The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory

The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory

"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." ―Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic There’s a reason today’s ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore―they’re designed that way. The So…

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