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Tag Archives: Pop Music

"Narcissus," by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (ca 1597-1599)

Narcissism on the Rise in American Pop Music?

March 28, 2013by Jon Silpayamanant 6 Comments

On my facebook feed, Eric Edberg had posted a link about the internet “narcissism epidemic.”  It linked to a piece talking about a NYT piece about the rise of “a […]

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Aesthetics, Audiences, Local Culture, Research, Rock, Rock 'N' Roll
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Cost of Doing Business Sometimes Doesn’t Reflect Actual Costs to the Business

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In the latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek there’s a piece by Paul M. Barret, Will Brain Injury Lawsuits Doom or Save the NFL?, that discusses what should probably be considered […]

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Arts Funding, Audiences, Economics, Orchestra Reform
Prime, retrograde, inverse, and retrograde-inverse permutations.

What Really Handicapped Classical Music?

July 11, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 1 Comment

Bill Eddins wrote a provocative and over the top post claiming it’s Schoenberg’s fault that classical music has lost its audience.  His follow up post, No One Expects the 12-Tone […]

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Arts Education, Arts Funding, Economics, Education, Music, Music Theory
The audience at the Sam Houston Racetrack during day three of the Willie Nelsen Picnic 2008 (July 5th).  this was the biggest crowd of the three shows we did and a significant proportion of the audience were in a much older demographic.

Death of the Pop Music Industry and the decline of Popular Culture

July 9, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 4 Comments

John Loken, a former record label marketing exec posted an intriguing blog last February (2011) titled “The Death of Pop Music?” where he talks about the decline of, well, Pop […]

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Arts Funding, Audiences, Economics
Kid Rock performs with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The Sold-Out show raised over a million dollars for the DSO.  Or maybe some of those funds are going to relocate the Kid Rock Badass Beer?

High Entry Cost and “Retainability” of Musical Organizations

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In my previous post I outlined some aspects of various performance based industries (Classical Music, Sports, Pop Music) and how audiences numbers can matter little to the largest organizations within […]

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Arts Funding, Audiences, Economics

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