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| From | "Michael Coxe" <audities@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Reading Room |
| Date | Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:58:36 -0700 |
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Mark wrote:
> Just thought I'd write and mention a few books I recently finished that
> I thought would be of interest to the list if you guys haven't hit them
> already -
>
> "Always Magic in the Air: the bomp and brilliance of the Brill Building
> era" By Ken Emerson
> The book basically chronicles the Brill Building's inner workings as
> well as the careers, lives and times of 7 of the most successful Brill
> Building pop songwriting teams. It gives the low-down on how a bunch of
> kids from the NYC boroughs, LI and NJ changed the face of pop music
> forever.
I also read this recently. It starts off a bit stuffy (as in academic)
but quickly
gets good, very good. Lots of stories from the principals of the era.
It certainly
wasn't all wine & roses - even from the top creators.
- michael
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