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Daniel Rachel
I bought copies at Joe's launch. He very kindly asked for permission to quote from Walls Come Tumbling Down beforehand. I hope you enjoy the read!
Daniel Rachel
Hi Jan,
Thank you for your question. In the UK, Too Much Too Young is available on Audible. Is this something you can access?
With thanks, Daniel
Thank you for your question. In the UK, Too Much Too Young is available on Audible. Is this something you can access?
With thanks, Daniel
Daniel Rachel
Dear M, I'm sorry for the delayed response. Thank you for reading Walls Come Tumbling Down and your kind thoughts.
It was a solid couple of years of research and meeting the 100+ contributors. Winning the Penderyn Book Prize was incredible.
I hope you enjoy the sequel Don't Look Back In Anger which follows and on from eighties and tells the story of Cool Britannia in the nineties.
Best wishes,
Daniel
It was a solid couple of years of research and meeting the 100+ contributors. Winning the Penderyn Book Prize was incredible.
I hope you enjoy the sequel Don't Look Back In Anger which follows and on from eighties and tells the story of Cool Britannia in the nineties.
Best wishes,
Daniel
Daniel Rachel
Not really. A couple of factual corrections. let you budget decide!
Daniel Rachel
Hi Nathan,
England 's Dreaming' by Jon Savage set a bar for books on music. It's written with knowing intelligence and gets to the heart of the subject. Similarly, Bob Dylan's 'Chronicles' was of great literacy worth and put to shame the many previous ghost written memoirs that pandered to tabloid style prose.
A great favourite is Mark Lewisohn's chronicle of the Beatles recording diary at Abbey Road. As a musician, it revealed so many techniques to use in the studio and continues to be a joy to dip in to.
Lastly, Alex Ross 'The Rest Is Noise' and particularity 'Listen To This' inspired many decisions about how to present technical detail in an accessible way for 'Isle of Noises'.
Best wishes,
Daniel
England 's Dreaming' by Jon Savage set a bar for books on music. It's written with knowing intelligence and gets to the heart of the subject. Similarly, Bob Dylan's 'Chronicles' was of great literacy worth and put to shame the many previous ghost written memoirs that pandered to tabloid style prose.
A great favourite is Mark Lewisohn's chronicle of the Beatles recording diary at Abbey Road. As a musician, it revealed so many techniques to use in the studio and continues to be a joy to dip in to.
Lastly, Alex Ross 'The Rest Is Noise' and particularity 'Listen To This' inspired many decisions about how to present technical detail in an accessible way for 'Isle of Noises'.
Best wishes,
Daniel
Daniel Rachel
Walls Come Tumbling Down: the music and politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone, and Red Wedge 1976-1992 will be published by Picador in September 2016.
Daniel Rachel
Part discipline. Sit down and do it. Part watching and listening; allowing the natural world to inspire thought.
Daniel Rachel
I was told by tens of agents and publishing houses to drop Isle of Noises. I was told it would never sell. I was told I wasting my time. All the time I imagined myself as the punter in the bookshop: I simply believed Isle of Noises belonged on the shelf. It was a battle of conscience between being a fan of music and trusting I would eventually find a like-minded publisher and agent.
Daniel Rachel
I just write anything. Fill the page. Garbage, it doesn't matter. Usually this becomes a trigger to better thoughts, otherwise I return days or even weeks later to see what I wrote. Often there is something there, or the ability to see what is wrong with the writing and so I begin to correct it, better it, change it....
Daniel Rachel
Keeping the promise I kept to myself as schoolboy that I would never get a job in an office. It's meant many times in the past skipping meals, and never going on holiday, but waking up each day withe the freedom off the day ahead is a wonderful and cherished position to have striven for. The words of bands like the Pistols, the Clash and the Specials drove deep in to my way of thinking; they've not been easy to shake off when most of my peers seemed to have become grown-ups around me.
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