Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Pelly, Liz
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Pelly, Liz

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

NATIONAL BESTSELLER An unsparing investigation into Spotify's origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive...
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Author: Liz Pelly
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Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Pelly, Liz

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

$44.72
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Pelly, Liz

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

$44.72
Author: Liz Pelly
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER

An unsparing investigation into Spotify's origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike.

Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today's highly consolidated record business, showing what has changed as music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed.

Building on her years of wide-ranging reporting on streaming, music journalist Liz Pelly details the consequences of the Spotify model by examining both sides of what the company calls its two-sided marketplace: the listeners who pay with their dollars and data, and the musicians who provide the material powering it all. The music business is notoriously opaque, but here Pelly lifts the veil on major stories like streaming services filling popular playlists with low-cost stock music and the rise of new payola-like practices.

For all of the inequities exacerbated by streaming, Pelly also finds hope in chronicling the artist-led fight for better models, pointing toward what must be done collectively to revalue music and create sustainable systems. A timely exploration of a company that has become synonymous with music, Mood Machine will change the way you think about and listen to music.

Author: Liz Pelly
Publisher: Atria/One Signal Publishers
Published: 01/07/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781668083505


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/11/2024
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2024
Library Journal 12/20/2024 pg. 1

About the Author
Liz Pelly is a journalist living in New York. Her essays and reporting have appeared in The Baffler, where she is a contributing editor, as well as in The Guardian, NPR, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and many other outlets. She frequently speaks about music streaming on radio shows and podcasts, including appearances with The New York Times Popcast, NPR's Morning Edition, and others. Pelly teaches in the recorded music program at New York University, and has spent over a decade involved in all-ages show booking. Learn more at LizPelly.info and follow her on social media @LizPelly.
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