Description
'If you want to know anything about how music surfaces today, how to find it, or how to create it, you will find what you need right here.' - Joseph Menn, Washington Post writer
'One of the best music books of the year' - Neil McCormick, Telegraph
For the first time in history, almost every song ever recorded is available instantly. Everywhere.
This book charts what music's dazzling digital revolution really means for fans and artists. As a former data guru at the world's biggest streaming service Spotify, Glenn McDonald reveals:
- What the tech giants know about you
- How they serve up your next song
- Whether fans can cheat the algorithm
- Whether jazz is dead and ASMR is the new punk
- Your chances of becoming a rock star
Having analysed the streams of 500 million people, McDonald explores what the data tells us about music and about ourselves, from the secrets of russelåter in Norway to Christmas in the Philippines.
This book will take you on a voyage of discovery through music's fast-flowing new waters. Includes 10 bonus playlists.
About the Author
Glenn McDonald obsessively collected CDs as a teenager, but he soon realised the revolutionary power of digital media to make songs globally accessible. He started working at a US startup and soon became a data guru at Spotify. His website Every Noise at Once is a computational map of the world's music genres.
An ideal book for anyone who wants to know how Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer, YouTube Music and other music platforms work, whether as a fan, musician or music business insider.
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Product Details
| Publisher | Canbury Press |
| Publish Date | June 20, 2024 |
| Pages | 290 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781914487156 |
| Dimensions | 9.3 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches | 1.0 pounds |
About the Author
Reviews
"We used to sell CDs by the weight of pallets, thanks to streaming we know how our content is consumed. In this immersive book, Glenn has demonstrated what we can do with this knowledge, so other industries facing their Napster Moment can learn from his unrivalled first mover advantage" - Will Page, author of Pivot and former Chief Economist of Spotify
"If you want to know anything about how music surfaces today, how to find it, or how to create it, you will find what you need right here. And you will be highly entertained and amused in the process." - Joseph Menn, Washington Post staff writer and author of All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster.
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