流行音乐机器
The song machine
John Seabrook、Dion Graham · 初版 2015 年
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为什么值得读
- 揭示流行金曲如同流水线商品般的工业制造法
- 展现幕后制作团队与顶级旋律作者的分工协作
- 让不听流行乐的人也能理解爆款歌曲的创作魔力
热门歌曲让人欲罢不能并非偶然——它们生来就是如此。在过去的二十年里，出现了一种新型热门歌曲，具有几乎让人无法抗拒的洗脑旋律。流行歌曲一直都有“记忆点”（hook），但如今的歌曲更是密集堆砌：每七秒一个记忆点已成为行规。《The Song Machine》探讨了新热门歌曲可能对我们的大脑和聆听习惯产生的影响，尤其是在音乐流媒体服务利用流媒体数据，根据受众听歌习惯通过算法创造全新流派的背景下。本书具有启发性与原创性，将彻底改变你听音乐的方式。
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我强烈推荐 John Seabrook 写的《The Song Machine (Inside the Hit Factory)》。作者描述了当代重生的“布里尔大厦”（Brill Building），它用我们通常不称之为歌曲创作的方法批量流水线生产流行金曲（Max Martin、Dr.…
I highly recommend The Song Machine (Inside the Hit Factory) by John Seabrook. The author describes the modern reincarnation of the Brill Building that pumps out pop hits using methods that we would not call songwriting (Max Martin, Dr.…
推荐几本我最近读的非虚构类书籍，主题各不相同，因为不同的原因我都挺喜欢的（《The Song Machine》那本书甚至让我开始听一些我以前做梦都想不到自己会喜欢的音乐，但不得不承认 Max Martin 确实知道怎么写洗脑抓耳的歌！）《When Breath Becomes Air》http://smile.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/d...…
some recommendations on mixed topics from my recent non-fiction reads, I enjoyed all of them for different reasons (the song machine book even got me to listen to music I would never have thought I'd enjoy, but can't argue Max Martin knows how to write a catchy song!) When breath becomes air http://smile.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/d...…
…以及 Y Combinator 幕后的运作机制。3. Henry Hazlitt 的《Economics in One Lesson》——解释古典经济学的方式让我现在能听懂政客们在扯些什么了。4. John Seabrook 的《The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory》——流行音乐是如何制作出来的。它实际上的流水线程度，以及有多少人在幕后工作，令人大开眼界。比如去 Google 一下“topline writer”（旋律写手）。5. 《Hatching…
…and how Ycombinator works behind the scenes. 3. Economics in One Lesson: by Henry Hazlitt - Explains classical economics in a way where I now can understand what politicians are talking about. 4. The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrook - How pop music is made. It's surprising how assembly-line it actually is, and how many people work behind the scenes. Google "topline writer," for one. 5. Hatching…
对这个话题感兴趣的朋友，我强烈推荐 John Seabrook 的《The Song Machine》。音乐不再是由单个唱作人写出来的，而是在流水线上为了打造“Hit 单”进行优化制造出来的。对唱片公司来说，Hit 单就像是 VC 眼里的独角兽 :) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/books/review/the-song-mac...
For those interested in this topic, I highly recommend "The Song Machine", by John Seabrook. Music is no longer written by single songwriter-singer, it's manufactured on an assembly line to optimize for 'hits'. Hits are to record labels as unicorns are to VCs :) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/18/books/review/the-song-mac...
这是 Seabrook 那本书的摘录，书挺棒的，我看过。https://www.amazon.com/Song-Machine-Inside-Hit-Factory/dp/03...
This is an excerpt from Seabrook's book, which is pretty good, I've read it. https://www.amazon.com/Song-Machine-Inside-Hit-Factory/dp/03...
John Seabrook 写的《The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory》涵盖了 Max Martin 现象以及更多内容。我看得津津有味，如果你喜欢看 Rick 聊 Max Martin，那我觉得你也会喜欢这本书。（我也…
"The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory" by John Seabrook covers the Max Martin phenenomenon and more. I greatly enjoyed it, and if you enjoyed Rick talking about Max Martin then I reckon you'll like it too. (I'm also…