Overview
In The Endless Refrain, former Washington Post writer and editor David Rowell goes deep into the psychology of the average listener - as well as the algorithms that function as todayās tastemakers ā to explore the devastating effects of technology run amok on musicians and fans alike.
Making an incisive analysis of the economic and technological forces behind the rise of streaming services like Spotify and iTunes, Rowell examines how contemporary currents of music consumption and production shut the doors on the organic creation of new music and trapped us in a whirlpool of repetition and stale nostalgia.
Combining personal memoir, interviews, industry research, and good old-fashioned critical passion, Rowellās book is a pungent indictment of a music culture gone awry, crippled by nostalgia and subverted by the sinister hive minds of the internet.
This book title, The Endless Refrain (Memory, Nostalgia, and the Threat to New Music), ISBN: 9781685891398, by David Rowell, published by Melville House (November 12, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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