Welcome to the music business, a world of greed, corruption, self-interest and f
un...This is the ultimate insider history of how popular music has evolved, not
just as a creative industry, but as a business that has made people rich beyond
their wildest dreams. From the printing of sheet music and piano rolls to the wo
rld of downloads and streaming, Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay is stuffed full of fascinati
ng anecdotes - but it is also a seriously insightful exploration of the relation
ship between creativity and the money that can be made from it, by a man whose o
wn career spans six decades; the legendary Simon Napier-Bell.