Wednesday Weblog

[tamaranth]

Fascinating (and contentious) survey of British music:
- dance music is faster Up North (160bpm) than in London (90bpm). (Inverse proportion to average temperature?)
- Two London branches of HMV are responsible for 50% of all classical music sales nationwide. (Given the pathetic classical sections of most 'record stores' -- what does one call them now? -- the trend is not surprising, but the starkness of it is.)
- Leeds: Goth Capital of Britain.

"the authority of critics is being undermined by a raucous blogging culture and an increasingly commercial publishing industry"

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Comments

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Leeds: Goth Capital of Britain
And that would be a shock to who? [grin] It's where they invented it!

[andrewducker]

I wonder what percentage of classical music is bought on Amazon.

And would be fascinated to see a breakdown of their shipping stats, based on area/postcode...

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

I wonder what percentage of classical music is bought on Amazon.
Very good point!

[andrewducker]

Oh - and thanks for the criticism article. I'm on a panel about that at EasterCon, so it's very handy to get more opinion.

[ladymoonray.livejournal.com]

- Two London branches of HMV are responsible for 50% of all classical music sales nationwide. (Given the pathetic classical sections of most 'record stores' -- what does one call them now? -- the trend is not surprising, but the starkness of it is.)

Hmm. I think you're right, and it's partly down to the nature of HMV shops - well, music shops in general. There's so much classical music around, if the shops don't stock a good range, people won't buy it because they can't find what they want. And then it gets circular, because people aren't buying so HMV won't stock it. I suppose only the London shops are big enough to have a good range.

Personally I buy classical music either from Amazon (because it's cheap, and they have an excellent range), or from MDC (because it's underneath the Festival Hall and I Want It Now).

[ianmcdonald.livejournal.com]

yeah, that got my TV head thinking, I've seen umpteen histories of popular music in Britin, but never a geography.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

Raucous blogging culture?

BOLLOCKS TO THAT.