Song Machine

Descriere

How do you make a song into a global smash hit that is guaranteed to make millions? n n Read The Song Machine and find out! n n n From Tin Pan Alley and Motown to Rihanna and Taylor Swift, manufactured music has existed since the record industry began. n n But who are the hit-manufacturers that can create a tune that is so catchy, so wildly addictive, that it sticks in the minds of millions of listeners? n n n In The Song Machine, John Seabrook dissects the workings of this machine, travelling the world to reveal its hidden formulas, and interview its geniuses - `the hitmakers' - at the centre of it all. Hilarious and jaw-droppingly shocking, this book will change how you think and feel about music, as well as how you listen to it. n n `Revelatory, funny, and full of almost unbelievable details', Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation n n `As addictive as its subject' Sunday Times n