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I have that book. It really is very well written, and I think that was the main appeal of it for me. The author's style, tone, and rhythm of writing is very engaging. I read a similar book titled "Play It Loud," which covers the same ground but unfortunately, that one isn't as good. The author's writing style is extremely dry and he also had a bad habit of dropping out of the narrative too frequently to go off on an exposition tangent.
Like explaining the basics of music. Okay, I get where he might have thought that foundational information would be useful to a reader who has no background in music, but for a musician -- the likely audience of a book like this -- it's like taking a person out to one of those race car experience tracks, strapping them in to a high performance vehicle, and then spending a half hour explaining the chemistry and science behind gasoline.
And not about performance fuel. I mean about the regular ol' 87 octane you put in your minivan. Has nothing to do directly with the situation at hand.
I couldn't finish that book because it was so bad.
But "Birth of Loud" was absolutely superior because of the writing style. I bought a copy for my friend instead of just loaning him mine.
I'd bought the book as a way to pass the time during a flight for when electronic devices had to be put away. It was so good that I just kept reading throughout the flight and didn't fire up my laptop even once.
On the flight home, I ended up finishing the book, then discovered that the in-seat power doesn't have enough capacity for the power adapter of my laptop, so that ended up being a boring flight.
Like explaining the basics of music. Okay, I get where he might have thought that foundational information would be useful to a reader who has no background in music, but for a musician -- the likely audience of a book like this -- it's like taking a person out to one of those race car experience tracks, strapping them in to a high performance vehicle, and then spending a half hour explaining the chemistry and science behind gasoline.
And not about performance fuel. I mean about the regular ol' 87 octane you put in your minivan. Has nothing to do directly with the situation at hand.
I couldn't finish that book because it was so bad.
But "Birth of Loud" was absolutely superior because of the writing style. I bought a copy for my friend instead of just loaning him mine.
I'd bought the book as a way to pass the time during a flight for when electronic devices had to be put away. It was so good that I just kept reading throughout the flight and didn't fire up my laptop even once.On the flight home, I ended up finishing the book, then discovered that the in-seat power doesn't have enough capacity for the power adapter of my laptop, so that ended up being a boring flight.
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I have it in my wish list, but forgot about it with my order.
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