How to Develop a Sound Signature

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Dan: Everyone who makes a record producer, engineer, mixer, artist, we say that they each have their own sonic signature. And what that means is just like what a painter does with oil on canvas, you're pushing sound around to get it to behave in a way that strikes you as good. Dan: I entered my career as a record maker because I felt kind of a calling. My fantasizing mind was always imagining being in the studio. In his late 30s, my fantasies began changing and began thinking he would really enjoy staring through the lenses of a microscope or looking at spreadsheets of data. So once again, I had to figure out a way to get my body to

In this special episode, Susan Rogers, a record producer turned cognitive neuroscientist, and Daniel Levitin, author of “This Is Your Brain on Music,” get together to discuss what music has meant in their lives, debate what separates a great artist from a generic one, and share some of their favorite tunes.

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Susan’s new book, “This Is What It Sounds Like,” was chosen by our curators — Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — as one of the eight best works of nonfiction published last year. She recently made a beautiful video e-course about the book, which you can experience by downloading the Next Big Idea app.