In the book, i try not to talk too much about music. I wanted to tell those stories and also talk a little bit about why that music was actually interesting. The fact that music takes you beyond music is really interesting to me. And in fact, i think that's one of the things that can make dance music interesting to write,. Is that you're not just saying like, well, they programmed the kick this way here and that way"
Kelefa Sanneh is a staff writer at The New Yorker. His book is Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres.
“I’m always thinking about how to not be that person at a party who corners you and tells you about their favorite thing and you’re trying to get away. It’s got to feel light and fun. And what that means in practice is writing about music for readers who don’t care about music, while at the same time writing something that the connoisseurs don’t roll their eyes too hard at.”
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