Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (759 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250043379 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Why there are so many happy accidents when it comes to famous careers Olga Kapustina The book is very informative and well written. It begins with an invention of the phonograph and takes us on a journey though the history of music industry. But most importantly it answers some of the questions one might have about popular music and popular music culture. How the culture of wannabes came around? How labels slowly lost their cre. this is a good primer. Heavier on modern day some stories I would have never known about, and some I've known for eternity. If you're interested in the music biz at all, over the centuries, this is a good primer. Heavier on modern day.. A good read on the history of the recording industry Kindleman Heard about this book on NPR radio. It covers the dawn of the recording industry all the way to the present. I was kind of hoping it would cover more about the age of napster and Internet piracy, and how it impacted the music industry. The author chose to stick to discussion of independent labels and major labels focusing on key figures through
Composing and producing original music, he is a freelance writer and researcher for journals and think tanks. Gareth Murphy was raised in Dublin surrounded by music and the musicians with whom his father worked as a concert promoter. Murphy lives in Paris with his wife and four-year-old son. A graduate of University College Dublin, Murphy has worked at various record companies and has produced thirty electronic compilations.
--Mark Levine . Much of it is familiar and conventionally told, and the emphasis on the business rather than the creative side of the industry (and not enough about the conflict implied by the cutesy title) dampens one’s interest, but there are enough gems and oddities (a brawl between the burly Grossman and Alan Lomax; the Beatles first experiences smoking marijuana, when meeting Dylan; and, apparently unrelatedly, a quite funny misunderstanding of Beatles’ lyrics by Dylan) to make the book an enjoyable, if not quite indispensable, addition to the musical booksh
Remarkable in scope and impressive in depth, Cowboys and Indies chronicles the pioneers who set the stylus on the most important labels and musical discoveries in history.. Cowboys and Indies is nothing less than the first definitive history of the recording industry on both sides of the Atlantic.From the invention of the earliest known sound-recording device in 1850s Paris to the CD crash and digital boom today, author and industry insider Gareth Murphy takes readers on an immensely entertaining and encyclopedic ride through the many cataclysmic musical, cultural, and technological changes that shaped a century and a half of the industry.This invaluable narrative focuses especially on the game changers---the label founders, talent scouts, and legendary A&R men. Murphy also offers a provocative look at the future through the ruminations of such vanguard