Why musicians need to pay close attention to the data that’s available to them.
[Musicians have more information at their fingertips than ever before. But how should one use this data to advance their
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Analytics
Looking to figure out your place in the music business? Take a look at 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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How is data changing the music industry? You might want to read this.
The music industry is filled with risk. Record labels deal in musicians, a product that has opinions, health issues, is
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Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 142: The Long-Awaited PORN EPISODE
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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Today’s Neat Music App: An A.I. DJ Brain That Builds Playlists On The Fly
What are your biggest issues with playlists? Do they take too long to make? Are they too static and unchanging?
Read moreAnd Now, Spotify Canada’s Predictions for Which Artists Will be Big in 2016
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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Random Music News for Thursday, August 20, 2015
I have a new word that you need to incorporate into your vocabulary: kummerspeck. It’s German and refers to the
Read moreA Musical Map of the Cities of the World
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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Billboard Launches New “Twitter Real-Time Charts”
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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How Indie Labels Are Using Data and Analytics
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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