A few posts back I wrote about the difficulty of using proxies in music. Proxies are approximate measurements used to measure things which are difficult to quantify. That post discussed the use of proxies to try and determine which band was the greatest ever. This proves difficult because there is no one measurement for greatness and... 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 →
Mondays are usually tough enough in their own right, but this week on the 4th of March 2019 the start of the working week was accompanied by the savage loss of Keith Flint. As well as being an absolutely crucial character to British music, Keith was also an incredibly funny person who will be missed... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year everyone! Seen as this is the sites first post of 2019 I thought I would take inspiration from the festive period for it. Now that the Christmas period is over it means a few things have probably happened. You’re probably a bit worse for wear in work and you’ve probably heard this... Continue Reading →
Society has a tendency to overlook just how complicated the world we live in is. Just take something simple like being able to listen to a song on your phone. For this service to be available there needs to be an artist willing to make the music, a sound engineer willing to record the music,... Continue Reading →
Musicians make money in two ways from touring. The first being the sales from concert tickets and merchandise, the second is the increase in consumption of the musicians’ music and in particular their back catalog. When people go to see an act in concert they generally do a bit of preparation to get them into... Continue Reading →
There are over 2,000,000 apps on the App Store with each one clamouring and competing for your attention. Even the big ones have to fight for it, with Instagram and Snapchat copying each other with every pace just for a few seconds of your time. They’ll copy each other with ‘Stories’ and filters just so... Continue Reading →
