Susan Rogers

American record producer, audio engineer, and cognitive neuroscientist, best known for her work with Prince and as co-author of the book 'This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You' (2022).

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  1. 1. This Is What It Sounds Like

    What the Music You Love Says About You

    A blend of music neuroscience and studio storytelling that explains why different songs resonate for different people, showing how memory, identity, and the brain’s reward systems shape individual taste. It outlines key dimensions of recordings—such as melody, rhythm, lyrics, and timbre—to help readers map their own listener profile, offering practical listening strategies that deepen appreciation, validate subjective preferences, and reveal what personal music choices say about who we are.