This year I started writing posts comparing the size of the headlining acts of various festivals to see which festivals' headliners were bigger. To do this I looked at the three headlining acts for festivals and added up their combined number of monthly listeners on Spotify and then compared them to the headliners of other... Continue Reading →
Several of the posts on this site look at the effect which the release of a film about a musician has on the consumption of that musician's music. Most recently I looked at how the release of Rocketman sent Elton John's music back into the charts, and before that I looked at the release of Bohemian Rhapsody and Queen's music. Well with the... Continue Reading →
The music industry is one of the most difficult industries in the world to try and make a living in. This is because the majority of the money within the industry is controlled by a disproportionately small number of people within it. Basically the top 1% of musicians earn the vast majority of the money... Continue Reading →
This site by in large is a blog which tries to explain basic economic concepts using examples from the music industry. However, it also occasionally provides an economic analysis of events in the music industry in order to provide commentary on the world of music. A popular example of this was the recent analysis of... Continue Reading →
Music is an odd type of good, in the sense that it doesn't really have a physical form. Songs exist as a sonic entity and the only material we attach them to is the object which is used to deliver the music itself, so vinyl records, tapes, and CDs; but even today with the surging... Continue Reading →
A recent post on this site looked at how the Bohemian Rhapsody film sent Queen's music back into the charts (see here). So with the release of the new Sir Elton John movie, Rocketman, last week I felt it was only appropriate to conduct a similar analysis for another one of Britain's greatest ever performers. The analysis is... Continue Reading →
If you ever go on to study economics in college you will no doubt take an introductory Microeconomics module. Microeconomics is the part of economics which focuses on the decision making of individuals and firms. It often goes without mention that economics is a study of people and their choices and not just figures and... Continue Reading →
Within the history of music there are many examples of tragic figures who have achieved incredible success but don't seem to be any happier for it. Kurt Cobain is one of the greatest examples of this. Cobain had a difficult childhood with his parents divorcing and him bouncing from home to home sometimes spending the... Continue Reading →
Pink Floyd are one of the most successful acts of all time. They have sold in excess of 250,000,000 albums worldwide and have more than 10,000,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. I'm personally a big fan of them and David Gilmour happens to be my favourite guitarist so I can understand their incredible level of success.... Continue Reading →
