John Seabrook has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1993. The author of several books including Nobrow, he has taught narrative nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
"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*
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