{"product_id":"mood-machine-liz-pelly-book","title":"Mood Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe promise of music streaming platforms like Spotify was that they would level the playing field for artists and make the industry more equitable. As \u003cem\u003eMood Machine\u003c\/em\u003e makes clear, what we actually got were playlists dominated by major label acts, endless feeds of muzak filled with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Controversy_over_fake_artists_on_Spotify\" title=\"ghost artists\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eghost artists\u003c\/a\u003e, and a world where musicians increasingly struggle to make a living from their work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on over 100 interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, author Liz Pelly charts the beginnings of Spotify as an advertising company and the playlist-ification of music in our modern era. But it's not all doom and gloom, as Pelly argues for artists to come together to fight for better and more sustainable models of sharing music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn illuminating and incisive read that would be perfect for music mavens, tech skeptics, culture vultures, or anyone curious about the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more books on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.designist.ie\/collections\/society-culture\" title=\"society and culture\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esociety and culture\u003c\/a\u003e, check our collections at designist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho wrote it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiz Pelly, an American writer, journalist, and adjunct professor at New York University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow does it come?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 288 pages, approx \u003cspan\u003e23 x 15 x 3 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Argosy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57688358879564,"sku":"ARG-MOO-MAC","price":21.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0073\/5892\/files\/lizpelly-moodmachine-designist-2.png?v=1780567888","url":"https:\/\/shop.designist.ie\/products\/mood-machine-liz-pelly-book","provider":"designist","version":"1.0","type":"link"}