This talk will explore how big music data can provide insights into how people listen to music. The speaker will examine factors like the number of plays per listener, the effects of passionate fan bases, and how listener demographics, location, and the music itself influence listening habits. The goal is to learn more about music consumption by analyzing listening patterns at a large scale.

1. How we listen to music
Paul Lamere
The Echo Nest
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SXSW 2015
I’ve got 30 million songs in my pocket. Now what?

2. In this data-driven talk we will look
at how we can use big music data
to get a better understanding of
how people are listening to music
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What follows are just a few areas
that we will be exploring in this talk

3. Low plays per listener
High plays per listener
We’ll explore fan passion

4. We’ll look at the effects of fan armies

5. We’ll look at the effect
of listener demographics

6. We’ll look at the effect
of listener location

7. We’ll look at the effect
of listener location

8. Relativesongabandonmentrate
We’ll learn about music by looking
at how people listen to it

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We’ll learn about music by looking
at what the music sounds like

10. I’ve got 30 million songs in my pocket.
Now what?
Data that help us
better understand
the world of music
will be increasingly
important