Of course the most valuable piece of “artist data” that services could at least help the artist acquire–the fan’s email address–they won’t touch. Obviously, I’m not suggesting that the service hand ...

The way music is distributed has undergone significant changes over the years, shifting from physical formats like vinyl records, cassettes and CDs to digital downloads and streaming services. With ...

Dataism is an artistic practice that acknowledges how data has become humanity’s principal means of understanding nature, characterizing social processes, developing new technologies, and, ...

The recorded music industry faces a structural problem: limited pricing power. Streaming has delivered global reach, but at a low, fixed price point that leaves little room for growth. Platforms are ...

For artists, music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music will be top of mind in the new year. Aside from having democratized the ways in which people listen to music, CNN recently reported ...

I recently became aware of a new whitepaper by Jim Sterne, founding president and chairman of the Digital Analytics Association – “From Data Scientist to Data ...

Data has the power to tell captivating stories and reveal hidden insights, often in aesthetically compelling ways. In celebration of this, the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science hosted an ...

Graph from the NEA data study (all images via arts.gov) Not long ago we wrote about a study that took up the question of who is an artist, examining some of the ways in which defining creative workers ...