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John Seabrook has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1993. The author of several books including Nobrow, he has taught narrative non-fiction writing at Princeton University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Revelatory, funny, and full of almost unbelievable details -- Eric Schlosser, author of 'Fast Food Nation' As addictive as its subject * Sunday Times * A gripping investigation of modern hitmaking... Seabrook's writing is as sleek and swift as a dolphin * New Statesman * This is a fascinating tale about an amazing phenomenon -- Walter Isaacson, author of 'Steve Jobs' Seabrook subtly explores not only the insides of a song, but how a song gets inside us * Observer * Revealing, frightening, funny and unsettling -- Roddy Doyle Seabrook's book takes the reader into a hidden world behind some of the most high-profile cultural products of the era * Guardian * A highly engaging narrative * Economist * Weaving its way through two-and-a-half decades, one of The Song Machine's greatest achievements is to situate the pop song within a shifting matrix of technological evolution, diminishing revenue streams, and warring egos * Independent * Seabrook takes us on a lucid and well-researched tour of the places where modern hits are created -- Peter Clark * Literary Review *
