Iminyaka emibini edlule Beck ibhengeze ukuba iza kupapasha i-'Song Reader', incwadi engapapashwanga yamanqaku omculo equlathe iingoma ezingama-20 (kunye namaphepha angaphezu kwe-100 obugcisa) ezinokuviwa kuphela xa umxholo utolikwa ngesixhobo somculo, uninzi amalinge elona candelo lomculo loqobo kwiminyaka yakutshanje. Ukusukela oko iSong Reader yakhululwa kumculo wephepha ngoDisemba 2012, u-Beck akafane anike inguqulelo yomculo yezi ngoma kwaye bezisoloko zisenziwa bukhoma kuphela.
NgoLwesibini odlulileyo (8), ehambelana nomhla wakhe wokuzalwa wama-44, imvumi yaseCalifornian eguquguqukayo ibhengeze ukuba ekugqibeleni izise ezo ngoma kwisitudiyo sokurekhoda kwaye inguqulelo yeaudio Umfundi weeNgoma iya kukhutshwa nge-29 kaJulayi ezayo. Nangona zonke iingoma zibhaliwe ngu-Beck, kuphela iNqanaba laseZulwini eyenziwa njenge-soloist.
Iingoma eziseleyo ezilishumi elinesithoba zenziwe kunye iindwendwe zodidi, njengoJack White, uNorah Jones, uJarvis Cocker (iPulp), uJeff Tweedy (Wilco), uLaura Marling, uDavid Johansen (iiDoli zaseNew York), uBob Forrest (iThelonious Monster) kunye nomculi uJack Black. Le mvumi idize ukuba umbono wokurekhoda ezi ngoma uvele ngokumamela izinto ezenziwa ngamanye amagcisa. U-Beck uphawule kwingxelo: “Kuyandichulumancisa ukuva indlela ezi mvumi ezizilungelelanise ngayo ezi ngoma kwaye kule nkqubo iveze ukuba umdlalo lo yeyona nto iphilayo. Ezi toliko zenze le ncwadi yaba yinto entsha, into engcono. "