In the largest such study ever taken, research carried out by Professor Adrian North of Heriot-Watt University has identified the personality types behind fans of different genres.
Take aways: Indie music fans are pricks. Metal and Classical music fans are very, very similar.
theherald.co.uk: Why heavy metal and classical fans make sweet music together
BBC: Music tastes link to personality
Wired: Study: Country Fans Work Hard, Metal Fans Are Gentle
O'Reilly Radar: I Am Trying To Believe (that Rock Stars aren't Dead):
When it comes to income, I don't think there will be another Rolling Stones any more than I think there will be another Microsoft. Reznor's creative partner Rob Sheridan hints at the same thing in his amazing piece on the state of the music business written last year. He does a masterful job of parsing all the deck chair rearranging going on in the industry today but what he is unable to do is offer a meaningful business model to replace it.Everyone is fishing for the answer (see item #1) but more and more I think it's just not there. After all "sell records" was not some complex business model come down from on high. I can't help but think that if there was an equally effective replacement someone would have thought of it by now.
That's not to say I don't think new and better music distribution and monetization models won't be invented, I just don't think they will capture and concentrate as much value as the one that is dying before our eyes did. I suspect the balance between linear (touring) and leverage (selling stuff while you sit at home) has simply and irrevocably shifted toward the linear.
Weezer: "How To Play Troublemaker (8/21 video - hootenanny lesson)"
Weezer: "Keep Fishing" (Emma loves this!)
Wired: Metallica: Master of YouTube? - Metallica opens a spot on YouTube to highlight fan cover videos. Nice move and nod to the fans.
YouTube: Alice Cooper: Elected:
YouTube: Classic Sesame Street - James Taylor sings to Oscar:
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