W. W. Norton & Company
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
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- John Seabrook
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Paperback
- 9780393353280
- 8 X 5.4 X 1 inches
- 0.65 pounds
- Music > Genres & Styles - Rock
- English
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There's a reason today's ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore--they're designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider's look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters--alongside industry heavy-hitters like Katy Perry, Rihanna, Max Martin, and Ester Dean--this fascinating journey into the strange world of pop music reveals how a new approach to crafting smash hits is transforming marketing, technology, and even listeners' brains. You'll never think about music the same way again.
A Wall Street Journal Best Business Book
Author Bio
John Seabrook is the author The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory, published by Norton in October, 2015. He is also the author ofNobrow: The Culture of Marketing—The Marketing of Culture, which was published in 2000, and Deeper: My Two-Year Odyssey in Cyberspace, which was published in 1997, and Flash of Genius, and Other True Stories of Invention, published in 2008. He has been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1989 and became a staff writer in 1993. He explores the intersection between creativity and commerce in the fields of technology, design, and music. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children and a dog and a cat.
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