http://music.martinprosperity.org/2010/01/18/exploring-maximum-exposure-media-outlets/ Thoughts on scenes, groups, careers, innovation & more. . . Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:22:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://music.martinprosperity.org/2010/01/18/exploring-maximum-exposure-media-outlets/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Larry Rothfield Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:35:41 +0000 http://music.martinprosperity.org/?p=323#comment-113 Yes, segmentation should also apply to influence. What is the most influential site for folk and oldtime music? NPR's All Things Considered, probably. My sister played on the recent Texas Sheikhs CD, which rocketed to #1 on the Amazon folk music list, and astonishingly to #34 (if I remember correctly) among all CDs sold that week on Amazon over all genres. Would they have gotten the same bump from appearing on Kimmel? I doubt it, but it would be interesting to analyze the revealed influence rather than the surveyed influence. It also would be interesting to disaggregate the "music experts" by their own self-described focus of expertise, if Nielsen permitted it. Yes, segmentation should also apply to influence. What is the most influential site for folk and oldtime music? NPR’s All Things Considered, probably. My sister played on the recent Texas Sheikhs CD, which rocketed to #1 on the Amazon folk music list, and astonishingly to #34 (if I remember correctly) among all CDs sold that week on Amazon over all genres. Would they have gotten the same bump from appearing on Kimmel? I doubt it, but it would be interesting to analyze the revealed influence rather than the surveyed influence. It also would be interesting to disaggregate the “music experts” by their own self-described focus of expertise, if Nielsen permitted it.

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