Sonic Boom: Inside the Battle for the Soul of Music

by John Alderman

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.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

205 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Phil Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read, if not quite as thorough as Appetite for Self-Destruction.

[Christopher Dalla Riva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alderman provides a decent history of digital music at the turn of the century. Given that the book was published in 2001, some of it is very dated. He also sometimes distracts from the narrative by adding weird comments, like a strange analogy about George W. Bush that has lost most of its lustre in the intervening decades.

[Esther Angulo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting to see the evolution of music services