Publication

2015 - W. W. Norton & Company, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

84,500 words, Guess

Page Count

338 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC781.6409/051
  • LCCML3790 .S382 2015
  • LCCML3790.S382 2015

Description

There's a reason hit songs offer such guilty pleasure--they're designed that way. Over the last two decades a new type of hit song has emerged, one that is almost inescapably catchy. Pop songs have always had a "hook," but today's songs bristle with them: a hook every seven seconds is the rule. The song machine explores what the new hits may be doing to our brains and listening habits, especially as music services use streaming data to gather music into new genres invented by algorithms based on listener behavior. Revelatory and original, this book will change the way you listen to music.

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  • The song machine: inside the hit factoryW. W. Norton & Company2015-01-01
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