Research Shows Music is Infectious & Can Spread Like a Virus
New research shows that music can be infectious -- like a virus -- with download patterns resembling the epidemic curves ...
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What artists were the “Lockdown Winners” on Spotify?
With touring and live events at a standstill from April 2020 to April 2021, both musicians and audiences turned to ...
The Number of Americans Paying for Audio Subscriptions has Doubled since 2015
When I first started writing about music back in 2014, blogs were the main form of music discovery. There were ...
Liverpool Live Events Trials Result in “No Detectable Spread” of COVID-19
Liverpool trials intended to test for COVID-19 transmission at live events have resulted in "no detectable spread." In April and ...
SURVEY: 90% of UK Festivalgoers Are Confident to Attend Live Events This Year
Are you ready to rave? A new study from Festicket, a platform for discovering and booking festival trips, surveyed 140,000 UK ...
Sexual Harassment Among Most-Cited Issues By Women In Music Industry
This Women’s History Month we've witnessed a noticeable shift in the growing effort to include more women in electronic/dance music. ...
STUDY: 87 Percent of Musicians Reported Mental Health Deterioration During Lockdown
If your mental health suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, you might have more in common with some ...
STUDY: 70% of DJs reported they underwent retraining or learned a new skill during lockdown
A new study finds DJs have pushed through quarantine by honing their skills. Bristol-born, London-raised Pirate Studios checked in with ...
STUDY: Techno “Least Effective” Genre at Reducing Anxiety
Music has gotten us through hard times over the past year -- for many of us, even through mental health ...
Germany’s COVID-19 Concert Study Finds Safe Events Are Possible Under Very Strict Guidelines
The results from Germany's coronavirus (COVID-19) concert study, RESTART-19, are in. The good news: safe shows are theoretically possible during ...
The Most Popular EDM Artists To Listen To When Working Out, Rated
What do you listen to when you work out? If you're reading this article, chances are high your preferred work ...
90 Percent of Streams Go to the Top 1 Percent of Artists
In an unsurprising twist, income inequality is reflected in the streams artists receive with 90 percent of streams going to ...