Ted Gioia at ecoustics.com everything hi-fi Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:24:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Is New Orleans the Birthplace of The Blues? The Honest Broker Investigates. https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/birthplace-blues/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/birthplace-blues/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/birthplace-blues/
Find out what evidence supports the recent claim that the blues were invented in the 1890s by Black Creoles in New Orleans.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/birthplace-blues/feed/ 3 Did the Music Business Just Kill the Vinyl Revival? The Honest Broker https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/vinyl-revival-stalls/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/vinyl-revival-stalls/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/vinyl-revival-stalls/
Growth in vinyl album sales have collapsed from 95% to 4% and that may be ominous news for the music industry.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/vinyl-revival-stalls/feed/ 15 How Music Created Silicon Valley: The Honest Broker https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/how-music-created-silicon-valley/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/how-music-created-silicon-valley/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/how-music-created-silicon-valley/
The tech titans couldn't have built their empires without songs -- and now they are destroying the cultural ecosystem that made them rich.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/how-music-created-silicon-valley/feed/ 1 The Music Business Turns Into Groundhog Day: The Honest Broker https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/music-business-groundhog-day/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/music-business-groundhog-day/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/music-business-groundhog-day/
A new consumer survey measures an industry in which "time is standing still".]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/music-business-groundhog-day/feed/ 4 I Return to Vinyl After 34 Years: The Honest Broker https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/return-to-vinyl/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/return-to-vinyl/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/return-to-vinyl/
But I now see firsthand how the music industry is fumbling this huge opportunity to revitalize its business.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/return-to-vinyl/feed/ 12 Why Music Ownership Matters: The Honest Broker https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/why-music-ownership-matters/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/why-music-ownership-matters/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/why-music-ownership-matters/
Is the shift from owning songs to streaming them eroding listener loyalty and reducing the cultural impact of music?]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/why-music-ownership-matters/feed/ 10 Record Labels Dig Their Own Grave. And the Shovel is Called TikTok. https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/tiktokification-music-industry/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/tiktokification-music-industry/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/tiktokification-music-industry/
It's not just the music biz—legacy media outlets everywhere are playing the same dangerous game.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/tiktokification-music-industry/feed/ 5 The Bands Are Never Coming Back:  The Honest Broker https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/bands-never-coming-back/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/bands-never-coming-back/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/bands-never-coming-back/
The era of group collectives dominating the charts has ended, probably forever—and it's an issue much larger than just music.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/bands-never-coming-back/feed/ 7 The 14 Best Moments of Music Integrated Into a Movie Narrative: The Honest Broker https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/14-best-music-movies/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/14-best-music-movies/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/14-best-music-movies/
I'm excluding soundtrack themes or musicals—we're on the lookout for songs that are actually part of the story.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/14-best-music-movies/feed/ 7 The New Numbers on Music Consumption Are Very Ugly: The Honest Broker https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/music-consumption-2022/ https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/music-consumption-2022/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/music-consumption-2022/
And it's not just the dominance of old songs—the whole creative culture is losing its ability to innovate. But why?]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/music-consumption-2022/feed/ 12