Episode: The Science of Creativity, with David By...
Episode: The Science of Creativity, with David Byrne
The book by David Byrne was brought up in the discussion of creativity and constraints. The idea was mentioned that imposing constraints can sometimes stimulate creativity. It was described as liberating by the hosts.
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Well there's an interesting fact that we've seen or at least a hypothesis, let me put it at that level, where if you have unbridled space to be creative it might actually interfere with your ability to be creative. And David Byrne actually wrote a book and the title was with how music works.
In there he elaborates on how the evolution of music has co-moved with the evolution of the spaces in which it has been performed and he gave the opposite example I mean the inverse example where you have a small club and do you bring in monks to sing Gregorian chants in a small club?
Episode: The Science of Creativity, with David Byrne
David Byrne's book, 'How Music Works', was mentioned in the context of exploring constraints on creativity and how they can stimulate creativity. It was also mentioned in the discussion about music and architecture.
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Well there's an interesting fact that we've seen or at least a hypothesis, let me put it at that level, where if you have unbridled space to be creative it might actually interfere with your ability to be creative. And David Byrne actually wrote a book and the title was with how music works. And here he explores constraints on creativity and how that can actually stimulate creativity itself.
In there he elaborates on how the evolution of music has co-moved with the evolution of the spaces in which it has been performed and he gave the opposite example I mean the inverse example where you have a small club and do you bring in monks to sing Gregorian chants in a small club?
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