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Inside the Hit Factory
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Over the last two decades, a new type of song has emerged. Today's hits bristle with "hooks", musical burrs designed to snag your ear every seven seconds. Painstakingly crafted to tweak the brain's delight in melody, rhythm, and repetition, these songs are industrial-strength products made for malls, casinos, the gym, and the Super Bowl halftime show. The tracks are so catchy and so potent that you can't not listen to them.
Traveling from New York to Los Angeles, Stockholm to Korea, John Seabrook visits specialized teams composing songs in digital labs with novel techniques, and he traces the growth of these contagious hits from their origins in early '90s Sweden to their ubiquity on today's charts. Featuring the stories of artists like Katy Perry, Britney Spears, and Rihanna as well as expert songsmiths like Max Martin, Ester Dean, and Dr. Luke, The Song Machine will change the way you listen to music.
©2015 John Seabrook. Recorded by arrangement with W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. (P)2015 HighBridge, a division of Recorded BooksLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Legendary music producer LA Reid - the man behind artists such as Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton, Kanye West, Rihanna, TLC, Outkast, Pink, Justin Bieber, and Usher - changed the music business forever. Now he tells his story, taking fans on an intimate tour of his life. Sing to Me is a fascinating journey from Reid's small-town R&B roots in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his work as a drummer to his fame as a Grammy Award-winning music producer and his gig as a judge on the hit reality show The X Factor.
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Wow!! What a journey!!!
- De Marty Cohn en 02-06-16
De: LA Reid
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Shining Star
- Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire
- De: Philip Bailey, Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman
- Narrado por: Philip Bailey
- Duración: 8 h y 17 m
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With more than 90 million records sold and eight Grammy Awards throughout its 40-year history, Earth, Wind & Fire has staked its claim as one of the most successful, influential, and beloved acts in music history. Now, for the first time, its dynamic lead singer, Philip Bailey, chronicles the group's meteoric rise to stardom and his own professional and spiritual journey. Never before had a musical act crossed multiple styles and genres with a quixotic blend of astrology, universalism, and Egyptology as Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) did when it exploded into the public's conscience during the 1970s.
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Great book, but needed pro narrator
- De Wayne en 03-23-16
De: Philip Bailey, y otros
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The Never-Ending Present
- The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip
- De: Michael Barclay
- Narrado por: George Stroumboulopoulos
- Duración: 17 h y 55 m
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From our talent-rich neighbor to the north comes this biography of one of the most successful Canadian rock bands, The Tragically Hip, which announced a year-long tour after sharing the news of lead singer Gord Downie’s inoperable cancer. Now available to US listeners, The Never-Ending Present details what led up to the memorable night when music fans all over the world watched Downie’s heroic final performance.
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Hometown Heroes
- De Tommy Garou en 12-13-18
De: Michael Barclay
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Respect Yourself
- Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
- De: Robert Gordon
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 17 h y 54 m
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The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to racial harmony in 1960’s segregated south Memphis. Their success is startling, and Stax soon defines an international sound. Then, after losses both business and personal, the siblings part, and the brother allies with a visionary African-American partner. Under integrated leadership, Stax explodes as a national player until, Icarus-like, they fall from great heights to a tragic demise.
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Great narration
- De A. K. Moore en 10-29-14
De: Robert Gordon
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Here Comes the Night
- The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues
- De: Joel Selvin
- Narrado por: Christian Rummel
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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Here Comes the Night: Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues is both a definitive account of the New York rhythm and blues world of the early '60s, and the harrowing, ultimately tragic story of songwriter and record producer Bert Berns, whose meteoric career was fueled by his pending doom. His heart damaged by rheumatic fever as a youth, doctors told Berns he would not live to see 21. Although his name is little remembered today, Berns worked alongside all the greats of the era.
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Great book.
- De The Blimmer en 10-14-23
De: Joel Selvin
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Never a Dull Moment
- 1971 - the Year That Rock Exploded
- De: David Hepworth
- Narrado por: David Hepworth
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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On New Year's Eve, 1970, Paul McCartney told his lawyers to issue the writ at the High Court in London, effectively ending The Beatles. You might say this was the last day of the pop era. The following day, which was a Friday, was 1971. You might say this was the first day of the rock era. And within the remaining 364 days of this monumental year, the world would hear Don McLean's "American Pie", The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar", The Who's "Baba O'Riley", Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", and more.
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A blast from the past
- De Amazon Customer en 07-30-16
De: David Hepworth
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Walk This Way
- Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song That Changed American Music Forever
- De: Geoff Edgers
- Narrado por: Geoff Edgers
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
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Washington Post staff writer Geoff Edgers takes a deep dive into the story behind "Walk This Way", Aerosmith and Run-DMC's legendary, groundbreaking mashup that forever changed music.
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A MUST LISTEN/READ
- De Aron Teo Lee en 05-17-19
De: Geoff Edgers
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Fornication
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story
- De: Jeff Apter
- Narrado por: Adrian Mulraney
- Duración: 15 h y 30 m
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Despite an epic reputation for exhibitionism, drug taking, and drunkenness, through it all the Chili Peppers have continued to produce records that shock, challenge, and intrigue their fans. Jeff Apter tells the complete Red Hot Chili Peppers story, from their first meeting at a Los Angeles high school to the creation of such career-defining albums as BloodSugarSexMagik, Californication and By The Way.
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Cabron
- De Amazon Customer en 10-02-19
De: Jeff Apter
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Relentless
- The Memoir
- De: Yngwie J. Malmsteen
- Narrado por: Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Fred Berman
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
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Yngwie Malmsteen's revolutionary guitar style - combining elements of classical music with the speed and volume of heavy metal - made him a staple of the 80s rock scene. Decades later, he's still a legend among guitarists, having sold 11 million albums and influenced generations of rockers since. In Relentless, Malmsteen shares his personal story, from the moment he burst onto the scene seemingly out of nowhere in the early 80s to become a household name in the annals of heavy metal.
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Bloviations
- De David A. Kaplowitz en 12-29-19
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Unchained
- The Eddie Van Halen Story
- De: Paul Brannigan
- Narrado por: Mike Lenz
- Duración: 8 h y 50 m
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From the moment their hugely influential 1978 debut landed, Van Halen set a high bar for the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, creating an entirely new style of post-'60s hard rock and becoming the quintessential rock band of the 1980s. But the high-flying success was fraught with difficulty, as Eddie struggled with alcohol and drug addiction while simultaneously battling David Lee Roth over the musical direction of the band, eventually taking the band in an entirely new direction with Sammy Hagar and scaling new heights, before that iteration of Van Halen disintegrated.
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Please don't read other audible books
- De Mike en 02-01-22
De: Paul Brannigan
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Everybody Wants Some
- The Van Halen Saga
- De: Ian Christe
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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How did a pair of little Dutch boys trained in classical music grow up to become the nucleus of the most popular heavy metal band of all time? What's the secret behind Eddie Van Halen's incredible fast and furious guitar solos? What makes David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar so wacky? And, are all those stories about groupies, booze bashes, and contract riders true? The naked truth is laid bare in Everybody Wants Some - the real-life story of a rock 'n' roll fantasy come true.
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Good details of albums and post-1984 career
- De IndyMATT en 12-30-18
De: Ian Christe
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Dig If You Will the Picture
- Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince
- De: Ben Greenman
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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Ben Greenman, New York Times best-selling author, contributing writer to The New Yorker, and owner of thousands of recordings of Prince and Prince-related songs, knows intimately that there has never been a rock star as vibrant, mercurial, willfully contrary, experimental, or prolific as Prince. Uniting a diverse audience while remaining singularly himself, Prince was a tireless artist, a musical virtuoso and chameleon, and a pop-culture prophet.
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Reads like a indepth career review & analysis
- De herb en 05-18-17
De: Ben Greenman
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All These Things That I've Done
- My Insane, Improbable Rock Life
- De: Matt Pinfield, Mitchell Cohen
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
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Matt Pinfield is the ultimate music fan. He's the guy who knows every song, artist, and musical riff ever recorded, down to the most obscure band's B-side single on its vinyl-only EP import. As a child, music helped Pinfield make sense of the world. Later he would approach his music idols after concerts and explain why he loved their music. As an adult, rock music inspired his career, fueled relationships, and, at times, became a life raft.
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Couldn't stop listening
- De RunnerGirlDE en 10-02-24
De: Matt Pinfield, y otros
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Let’s Go Crazy
- Prince and the Making of Purple Rain
- De: Alan Light
- Narrado por: Fred Berman
- Duración: 7 h y 11 m
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Purple Rain is a song, an album, and a film - each one a commercial success and cultural milestone. How did this semiautobiographical musical masterpiece that blurred R&B, pop, dance, and rock sounds come to alter the recording landscape and become an enduring touchstone for successive generations of fans?
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A Must-Read For Any PRINCE Fan
- De Bryan K. Chavez en 05-06-16
De: Alan Light
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Between You and Me
- Confessions of Comma Queen
- De: Mary Norris
- Narrado por: Mary Norris
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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Between You & Me features Norris' laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usage - comma faults, danglers, "who" vs. "whom", "that" vs. "which", compound words, gender-neutral language - and her clear explanations of how to handle them.
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Surprisingly hilarious
- De William en 04-24-15
De: Mary Norris
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Hit Makers
- The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
- De: Derek Thompson
- Narrado por: Derek Thompson
- Duración: 11 h y 34 m
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Nothing "goes viral". If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history - of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate cults that turn some new products into cultural phenomena. In his groundbreaking investigation, Atlantic senior editor Derek Thompson uncovers the hidden psychology of why we like what we like.
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Starts of saying “The Tipping Point” book was wrong but then...
- De Venusian Incognito en 03-25-18
De: Derek Thompson
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How Music Works
- The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
- De: John Powell
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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Have you ever wondered how off-key you are while singing in the shower? Or if your Bob Dylan albums really sound better on vinyl? Or why certain songs make you cry? Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help you memorize songs, what the humble recorder teaches you about timbre (assuming your suffering listeners don’t break it first), and more.
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Nearly everyone will get something out of this!
- De Tim en 02-18-11
De: John Powell
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How Music Works
- De: David Byrne
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
- Duración: 13 h y 10 m
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Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, David Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne’s magnum opus uncovers thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.
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Kind of all over the place
- De Amazon Customer en 02-17-23
De: David Byrne
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Inside Studio 54
- De: Mark Fleischman, Denise Chatman, Mimi Fleischman
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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In the early 80s, Mark Fleischman reopened Studio 54, the world's most glamorous and notorious nightclub, after it was closed down by the State of New York. Ten thousand people showed up that night, ready to restart the party that abruptly ended after the raid in 1978 landed its former owners in jail. Inside Studio 54 invites you to revisit the happening scenes of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, the post-Pill, pre-AIDS era of free love, consequence-free sex, and seemingly endless partying. Following Fleischman as he built connections that lead him to Studio 54.
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Disappointing
- De Robin LeBlanc en 02-25-21
De: Mark Fleischman, y otros
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Only Wanna Be with You
- The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish
- De: Tim Sommer
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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In 1985, Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in a dorm shower at the University of South Carolina and asked him to form a band. For the next eight years, Hootie & the Blowfish-completed by bassist Dean Felber and drummer Soni Sonefeld-played every frat house, roadhouse, and rock club in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, becoming one of the biggest independent acts in the region.
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Great story
- De Kimberly Caristi en 03-26-23
De: Tim Sommer
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Between You and Me
- Confessions of Comma Queen
- De: Mary Norris
- Narrado por: Mary Norris
- Duración: 8 h y 10 m
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Between You & Me features Norris' laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usage - comma faults, danglers, "who" vs. "whom", "that" vs. "which", compound words, gender-neutral language - and her clear explanations of how to handle them.
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Surprisingly hilarious
- De William en 04-24-15
De: Mary Norris
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Hit Makers
- The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
- De: Derek Thompson
- Narrado por: Derek Thompson
- Duración: 11 h y 34 m
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Nothing "goes viral". If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history - of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate cults that turn some new products into cultural phenomena. In his groundbreaking investigation, Atlantic senior editor Derek Thompson uncovers the hidden psychology of why we like what we like.
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Starts of saying “The Tipping Point” book was wrong but then...
- De Venusian Incognito en 03-25-18
De: Derek Thompson
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How Music Works
- The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
- De: John Powell
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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Have you ever wondered how off-key you are while singing in the shower? Or if your Bob Dylan albums really sound better on vinyl? Or why certain songs make you cry? Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help you memorize songs, what the humble recorder teaches you about timbre (assuming your suffering listeners don’t break it first), and more.
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Nearly everyone will get something out of this!
- De Tim en 02-18-11
De: John Powell
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How Music Works
- De: David Byrne
- Narrado por: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
- Duración: 13 h y 10 m
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Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and many others, David Byrne taps deeply into his lifetime of knowledge to explore the panoptic elements of music, how it shapes the human experience, and reveals the impetus behind how we create, consume, distribute, and enjoy the songs, symphonies, and rhythms that provide the backbeat of life. Byrne’s magnum opus uncovers thrilling realizations about the redemptive liberation that music brings us all.
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Kind of all over the place
- De Amazon Customer en 02-17-23
De: David Byrne
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Inside Studio 54
- De: Mark Fleischman, Denise Chatman, Mimi Fleischman
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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In the early 80s, Mark Fleischman reopened Studio 54, the world's most glamorous and notorious nightclub, after it was closed down by the State of New York. Ten thousand people showed up that night, ready to restart the party that abruptly ended after the raid in 1978 landed its former owners in jail. Inside Studio 54 invites you to revisit the happening scenes of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, the post-Pill, pre-AIDS era of free love, consequence-free sex, and seemingly endless partying. Following Fleischman as he built connections that lead him to Studio 54.
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Disappointing
- De Robin LeBlanc en 02-25-21
De: Mark Fleischman, y otros
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Only Wanna Be with You
- The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish
- De: Tim Sommer
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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In 1985, Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in a dorm shower at the University of South Carolina and asked him to form a band. For the next eight years, Hootie & the Blowfish-completed by bassist Dean Felber and drummer Soni Sonefeld-played every frat house, roadhouse, and rock club in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, becoming one of the biggest independent acts in the region.
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Great story
- De Kimberly Caristi en 03-26-23
De: Tim Sommer
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Rock Concert
- An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There
- De: Marc Myers
- Narrado por: Christina Delaine, Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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Decades after the rise of rock music in the 1950s, the rock concert retains its allure and its power as a unifying experience - and as an influential multibillion-dollar industry. In Rock Concert, acclaimed interviewer Marc Myers sets out to uncover the history of this compelling phenomenon, weaving together groundbreaking accounts from the people who were there. Rock Concert provides a fascinating, immediate look at the evolution of rock 'n' roll through the lens of live performances.
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Very fun
- De Kathy Neal en 10-13-24
De: Marc Myers
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The Addiction Formula
- A Holistic Approach to Writing Captivating, Memorable Hit Songs. With 317 Proven Commercial Techniques & 331 Examples
- De: Friedemann Findeisen
- Narrado por: Friedemann Findeisen
- Duración: 3 h y 45 m
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Discover the songwriting technique used in 97% of all hit songs. Music is a tough industry to break into. With production gear being affordable for the first time in history, it seems like everyone is making music these days. Getting noticed in the continuous stream of information that is the Internet seems almost impossible. But: There is a technique designed specifically to captivate and hook an audience and with The Addiction Formula, you can learn it in a couple of hours.
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I’m a successful producer for Sony, and this STILL upped my game.
- De SpookyRockstar en 04-09-18
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Pictures at a Revolution
- Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
- De: Mark Harris
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 17 h y 19 m
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Here is the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Dolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde - and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood and America forever.
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Would It Be Too Much To Ask?
- De Casey Keller en 12-31-08
De: Mark Harris
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The History of Rock & Roll
- Volume 1: 1920-1963
- De: Ed Ward
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 15 h y 32 m
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Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative - from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an immense change in the airwaves took hold and the Beatles prepared for their first American tour.
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Author's blindspots mar this book
- De Mark Clark en 03-28-17
De: Ed Ward
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Chairman at the Board
- Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation
- De: Bill Schnee
- Narrado por: Bill Schnee
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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With over 125 gold and platinum records, and two Grammys for Steely Dan's Aja and Gaucho, Schnee has been called a living legend - recognized and respected in the industry as the consummate music man with an incomparable career that he lovingly shares with listeners in humorous detail.
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Worst narration ever!
- De Anonymous User en 01-26-23
De: Bill Schnee
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Being Nobody Going Nowhere
- Meditations on the Buddhist Path
- De: Ayya Khema
- Narrado por: Claire Slemmer, Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Duración: 7 h y 53 m
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In this lucid classic, beloved teacher Ayya Khema introduces the listener to the essence of the Buddhist path. She addresses the how and why of meditation, providing a clear framework for understanding the nature of karma and rebirth and the entirety of the eightfold path. With specific, practical advice, Ayya Khema illuminates the practices of compassion and sympathetic joy, and offers forthright guidance in working with the hindrances that we all encounter in meditation.
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The only book you will ever need.
- De Andrew en 01-10-17
De: Ayya Khema
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Your Song Changed My Life
- From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It
- De: Bob Boilen
- Narrado por: Bob Boilen
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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From the beloved host and creator of NPR's All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts comes an essential oral history of modern music, told in the voices of iconic and up-and-coming musicians, including Dave Grohl, Jimmy Page, Michael Stipe, Carrie Brownstein, Smokey Robinson, and Jeff Tweedy, among others - published in association with NPR Music.
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Cool if you know all interviewed artists
- De Farfield en 12-05-16
De: Bob Boilen
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Music Is History
- De: Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Questlove
- Narrado por: Questlove
- Duración: 11 h
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Best-selling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove harnesses his encyclopedic knowledge of popular music and his deep curiosity about history to examine America over the past 50 years. Choosing one essential track from each year, Questlove unpacks each song’s significance, revealing the pivotal role that American music plays around issues of race, gender, politics, and identity.
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This would be better read than listened to
- De HomeChef en 11-05-21
De: Ahmir Khalib Thompson, y otros
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The Republic of Pirates
- Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
- De: Colin Woodard
- Narrado por: Lewis Grenville
- Duración: 13 h y 26 m
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In the early 18th century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates - former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves - this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, Blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote.
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Audible is better
- De CaptainRavick en 01-19-16
De: Colin Woodard
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How to Write One Song
- Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
- De: Jeff Tweedy
- Narrado por: Jeff Tweedy
- Duración: 3 h y 8 m
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There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal wasn't so mysterious and was actually achievable for anyone who wants to experience more magic and creativity in their life? That's something that anyone will be inspired to do after listening to Jeff Tweedy's How to Write One Song. Why one song? The idea of becoming a capital-S songwriter can seem daunting, but approached as a focused, self-contained event, the mystery and fear subsides, and songwriting becomes an exciting pursuit.
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Practical and actionable recipes for songwriting
- De Dry Toast Fan en 11-20-20
De: Jeff Tweedy
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12 Notes
- On Life and Creativity
- De: Quincy Jones
- Narrado por: JD Jackson, Quincy Jones
- Duración: 5 h y 7 m
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Wisdom and musings on creativity and life from one of the world’s most beloved musicians, producers, and mentors, Quincy Jones. 12 Notes is a self-development guide that will affirm that creativity is a calling that can and should be answered, no matter your age or experience.
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I lived these notes with Quincy
- De Thomas Bähler en 04-29-22
De: Quincy Jones
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The Creative Act
- A Way of Being
- De: Rick Rubin
- Narrado por: Rick Rubin
- Duración: 5 h y 45 m
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Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations in order to reconnect with a state of innocence from which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, he has learned that being an artist isn’t about your specific output, it’s about your relationship to the world.
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Rick is Art
- De Ira Henke en 01-17-23
De: Rick Rubin
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Song Machine
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- Steven Montenegro
- 07-09-18
Loved it!
Very captivating book about the people behind pop hits. An excellent read if you find songwriting and the process behind hit making interesting.
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- Vitaly Barilo
- 01-14-20
Imagine this book, but with real songs
I know it is probably hard due to the rights, but this books with song snippets would be just perfect. Otherwise great story and read very nicely. Although sometimes when the narrator was doing women voices it was a bit much.
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- Dream Music
- 06-07-16
Music history in a nutshell
Lots of great info here told in a journalistic way. I am an artist/songwriter and I found the information here very enlightening in confirming my own beliefs and experiences in the music industry. Although some parts lagged, there are some truly engaging parts in the book such as the anecdotes about the rise of boy bands and the Swedish pop takeover.
I would highly recommend it as a good resource for up and coming songwriters to get them familiar with the history of the industry they are about to embark upon. It is also a good read for the casual music fan, but might be a lacking in excitement for the non-technical music lay person.
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- Mark
- 03-18-18
Great book!
A great book for anyone who is interested in the Pop music industry.
very interesting stories and good story telling.
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- Miguel Uranga
- 03-03-16
Best
I've read several books on the music industry and on hit songwriting, but none has ever provided as many real world examples, valuable insights into the lives of the people who are actually out there leading this industry, meaningful stories involving important personalities, and above all... Tying them into the context of each chapter and extracting the useful points to be learned from each. I will be listening to this book many more times from now, because now i feel like I understand the industry better than ever, and find myself empowered on this knowledge. This is also my first audiobook review here. After so many books I finally struck gold with this one.
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- Quillen Maus
- 08-17-19
Contemporary pop music history as cautionary fun
The author knows how to craft an interesting tale anot what happened behind the scenes to make a hit song, the ones we recognize and hum along to today. The making of Ace of Base,, the Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Rihanna, and Katy Perry are some of the artists whose true tales are told, with backgrounds you maybe weren't aware of. While moving alling chronologically, you find out anot the ties and overlaps amongst three artists -- those who perform on the mic and those who wrote, produced or engineered the song performed.
The narrator serves the book extremely well. Without breaking into full song, he handles the sing-songy nature of the written words with ease, and he gives each person a personality of their own. He told this non-fiction work as if it wasn't, and made the retelling of musical history feel as if you were there at the time.
It was both informative and enjoyable.
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- Nagy Barnabás
- 03-14-16
Who would have thought?
I never gave so much thought to pop music, I was simply listening to it. This book have changed my point of you, and made me look deeper...
Hats off to the Swedish people who made the song machine work as it does, and lighting people youngsters, old guys, nonmusician audiences. I started to listen to the playlist of Max Martin on Spotify, and I was blown away. This guy is a genius!
This book is what I call "out-of-the-comfort-zone " book, but it is one of the biggest surprises for me this year. Great vocal performance by Dion Graham, and highly entertaining- especially if you start listening to the songs and artists mentioned throughout
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- Tyler
- 03-08-16
If you are interested in the music industry you will love this book
This book is the no holds bar look at the underbelly of the real music industry. And honestly it's pretty shocking how it all works. From producers writing hundreds of music tracks to top liners making up lyrics on the fly. The music industry is built of making hits. The reader isn't the best but this is a seriously fascinating book covering everyone from Brittany to Backstreet. From Taylor to Katy Perry. The inside scoop on how hit songs are actually made and it might surprise you.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-18
Great book!
Brilliant combination of storytelling and hard data that takes us from the early days of pop music to the present. Dion Graham’s narration is excellent.
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- Laslie
- 09-25-21
Very good info book but
I wouldn’t suggest this book to an independent artist who still didn’t find himself.
It is a „businessy“ book and talks a lot about the money side of the industry.
If you are not ready it can take your motivation away. For producers and music business people this book is amazing and shows all the different aspects of the industry.
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