Song Reader
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.82 (960 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 193807338X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 108 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A visually stunning and captivating album… For anyone with an ear (or an eye) for music, this album is the perfect opportunity to abandon your seats, join the stage and become a participant rather than just a spectator."—Zink Magazine"Visually sumptuous … A bold artistic challenge and a madcap creative gauntlet in a pop-culture landscape that favors instant gratification."—American Way
Beck's Song Reader is fun for musicians! I'm a musician so its no surprise that I like to listen to music. However, while I like writing my own music, its rare that I am motivated to cover someone else's tunes. That's just how I am. But when I heard about Song Reader, my attitude changed. I just received my copy of Song Reader and I'm excited about it. Here's a collection of songs by a popular artist that noone has heard before. With nothing to compare it to, it's easy to understand why there ha. Denver Dilettante said Genius.. Leave it to Beck to deliver his musical versatility in a format once loved by hundreds of millions, now virtually (heh) abandoned: sheet music. All twenty songs are charmingly rendered in easy-to-follow notes/chords/lyrics, and adorned by many different visual artists with a multitude of mostly retro covers. There are many back-of-the-songsheet oddities (ads, fictional songs and "songs"), as you would expect from Beck + McSweeney's. Even if you are not a . the packaging is almost the best part: every song has gorgeous cover art and While I am really really enjoying this collection for the sake of the songs it contains, the packaging is almost the best part: every song has gorgeous cover art and a hilarious fake ad on the back that is extremely true to the vintage sheet music which inspired the album. The arrangements are pretty straightforward and it is a treat to get to play through "unreleased" Beck songs, plus the actual physical product is so much fun!
Including an introduction by Jody Rosen (Slate, the New York Times) and a preface by Beck. Featuring original art from Marcel Dzama (who created the imagery for Beck’s acclaimed Guero), Leanne Shapton, Josh Cochran, Jessica Hische, and many more. Readers’ (and select musicians’) renditions of the songs will be featured on the McSweeney’s website.. Complete with full-color, heyday-of-home-play-inspired art for each song and a lavishly produced hardcover carrying case, Song Reader is an experiment in what an album can be at the end of 2012an alternative that enlists the listener in the tone of every track, and that’s as visually absorbing as a dozen gatefold LPs put together. The songs here are as unfailingly exciting as you’d expect from their author, but if you want to hear Do We? We Do,” or Don’t Act Like Your Heart Isn’t Hard,” bringing them to life depends on you. In the wake of Modern Guilt and The Information, Beck’s latest project comes in an almost-forgotten formtwenty songs existing only as individual pieces of sheet mus