At the end of our MidemNet panel on data last week, we promised to list some resources here. With the help of our great panelists here are some resources to help you explore the wonderful (and important) world of artist and fan data.
Duncan Freeman of music industry analytics provider Band Metrics mentioned two books during our discussion:
- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
by Michael Lewis
- The Numerati by Stephen Baker
Neil Cartwright of online music marketer Million suggests keeping an eye on these data sources and trends:
- Crowd sourcing / collaboration ( i.e. Kluster)
- New forms of ticketing (i.e. CrowdSurge, Eventbrite)
We will all get to watch fellow panelist Cory Ondrejka's theories and experience come to life on EMI.com and across the label group's digital efforts as he settles in as the SVP, Digital Strategy of EMI Music.
Unfortunately, Eric Korman could not join us at Midemnet, but as the President of Ticketmaster he knows a lot about artist and fan data. He wrote with these data suggestions:

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