Silenced By Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth

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Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth is a powerful exploration of the challenges facing art, music, and media in the digital era. With his fifth book, producer, activist, and author Ian Brennan delves deep into his personal story to address the inequity of distribution in the arts globally. Brennan challenges music industry tycoons by skil

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"An interesting and important project."
--Noam Chomsky

"Shocking! I didn't think it was possible to write a shocking book about music anymore. This is the most radical music book I've read in years."
--John Waters

"There is hope. Thanks to Ian Brennan for shining a light."
--Bill Frisell

"Every page of Silenced by Sound is like listening to a fresh, bracing, previously unknown kind of music for the very first time."
--David Harrington, Kronos Quartet

"Brennan presents a hefty, bracing tome . . ."
--Booklist

". . . full of wisdom from someone who cares deeply about the power of real music."
--MOJO

Author Bio

Ian Brennan is a Grammy-winning music producer and the author of four books. He has worked with the likes of John Waters, Merle Haggard, and Green Day, among others. His work has been featured on the front page of the New York Times and on an Emmy-winning 60 Minutes segment. Tunde Adebimpe is an American musician, actor, director, and visual artist best known as the lead singer of the Brooklyn-based band TV on the Radio.