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The Spirit of Music
- The Lesson Continues
- Narrated by: Victor L. Wooten, full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Grammy Award-winner Victor Wooten's inspiring parable of the importance of music and the threats that it faces in today's world.
We may not realize it as we listen to the soundtrack of our lives through tiny earbuds, but music and all that it encompasses is disappearing all around us. In this fable-like story three musicians from around the world are mysteriously summoned to Nashville, the Music City, to join together with Victor to do battle against the "Phasers", whose blinking "music-cancelling" headphones silence and destroy all musical sound. Only by coming together, connecting, and making the joyful sounds of immediate, "live" music can the world be restored to the power and spirit of music.
Read by the author, with:
- Odelphis Davis as Mom
- Keb' Mo' as Dad
- Jonathan Chase as Jonathan
- Cameron Wooten as the record-store owner and truck-stop employee
- Sam Lutomia as Ali
- Ryoko Suzuki as Seiko
- India Arie as the music and Isis singing-voice
- Brian Edwards as Sifu
- Michael Kott as Michael
- Chuck Rainey as Uncle Clyde
- Radmila Bowers as Isis
- Daniel J. Levitin as Phaser
- Brandon Blake as Brandon
- Dave Welsch as Larry
- and Jeff Coffin as the saxophone player
What the critics say
“[A] bit like Carlos Castaneda’s shamanist tales, a bit like tween fiction, a bit like websites on, say, sonic healing through principles of sacred geometry and - at its best - an enactment of epiphanies told in the ping-pong dialogue.... It’s a book that stands happily against traditional music pedagogy and canned notions of achievement. This is to its great credit.” (Ben Ratliff, The Washington Post)
“Wooten, bassist for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, delivers a remarkable fable in which music is dying.... This allegorical foray into the power of music is both heartfelt and wildly imaginative. Music lovers will adore this sparkling manifesto.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
“Part exhortation, part New Age-ish memoir, part philosophical treatise, Wooten’s book is full of surprising and illuminating lessons.... [An] always rewarding delight for music fans of a mystical bent.” (Kirkus Reviews)
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-11-28
A journey worth taking…
The spirit of music rings through each wave of this audiobook. Whether you’re an accomplished musician or human, everyone has lots to learn from this story. Thank you, Victor, for channeling the spirit of music through the notes in this book - boy do I have a lot to learn…
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- kat
- 2021-06-27
great book through and through
Truly a gifted storyteller book came to life. learned and relearned alot from this man. love you victor!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-03-23
Fantastic. I enjoyed it as much as the first.
Loved it! Easy to listen to and enjoy.
The message and music resonated with me.
You can feel the words.
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