{"product_id":"bad-singer-the-surprising-science-of-tone-deafness-and-how-we-hear-music-hardcover","title":"Bad Singer: The Surprising Science of Tone Deafness and How We Hear Music - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Falconer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of Daniel Levitin's \u003ci\u003eThis Is Your Brain on Music\u003c\/i\u003e and Oliver Sacks' \u003ci\u003eMusicophilia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBad Singer \u003c\/i\u003efollows the delightful journey of Tim Falconer as he tries to overcome tone deafness -- and along the way discovers what we're really hearing when we listen to music.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Falconer, a self-confessed \"bad singer,\" always wanted to make music, but soon after he starts singing lessons, he discovers that he's part of only 2.5 percent of the population afflicted with amusia -- in other words, he is scientifically tone-deaf. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Singer \u003c\/i\u003echronicles his quest to understand human evolution and music, the brain science behind tone-deafness, his search for ways to retrain the adult brain, and his investigation into what we really hear when we listen to music. In an effort to learn more about his brain disorder, he goes to a series of labs where the scientists who test him are as fascinated with him as he is with them. He also sets out to understand why we love music and deconstructs what we really hear when we listen to it. And he unlocks the secret that helps explain why music has such emotional power over us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Falconer\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist and author of three books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eDrive: A Road Trip through Our Complicated Affair with the Automobile\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThat Good Night: Ethicists, Euthanasia, and End-of-Life Care\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2010, he won a Canadian Institutes of Health Research journalism award to write about music and health, allowing him to produce a well-received 5,500-word piece about amusia that appeared in the Spring 2012 issue of \u003ci\u003eMaisonneuve\u003c\/i\u003e. That piece won a National Magazine Award and was followed by a radio documentary on the same subject on CBC Radio's Ideas. He teaches magazine journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto and Creative Nonfiction at the University of King's College in Halifax. He lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43599296528519,"sku":"9781770894457","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6mjcppFYzJ9781770894457.webp?v=1765626912","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bad-singer-the-surprising-science-of-tone-deafness-and-how-we-hear-music-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}