What Determines the Music We Love?

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Most everyone recognizes Prince's masterpiece "Purple Rain," the Grammy Award-winning album engineered by Susan Rogers. But do you know why you love this record? In her new book "This is What It Sounds Like," Rogers explains that we all have a unique "listener profile," determined by how we respond to seven musical elements, such as lyrics, melody and timbre. Rogers joins us to explain what the music we love says about us. Guests: Susan Rogers, cognitive neuroscientist and a professor, Berklee College of Music; multiplatinum record producer; sound engineer for Prince’s; recipient of the Music Producer’s Guild Outstanding Contribution to U.K. Music award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:21.6	Recognizes Purple Rain by Prince, a Grammy Award-winning album that was engineered by my guest, Susan Rogers.
1:30.1	But do you know why you love this song or album?
1:38.4	According to Rogers, it's determined by seven musical aspects from authenticity to timber that we respond to based on our personality and experiences.
1:48.5	We'll learn more about our musical sweet spots next on Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Welcome to Forum.
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