Dan: The people who succeed and have more than just say one hit don't sound like anyone else. He says with the advent of digital recording technology it's very easy to make yourself sound like Tom Petty. Dan: This is going to by necessity change music's form a little bit producers will be making records that are a little bit more utilitarian than art based in nature.
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.