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    Summary of John Seabrook's The Song Machine
    Summary of John Seabrook's The Song Machine
    Summary of John Seabrook's The Song Machine
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    Summary of John Seabrook's The Song Machine

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    Get the Summary of John Seabrook's The Song Machine in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateFeb 6, 2021
    ISBN9781638153511
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      Summary of John Seabrook's The Song Machine - IRB Media

      Summary

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      John Seabrook’s

      The Song Machine

      Inside the Hit Factory

      Table of Contents

      Overview

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      Overview

      The Song Machine (2015) recounts the last 20 years of music industry history, describing how changes in taste, technology, and industry practice have shaped the hit songs that currently dominate radio and streaming services. Despite some early predictions that technologies like the music-sharing service Napster would make hit songs obsolete, hits are just as important to the music industry now as ever before. But the way the music industry makes them has changed in ways that make artists a less significant part of the process than they were a generation ago.

      Today’s hit-making methods originated in Sweden. In the 1990s, a small group of Swedish producers at the production company Cheiron Studios, led by the producer DennizPoP, began using electronic drum machines and pre-recorded instrument samples to make beats and melodies. Along with his protege, Max Martin, and other producers, DennizPoP combined these tracks with vocal tracks of simple English lyrics, creating a genre of pop music wherein live

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