In this post I thought I'd show you a bit more under the hood when it comes to building the data set. I dive into the theory and methodology behind acquiring my genre specifications and do a little cluster analysis to see how the sub-genres fit into the larger more ubiquitous genres the general listener … Continue reading ‘The Concert Project’ : So, What Kind of Music Do You Listen To?

I left the blog last time with the promise that I would join the venue data with the event data. This post will accomplish that, but it is surprisingly uneventful. Due to this, the second half of this blog will be a sort of checkpoint and reflection about the project so far and where I … Continue reading ‘The Concert Project’ : Going Further 

Let's talk about location. The live music industry revolves around touring and location is a very important factor in planning a tour. Population centers can be assumed to host a lot of tours as there are more potential concertgoers in the area. We'd imagine a lot of events would happen in these high-population areas. There … Continue reading ‘The Concert Project’ : Going Places

This blog post is dedicated to making sense of the dates of all of these concerts. The date formats are inconsistent and use strange abbreviations. As well, there are many concerts whose shows happen over long weekends or otherwise, meaning there are multiples dates in a single 'event'. For the purposes of this project at … Continue reading ‘The Concert Project’ : Event Setup (2)

Like any project, the most important indicator of how your end results will turn out is how you get started. By cleaning the data you really get to know your data, which is super important. In this first technical post I'm going to take you through my initial 'meet and greet' with my events data. Previous … Continue reading ‘The Conert Project’ : Event Setup (1) 

The year was 2014.  I was dedicating half of my day to the analysis of consumer surveys for Southwick Associates an the other half to the ponderous task of writing my thesis. Most of the analysis was done and I was dragging my heels putting everything I wanted to say into so many words. I had … Continue reading ‘The Concert Project’ : The Concept Album