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Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay - The dodgy business of popular music (Paperback) Loot Price: R255
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Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay - The dodgy business of popular music (Paperback): Simon Napier-Bell

Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay - The dodgy business of popular music (Paperback)

Simon Napier-Bell

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Let legendary rock manager Simon Napier-Bell take you inside the (dodgy) world of popular music - not just a creative industry, but a business that has made people rich beyond their wildest dreams. He balances seductive anecdotes - pulling back the curtain on the gritty and absurd side of the industry - with an insightful exploration of the relationship between creativity and money. This book describes the evolution of the industry from 1713 - the year parliament granted writers ownership over what they wrote - to today, when a global, 100 billion pound industry is controlled by just three major players: Sony, Universal and Warner. Inside you will uncover some little-known facts about the industry, including: how a formula for writing hit songs in the 1900s helped create 50,000 of the best-known songs of all time; how Jewish immigrants and black jazz musicians dancing cheek-to-cheek created a template for all popular music that followed; and how rock tours became the biggest, quickest, sleaziest and most profitable ventures the music industry has ever seen. After reading Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay, you'll never listen to music in the same way again.

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Imprint: Unbound Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2015
Authors: Simon Napier-Bell
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 978-1-78352-104-3
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Music industry
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LSN: 1-78352-104-X
Barcode: 9781783521043

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