Sonic boom
Subtitle: Napster, MP3, and the new pioneers of music
By: John Alderman ; foreword by Evan I. Schwartz ; preface by Herbie Hancock.
Publisher: Perseus Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Napster, Inc; Music and the Internet -- United States; Sound recording industry -- United States; MP3 (Audio coding standard)
Description: "The Advent of the Internet has caused wrenching headaches for the music industry, but it has also unleashed unprecedented worldwide distribution of music and unparalleled communication between fans and musicians. In Sonic Boom, musician and industry insider John Alderman details this head-on collision between commerce and progress, and shows how it will forever alter the cultural landscape."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1; title: Wave of Change - 7; title: Chapter 2; title: New World Order - 23; title: Chapter 3; title: A Culture of Mutation:; title: The Rising Infrastructure - 33; title: Chapter 4; title: Big Breaks and Windfalls - 61; title: Chapter 5; title: The Established Order - 81; title: Chapter 6; title: A Star Is Born - 101; title: Chapter 7; title: No One to Blame - 131; title: Chapter 8; title: Out of the Bottle and into Your Ear - 155; title: Chapter 9; title: A Pyrrhic Victory? - 169; title: Notes- 189; title: Index - 191.