Music & The Internet
Reviews of 'Music & The Internet' by Ian Peel
Published by Future Books, ISBN 1859810594
"Put together with wit and savvy, Peel is passionate about his subject and manages to break down the arcane world of the Internet into enjoyable digestible pieces. Worth every penny."
Time Out
"author Ian Peel makes an excellent effort of trying to communicate the freshness and immediacy of a relatively new electronic medium via the comparatively laborious method of writing a book... a godsend"
Billboard
"The author is clearly something of an expert both on the Internet and the music business. This book is written in a terse, journalistic style that has zero waffle and is easy to understand."
PC Format
"...the first specialist book to be written on this subject. Music & The Internet runs the risk of becoming another boffins enthusiastic endorsement of the Net, except that Ian has a heritage in the music industry, as a freelance writer for several music publications..."
Eternity
"an essential guide. A book that could even get your granny interested in the Internet"
Liverpool Echo
"Ian Peel's book is both more eclectic and conceptually informed. It also has more - and better - analysis and commentary. Peel's book has a greater sense of authority by virtue of the author's evident knowledge of his field and his ability to select useful pointers and details."
Convergence (in comparison with 'net music' published by Random House)
"Clearly explained and laid-out, well-illustrated and with plenty of contact email addresses, this is a fine starter pack for those of you about to fly the superhighway or, indeed, if you are toying with the idea of getting netted up and need a little persuasion"
Record Collector
"The main text is written in an interesting and informative style that does read well, certainly the author obviously knows what he is talking about."
Telecomworldwire
"aside from those essential contact addresses is editorial rich in backgrounds, histories and comment. It's also neatly categorised and indexed..."
Brum Beat
'Music & The Internet' has also been featured on:
BBC Radio 2 (Interview and workshop with Johnnie Walker for 'Reading Music', as show described as "consistently brilliant" by Q Magazine, September 1998), BBC Radio 3 (Special feature on Multimedia Music and Composition), Kiss FM (Interview and feature on The Word (sponsored by The Guardian/The Guide), "a unique, cutting edge look at the future and past of music on the Internet")
