13 must-read nonfiction books like Recording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording Techniques (Music Pro Guides) by Sylvia Massy

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Recording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording Techniques (Music Pro Guides)

By: Sylvia Massy

4.34

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

(Music Pro Guides). Recording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording Techniques dare…

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1. How Music Works

By: David Byrne

4.00

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

How Music Works is David Byrne’s remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lif… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
"Performers try harder."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

"You might say that the universe plays the blues."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

"The radio was shouting at you, pleading with you, and seducing you."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

"There's a good chance that you might be inspired by ideas that originate outside of yourself."

-David Byrne, How Music Works

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2. Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

By: Neil Gaiman

4.17

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

Under the streets of London there's a world most people could never even dream of. A city of monste… read more

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"Now me,"

-Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

"Mind the gap!"

-Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

"So many things to see, people to do."

-Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

"Sometimes there is nothing you can do."

-Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere (London Below, #1)

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3. A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

By: Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum

3.94

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

His life was like a recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taki… read more

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"I’m forever realizing things too late."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"A friend to kill time is a friend sublime."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"The light of morning decomposes everything."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

"Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you."

-Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)

4. Narcissus and Goldmund

By: Hermann Hesse , Ursule Molinaro

4.05

Format: 336 pages,

Narcissus and Goldmundtells the story of two medieval men whose characters are diametrically opposi… read more

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5. Steppenwolf

By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری

4.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more

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6. My Friend Dahmer

By: Derf Backderf

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer -- the most notorious serial killer sin… read more

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7. Down and Out in Paris and London

By: George Orwell

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and oft… read more

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8. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more

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"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

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9. The Nineties

By: Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"

-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties

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10. Silver Nitrate

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.61

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more

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11. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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12. Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

By: Cal Newport

4.06

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to o… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Who could justify trading a lifetime of stress and backbreaking labor for better blinds? Is a nicer-looking window treatment really worth so much of your life?"

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

"Digital minimalism definitively does not reject the innovations of the internet age, but instead rejects the way so many people currently engage with these tools."

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

"The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, . . . was all about: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?"

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

"For many people, their compulsive phone use papers over a void created by a lack of a well-developed leisure life. Reducing the easy distraction without also filling the void can make life unpleasant…"

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

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13. This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

By: Susan Rogers

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secret… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
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14. Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen

By: Brian Raftery

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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15. How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal w… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
"To all of the songs like windows, open just enough for us to make our escape, and to all of the songs like windows, closed and clear enough in a dim light to see our own reflection and be reminded of…"

-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

"When I'm on stage, my experience often goes something like this: Blankness . . . bliss . . . blankness . . . twinkle of awareness that rocking has been achieved . . . bliss . . . Voice of Observing E…"

-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

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16. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

By: Jeff Tweedy

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
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17. Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (1994–2007)

By: Dan Ozzi

4.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Ozzi's reporting is strong, balanced and well tol… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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18. Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion

By: Steve Turner

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—from backyard ska… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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19. The Art of Mixing: A Visual Guide to Recording, Engineering, and Production

By: David Gibson

4.30

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Get ready for an in-depth exploration into the aesthetics of what makes a great mix! David Gibson's… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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20. Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science

By: Bob Katz

4.45

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Mastering Audio explains leading-edge audio concepts in an easy-to-grasp, holistic manner, includin… read more

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  • music
  • art
  • nonfiction
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21. Recording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording Techniques (Music Pro Guides)

By: Sylvia Massy

4.34

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

(Music Pro Guides). Recording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording Techniques dare… read more

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11 Top music books like Recording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording Techniques (Music Pro Guides) by Sylvia Massy

Transform Your Habits

How Music Works

David Byrne

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Nineties

Chuck Klosterman

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

4.04

Transform Your Habits

This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

Susan Rogers

3.82

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18 Top music books like World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

Transform Your Habits

Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It

Bob Boilen

3.78

Transform Your Habits

My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

James Kaplan

4.35

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