Daniel J. Levitin runs the Levitin Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition, and Expertise at McGill University, where he holds the Bell Chair in the Psychology of Electronic Communications. Before becoming a neuroscientist, he was a record producer with gold records to his credit and professional musician. He has published extensively in scientific journals and music trade magazines such as Grammy and Billboard.
"I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate
parts of the brain than most anything else--and playing music uses
even more! Deepens the beautiful mystery that is music." --David
Byrne, musician, artist, and founder of Talking Heads
"Every musician, at whatever level of skill, should read this book.
And that means all of us." --Howie Klein, former president, Sire
and Reprise/Warner Brothers Records
"Dr. Levitin is an unusually deft interpreter full of striking
scientific trivia." --"The New York Times"
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