Uploaded June 2014 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
A person's music biography is like a baseball game -- we all have played, so it's a shared experience; yet no two games are carbon copies of each other. The same goes for music. We all have are timeline, and there are bands or albums that many of us come to, but ultimately no two music biographies are the same.
Musical Yearbook typically focuses on one moment when a piece of music becomes a part of who we are, but today author Lewis Buzbee shares his music biography, in 4 vignettes covering his childhood and taking us all the way up to his daughter falling in love with music. Turns out, hearing about a person's life through the lens of his music is a pretty fun and and accessible way to get to know a stranger.
Musical Yearbook is a BAMM.tv production. For all things indie music content, check out BAMM.tv.
About the Author: Lewis Buzbee is the author of three novels for younger readers, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, Steinbeck's Ghost, and Bridge of Time. His most recent book for adults is The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop. He teaches in the MFA Program in Writing at the University of San Francisco. Song he's listened to more than any other song: "Come Together" by The Beatles. For more on Lewis, check out lewisbuzbee.com/lewisbuzbee.com/Welcome.html
Credits: Created by: Phil Lang Executive Producers: Chris Hansen, Nick Hansen Producer: Phil Lang Recording Engineer: Sonia Pina Opening and closing segments recorded and mixed by Jerad Paul Fox Music Provided by Tumbleweed Wanderers (tumbleweedwanderers.com/)
A person's music biography is like a baseball game -- we all have played, so it's a shared experience; yet no two games are carbon copies of each other. The same goes for music. We all have are timeline, and there are bands or albums that many of us come to, but ultimately no two music biographies are the same.
Musical Yearbook typically focuses on one moment when a piece of music becomes a part of who we are, but today author Lewis Buzbee shares his music biography, in 4 vignettes covering his childhood and taking us all the way up to his daughter falling in love with music. Turns out, hearing about a person's life through the lens of his music is a pretty fun and and accessible way to get to know a stranger.
Musical Yearbook is a BAMM.tv production. For all things indie music content, check out BAMM.tv.
About the Author: Lewis Buzbee is the author of three novels for younger readers, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, Steinbeck's Ghost, and Bridge of Time. His most recent book for adults is The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop. He teaches in the MFA Program in Writing at the University of San Francisco. Song he's listened to more than any other song: "Come Together" by The Beatles. For more on Lewis, check out lewisbuzbee.com/lewisbuzbee.com/Welcome.html
Credits: Created by: Phil Lang Executive Producers: Chris Hansen, Nick Hansen Producer: Phil Lang Recording Engineer: Sonia Pina Opening and closing segments recorded and mixed by Jerad Paul Fox Music Provided by Tumbleweed Wanderers (tumbleweedwanderers.com/)
