Last week I was fortunate enough to be published on RTE's Brainstorm platform. I wrote a piece which discussed news that the Irish government was considering bringing back music events provided they were alcohol-free events. The piece can be found below: Are alcohol-free live music events really a good idea? The piece contains discussion on... Continue Reading →
With the summer fast approaching a lot of people will be getting excited for festival season. The allure of festivals like Glastonbury and Coachella is enough to get some to empty their bank accounts on a great music filled weekend away rolling around in the mud. But for those of us in Ireland who fancy... Continue Reading →
With the first two months of the year out of the way, a lot of people's minds are turning towards the summer and festival season. Last year a popular feature on this blog was the analysis music festivals. This year I will be continuing to do these posts. The first of which will be today's... Continue Reading →
The 2019 budget in Ireland saw the VAT rate increase from 9 to 13.5%. VAT (value added tax) is a charge on goods and services. So this basically meant that goods and services were going to cost more. Obviously, this could lead to a reduction in consumption because it's possible that consumers wouldn't be willing... Continue Reading →
One of the first ever posts on this site looked at the rise in ticket prices for Glastonbury. The point of the article was to explain the concept of inflation. However, in the post I noted that only a small portion of the change in price was due to inflation. I recently saw a video by the Economist... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
A recent post on this site (See here) tried to analyse whether Ireland's national festival, Electric Picnic, had gotten better or worse in terms of the size of it's headlining acts. The article seemed of interest to quite a few people judging by the number of views it got so I said I would conduct... Continue Reading →
With the stretch in the evenings beginning to creep back into conversations and the sight of pale pasty legs becoming a more frequent site we know that the Irish summer is on it's way; and with it will come festival season. A truly wonderful time of year where fashion, bathing, and common sense can be... Continue Reading →
