The Song Machine by John Seabrook
There's a reason hit songs offer guilty pleasurethey're designed that way.
"Through immersive anecdotes and witty observations, Seabrook explores questions of ownership and taste, and about the music business as a whole, as we learn it’s not just the ‘song machine’ that’s brilliant but also the people churning the gears" -- Isabella Biedenharn - Entertainment Weekly
"Well researched…. Seabrook…takes us inside the troubled modern music business." -- Touré - New York Times Book Review
"Fascinating…. The Song Machine is lively, entertaining and often insightful, of interest both to pop mavens and to those who couldn’t imagine caring about the latest hits." -- Christopher Carroll - Wall Street Journal
"Fascinating…. Copy editors will rejoice at Seabrook’s well-written and deeply researched book. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and his book fits into that magazine’s penchant for telling very detailed stories about things you might not notice about pop culture." -- Charles R. Cross - Seattle Times
"Seabrook spins a fascinating history, one that encompasses everything from the Brill Building and Phil Spector to Afrika Bambaataa to ‘American Idol.’ Running underneath the human stories like a bassline is the inexorable flow of technology." -- Kate Tuttle - Boston Globe
"Invaluable." -- Louis Bayard - Washington Post
"A revelatory ear-opener." -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"An immersive, reflective, and utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." -- Nathaniel Rich - The Atlantic
"Eminently readable and important…. Seabrook's in-depth interviews with an army of songwriters, producers, performers and others make for series of profiles that document a revolution in the music business." -- Shelf Awareness
"Brilliant." -- Michael Hann - The Guardian
"Well researched…. Seabrook…takes us inside the troubled modern music business." -- Touré - New York Times Book Review
"Fascinating…. The Song Machine is lively, entertaining and often insightful, of interest both to pop mavens and to those who couldn’t imagine caring about the latest hits." -- Christopher Carroll - Wall Street Journal
"Fascinating…. Copy editors will rejoice at Seabrook’s well-written and deeply researched book. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and his book fits into that magazine’s penchant for telling very detailed stories about things you might not notice about pop culture." -- Charles R. Cross - Seattle Times
"Seabrook spins a fascinating history, one that encompasses everything from the Brill Building and Phil Spector to Afrika Bambaataa to ‘American Idol.’ Running underneath the human stories like a bassline is the inexorable flow of technology." -- Kate Tuttle - Boston Globe
"Invaluable." -- Louis Bayard - Washington Post
"A revelatory ear-opener." -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"An immersive, reflective, and utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." -- Nathaniel Rich - The Atlantic
"Eminently readable and important…. Seabrook's in-depth interviews with an army of songwriters, producers, performers and others make for series of profiles that document a revolution in the music business." -- Shelf Awareness
"Brilliant." -- Michael Hann - The Guardian
John Seabrook has been a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than three decades. The Spinach King is his fifth book. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393241921 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393241920 |
| Title | The Song Machine |
| Author | John Seabrook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2015-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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