ISBN: 9798175027489 - time signature: how music and time shape each other (6 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - You're in the middle of a grocery store when a song comes on - one you haven't heard in fifteen years - and suddenly you're seventeen again. Not metaphorically. Actually seventeen, for about four seconds, before the present catches up.That's not nostalgia. That's your nervous system doing something extraordinary. And it happens because of the way music is built from time itself.Time Signature explains what's actually going on when music does the things it does to you - the things Spotify's algorithm exploits without ever explaining, the things every hit song since the 1950s has been engineered around, the things that make a three-second TikTok audio clip capable of living rent-free in your head for a week.Why does the drop hit harder after a long buildup Your brain has been predicting the beat - and the payoff is neurochemical.Why can you still sing every word of a song you haven't heard since high school but forget what you had for breakfast Music memory is stored differently from almost every other kind.Why does fast music make you move faster at the gym Your motor system is physically coupling to the beat - the same physics that synchronizes pendulum clocks.Why do the greatest albums feel like they end at exactly the right moment while a three-minute song can feel like it goes on forever Because musical time and clock time are completely different things, and the best artists know exactly how to manipulate the gap.Why is a song from a dead artist still being streamed by people who weren't born when it was recorded Because music survives time in ways that almost nothing else does - and the book ends by examining exactly how, and what AI might be about to change about that.From the prenatal heartbeat to the algorithmic playlist. From Ravel's Bolero to the 15-second viral clip. From why lullabies sound the same in every language to why your Discover Weekly keeps recycling the same emotional territory.The music you love isn't random. The way it makes you feel isn't accidental. And once you understand the mechanics, you'll never hear a song the same way again. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. You're in the middle of a grocery store when a song comes on - one you haven't heard in fifteen years - and suddenly you're seventeen again. Not metaphorically. Actually seventeen, for about four seconds, before the present catches up.That's not nostalgia. That's your nervous system doing something extraordinary. And it happens because of the way music is built from time itself.Time Signature explains what's actually going on when music does the things it does to you - the things Spotify's algorithm exploits without ever explaining, the things every hit song since the 1950s has been engineered around, the things that make a three-second TikTok audio clip capable of living rent-free in your head for a week.Why does the drop hit harder after a long buildup? Your brain has been predicting the beat - and the payoff is neurochemical.Why can you still sing every word of a song you haven't heard since high school but forget what you had for breakfast? Music memory is stored differently from almost every other kind.Why does fast music make you move faster at the gym? Your motor system is physically coupling to the beat - the same physics that synchronizes pendulum clocks.Why do the greatest albums feel like they end at exactly the right moment while a three-minute song can feel like it goes on forever? Because musical time and clock time are completely different things, and the best artists know exactly how to manipulate the gap.Why is a song from a dead artist still being streamed by people who weren't born when it was recorded? Because music survives time in ways that almost nothing else does - and the book ends by examining exactly how, and what AI might be about to change about that.From the prenatal heartbeat to the algorithmic playlist. From Ravel's Bolero to the 15-second viral clip. From why lullabies sound the same in every language to why your Discover Weekly keeps recycling the same emotional territory.The music you love isn't random. The way it makes you feel isn't accidental. And once you understand the mechanics, you'll never hear a song the same way again. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. You're in the middle of a grocery store when a song comes on - one you haven't heard in fifteen years - and suddenly you're seventeen again. Not metaphorically. Actually seventeen, for about four seconds, before the present catches up.That's not nostalgia. That's your nervous system doing something extraordinary. And it happens because of the way music is built from time itself.Time Signature explains what's actually going on when music does the things it does to you - the things Spotify's algorithm exploits without ever explaining, the things every hit song since the 1950s has been engineered around, the things that make a three-second TikTok audio clip capable of living rent-free in your head for a week.Why does the drop hit harder after a long buildup? Your brain has been predicting the beat - and the payoff is neurochemical.Why can you still sing every word of a song you haven't heard since high school but forget what you had for breakfast? Music memory is stored differently from almost every other kind.Why does fast music make you move faster at the gym? Your motor system is physically coupling to the beat - the same physics that synchronizes pendulum clocks.Why do the greatest albums feel like they end at exactly the right moment while a three-minute song can feel like it goes on forever? Because musical time and clock time are completely different things, and the best artists know exactly how to manipulate the gap.Why is a song from a dead artist still being streamed by people who weren't born when it was recorded? Because music survives time in ways that almost nothing else does - and the book ends by examining exactly how, and what AI might be about to change about that.From the prenatal heartbeat to the algorithmic playlist. From Ravel's Bolero to the 15-second viral clip. From why lullabies sound the same in every language to why your Discover Weekly keeps recycling the same emotional territory.The music you love isn't random. The way it makes you feel isn't accidental. And once you understand the mechanics, you'll never hear a song the same way again. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …