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A Musical Life
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
November 2010
On Sale: November 9, 2010
240 pages
ISBN: 0865479844
EAN: 9780865479845
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, U2, Peter Gabriel,
and the Neville Brothers all have something in common: some
of their best albums were produced by Daniel Lanois. A
French-speaking kid from Canada, Lanois was driven by his
innate curiosity and intense love of music to transcend his
small-town origins and become one of the world’s most
prolific and successful record producers, as well as a
brilliant musician in his own right. Lanois takes us through his childhood, from being one of
four kids raised by a single mother on a hairdresser’s
salary, to his discovery by Brian Eno, to his work on albums
such as U2’s The Joshua Tree, Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind,
and Emmylou Harris’s Wrecking Ball. Revealing for the first
time ever his unique recording secrets and innovations,
Lanois delves into the ongoing evolution of technology,
discussing his earliest sonic experiments with reel-to-reel
decks, the birth of the microchip, the death of discrete
circuitry, and the arrival of the download era. Part technological treatise, part philosophical manifesto on
the nature of artistic excellence and the overwhelming need
for music, Soul Mining brings the reader viscerally inside
the recording studio, where the surrounding forces have
always been just as important as the resulting albums.
Beyond skill, beyond record budgets, beyond image and ego,
Lanois’s work and music show the value of dedication and
soul. His lifelong quest to find the perfect mixture of
tradition and innovation is inimitable and unforgettable.
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