Moneyball for music (analytical)

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Thejohnny7band wrote:So.. they are going to carefully track plays to figure out which artists people really want to hear and put their money where it will do the most good??? Also schedule concerts in towns with lots of interested fans??
Capitalist bastards! /Sarc off![]()
This has been going on since the days of Mozart. They are just using modern tools to do the same thing.
gtZip wrote:Thejohnny7band wrote:So.. they are going to carefully track plays to figure out which artists people really want to hear and put their money where it will do the most good??? Also schedule concerts in towns with lots of interested fans??
Capitalist bastards! /Sarc off![]()
This has been going on since the days of Mozart. They are just using modern tools to do the same thing.
What was it like back in them days?