
June #DoubleSpin complete! Which I might not have done if it wasn‘t for my IRL book club. This didn‘t work for me on several levels. I don‘t usually enjoy pseudo-fictional nonfiction, where the message is presented as a story. For me, this generally yields a gimmicky, sub-par story—I‘d rather you say what you want to say instead of shoehorning your points into the mouths of preachy/quirky characters. That‘s pretty much how I felt about this. ⤵️
Add to this, threaded throughout is a bunch of woo-woo content where words like Life and Music are always capitalized. Characters heal injuries from a car accident by singing over the victim, the effects of noise pollution in a nature preserve are rebalanced through an idyllic song session where frogs and snakes come up and rest in the laps of the singers, and the characters ⤵️ 15h
I respect that Wooten didn‘t want to write a traditional instructional book about music, and that he wanted to weave in parallels to life as well as music. I respect that he advocated getting away from worrying about the right notes, and emphasized often-ignored elements ⤵️ (edited) 15h
I listened to half on audio, which would have been a great way to experience the book if I had liked it better! The audio includes musical themes throughout—within scenes & at the beginning of each chapter—which was wonderful. But I wanted to finish more quickly, so I switched to print. 15h