Survey Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

Weekly survey: What more can the recorded music industry do beyond Black Out Tuesday?

To demonstrate solidarity with those protesting the brutal death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police last week,

The science is in, I guess. Live Nation, the largest promoter of musical events in the world, commissioned a study

The kid would come around like clockwork every Sunday at 2 pm during prime nap time. He set up a

Since we’re right in the middle of summer blockbuster season, it’s probably a good time for this question: What’s your

Have you ever found yourself down front at a gig and been sucked into swirling vortex of a mosh pit?

Sequencing an album is hard. You want to make sure that the first song ropes in the listener enough to

Over the weekend, we heard that Best Buy was going to phase out selling CDs in all remaining stores that

We’re told that podcasting is hot, a statement that’s backed up by all kinds of American statistics and studies. That’s

Spotify’s data boffins are always looking for ways to improve the music selections they serve up to subscribers. Algorithms are

We all hate those cheatin’ concert ticket buyer robots and scoop up everything the nanosecond they go for sale online.

Oh, those British. They love their goofy surveys. But because they’re so goofy, we can’t help but report on them.