“Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, scientists found that the more popular a musical style grew, the more generic it became—partly due to the glut of artists that flock to a burgeoning sound and the drop-off in innovation that tends to accompany demand.”
Category: AUDIENCE
How Data About The Music You’re Listening To Is Changing The Music Business
“Concert promoters study Spotify listens to route tours through towns with the most fans, and some artists look for patterns in Pandora streaming to figure out which songs to play at each stop on a tour. In fact, all of our searching, streaming, downloading, and sharing is being used to answer the question the music industry has been asking for a century: What do people want to hear next?”
How The Digital Revolution Is Destroying Our Culture
“The discussion of culture is being steadily absorbed into the discussion of business. There are “metrics” for phenomena that cannot be metrically measured. Numerical values are assigned to things that cannot be captured by numbers. Economic concepts go rampaging through noneconomic realms: Economists are our experts on happiness!”
Will Cable TV Rates Go The Way Of Airline Add-On Fees?
“Several studies have shown that, contrary to many peoples’ intuition, the unbundling of cable service could actually lead to slightly higher prices for fewer channels.”
YA Author Tries A Kickstarter To Fund Her Writing, People Freak Out, Other Writers Respond
“Writing takes time. Having the time to write takes money. You can’t get around that. Publishers pay advances. Most of the time it’s not enough to fully support you, but $7k is still a standard advance for a lot of authors.”
The Gates Foundation Is Using Art To Promote Vaccinations
“The global roster includes photographers (Annie Leibovitz, Sebastião Salgado, Mary Ellen Mark); writers (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie); filmmakers (Luc Jacquet, director of the documentary ‘March of the Penguins’); and bands (Playing for Change).”
DVD Sales Crumble As Digital Sales And Streaming Surge
“But the big increases in the digital realm couldn’t completely offset the weakness in the traditional, physical space.”
The San Francisco Symphony Is Loving Its Chance To ‘Break Out’ Of The Big Concert Hall
“It’s an informal party setting for ages 21 and older, with the audience seated on faux leather benches set up between two stages. A half dozen well-attended bars serve exotic drinks: Mad Monk (Dolin Dry Vermouth, Benedictine, St. George Absinthe, orange peel) and dubious snacks (truffle-scented popcorn).”
What To Wear To Symphony Concerts: Actually Useful Advice For Newbies
Sure, administrators and musicians so often say to wear whatever you’re comfortable in, we don’t mind, we’re just happy you’re here. But plenty of people who hear that just keep asking, because they don’t want to stand out or get dirty looks and they honestly don’t know what other people do. So Holly Mulcahy offers some practical help for those folks (and those of us who talk with them).
Gay Tours Of The Vatican’s Museums (Yes, They’re Real)
“Among the many ways that Pope Francis has changed the tone of the Vatican is with his seeming openness to groups that have long been shunned, from divorced Catholics to children of gay couples. His approach has inspire one Italian gay travel company, Quiiky, to look at the Vatican Museums’ vast art collections from a gay perspective.”