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Why musicians need to pay close attention to the data that’s available to them.

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Analytics, Canadian Musician, Data, Metadata

[Musicians have more information at their fingertips than ever before. But how should one use this data to advance their

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viberate
Music Industry 

Looking to figure out your place in the music business? Take a look at Viberate.

January 13, 2022February 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Analytics, Artist Tracking, Song Tracking, Viberate

A while back, I came across Viberate, a new way for artists to both keep track of their music and

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Music Industry 

How is data changing the music industry? You might want to read this.

September 7, 2019September 6, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Analytics, Data

The music industry is filled with risk. Record labels deal in musicians, a product that has opinions, health issues, is

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 142: The Long-Awaited PORN EPISODE

August 30, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Analytics

Fun but respectful. No giggities were given. This was science! (Mostly) Pornhub’s Alex Klein (a she, by the way–and a

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Tech 

Today’s Neat Music App: An A.I. DJ Brain That Builds Playlists On The Fly

June 2, 2017June 1, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 1 Comment A.I., Algorithm, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Australia, DJ, Muru, Playlists, Streaming

What are your biggest issues with playlists? Do they take too long to make? Are they too static and unchanging?

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Recommended Music 

And Now, Spotify Canada’s Predictions for Which Artists Will be Big in 2016

December 4, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2016, Analytics, Big Data, Predictions, Spotify

Here’s another Big Data analysis to go with the one released by Google and Pandora. Using all the analytics and

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, August 20, 2015

August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Analytics, Bono, Borat, D.O.A., Dave Grohl, Death Cab for Cutie, Disturbed, Facebook, Jamiroquai, Jimmy Buffet, Let's Talk TV, Motorhead, Music Industry, Nicki Minaj, Noel Gallagher, Sacha Baron Cohen, Stephen Hawking, Tinder

I have a new word that you need to incorporate into your vocabulary: kummerspeck. It’s German and refers to the

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Cool! 

A Musical Map of the Cities of the World

July 14, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Analytics, Music Map, Spotify, The Echo Nest

I’m a sucker for things like this. Spotify is big on collecting data from its users. Its latest project is

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Music History 

Billboard Launches New “Twitter Real-Time Charts”

May 27, 2014May 27, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Analytics, Billboard, Charts, Real-Time, Spotify, Twitter

Billboard, long the scorekeeper when it comes to the music industry, today introduced their first real-time charts.  Called the Billboard

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Music Industry 

How Indie Labels Are Using Data and Analytics

May 1, 2014May 1, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Analytics, Big Data, Indie Labels

There was an interesting panel at the AIM Connected Conference in London yesterday which dealt with indie artists/labels in the

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