CONTENTS:

Prologue

Ch. 1 – When Songs Became a Business

Ch. 2 – Making Hits

Ch. 3 – Music Without Musicians

Ch. 4 – The Traffic in Voices

Ch. 5 – Musical Properties

Ch. 6 – Perfect Pitch

Ch. 7 – The Black Swan

Ch. 8 – The Musical Soundscape of Modernity

Epilogue