Early look at an upcoming report I'm writing on how data is changing the face of data.

1. SOLVEfor
INTERESTING
OTHERWISE LIFE IS DULL.
MUSIC
SCIENCE

2. Part one: How we got here

3. Sheet music

4. Mozart's flourishes

5. Recorded
sounds

6. Physical goods

7. Broadcast

8. Advertising

9. Arbitron and
radio data

10. Consumer recording

11. SOCAM
& analog

12. Digital music
& Internets

13. DRM, Gracenote, and interestingness

14. DRM, Gracenote, and interestingness

15. Streaming

16. Choice constraints
(program vs. on-demand)

17. The economics
of fickleness
http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/05/music-adhd-users-love-the-skip-button-says-spotify-data-scientist.html

18. Part two: When you listen
to music, it listens back.

19. We know what you did. All of it.
http://i.imgur.com/pzfcYnh.jpg

20. We know you’re
getting old.
http://skynetandebert.com/2015/04/22/music-was-better-back-then-when-do-we-stop-keeping-up-with-popular-music/

21. We know
music’s
getting stupid.
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/05/the-lyrics-of-recent-no-1-singles-average-at-a-third-grade-reading-level/

22. We know
music’s
getting stupid.
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/05/the-lyrics-of-recent-no-1-singles-average-at-a-third-grade-reading-level/

23. IWe know how
we got here.
https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/genetic-data-tools-reveal-how-
pop-music-evolved-in-the-us-48ad60bf495b

24. Arbitron and radio data

25. Times a song in “heavy
rotation” is played daily
0
15
30
2007 2012
266

26. Part three: The Turing
Problems of Music Science

27. Saccading versus hearing

28. Overfitting recommendations

29. Detecting copies and covers

30. Collaboration and latency

31. Prediction breaks the bank

32. Blockbusters and long tails

33. The tension between
creativity and optimization

34. Should we expose the API?

35. Part four: Where we're headed

36. From albums to stubs

37. Human/
machine
hybrids

38. http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-inventor-of-google-maps-wants-to-change-the-way-you-listen-to-music/
From player to composer

39. Feedback loops
and biometrics

40. The perfect drone

41. Ultimately, digital isn’t about copying.
It’s about feedback loops.

42. An engine, not a camera