Share your favorite books music related or not !

I will do the start,
for people interested in film scoring a useful read is the book "from score to screen" by Sonny Kompanek.
an interesting book for electronic musicians,ableton users or not is :
Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers by
Dennis DeSantis :
https://makingmusic.ableton.com/about

non related music books,i enjoy reading books by Alan Watts(spirituality,philoshophy)

what to you recommend ? Tell us about books you love,thanks !

 

https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Dirt-Wyo...qid=1513284925&sr=8-1&keywords=annie+bad+dirt


https://www.amazon.com/Narcissus-Go...&sr=8-1&keywords=narcissus+and+goldmund+hesse


https://www.amazon.com/Dan-Millman-...13284874&sr=8-7&keywords=way+peaceful+warrior


https://www.amazon.com/No-Angel-Har...513284978&sr=1-1&keywords=no+angel+jay+dobyns


https://www.amazon.com/Wind-Up-Chro...284909&sr=8-2&keywords=wind+up+bird+chronicle


https://www.amazon.com/Be-Here-Now-...13284829&sr=8-1&keywords=be+here+now+ram+dass

 

hi my friend,thanks ! (Way of the peaceful warrior i love,love that book & the movie,i recommend them to everyone )

 

Also this :
The Celestine Prophecy (non music related)
https://www.amazon.com/Celestine-Prophecy-Adventure-James-Redfield/dp/0446671002

 

"Instead of reading books, experiment how much soever you can with your tools" by Foster

That book has just one sentence in it and it's "At the end, just your acquired techniques by your own hands will be remained in your mind and others forgotten".

 

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thanks for your thoughts foster,i just want to add that books can be a great inspiration for writing new songs/tracks

 

Good post @spyfx !

Books i can read over and over.....first two made into great movies and the third a bit more obscure but excellent reading especially if you care any about the precarious future of the planet we live on...highly recommended !

 

Totally agree with you. I wrote a whole 25 track concept album based on ideas inspired by that Native Siberian Literature book !

 

hey hey Spy Good thread idea! I also love the book but I haven't seen the movie... maybe.. Nick Nolte?

 

Not nessecarily in these editions and not in any particular order :
Edgar Alan Poe - "The Raven"
https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Edgar-...UTF8&qid=1513290571&sr=8-3&keywords=the+raven
Frank Herbert - "The Godmakers"
https://www.amazon.com/Godmakers-Fr...&qid=1513289450&sr=8-2&keywords=The+Godmakers
Boris Vian - " I Spit On Your Graves"
https://www.amazon.com/Spit-Your-Gr...TF8&qid=1513290148&sr=8-5&keywords=Boris+Vian
Charles Bukowski - "Post Office"
https://www.amazon.com/Post-Office-...F8&qid=1513290451&sr=1-1&keywords=post+office
William Gibson - "Neuromancer"
https://www.amazon.com/Neuromancer-...F8&qid=1513289522&sr=1-1&keywords=Neuromancer
Douglas Adams - "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy/dp/0345453743/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Nikos Kazantzakis - "Christ Recrucified"
https://www.amazon.com/Christ-Recru...F8&qid=1513290673&sr=8-6&keywords=kazantzakis

 

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Ok I'll bite... wouldn't your mind be your greatest tool? and adding new angles, considerations and outlooks on basically everything via the printed word... does that not alter your own algorithms, exposing new sensory values and awareness? these teachings, however you choose to interpret them, wouldn't they translate into not only your musical messages, but everything you are?

 

you got to see the movie my friend it is so nice

i would like to add to the thread this :
Porcelain A MEMOIR By MOBY.

http://moby.com/book/

 

Non-Music related:
Neil Gaiman -> Every book he wrote.

 

"Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most not like to lose " ~Neil Gaiman

 

I don't have any to share. But ask again maybe when you feel like to share about favorites movies or games - music related or not. =)

 

Every musician should read Ian Hunter's "Diary of a Rock n Roll Star"