2009 March 31

31Mar/090

Music and the Stock Market

I've been hearing more and more NPR shows and other sources talking about beat variance in popular music and the stock market. The theory is that volatile markets cause songs with steady beats to climb the charts, and songs with tempo changes are more appealing when the market is less volatile. The study is backed up with research using computer analysis of songs and cross-referencing market data.

Still, I can't trust this study for a couple of reasons:

Payola recognizes no market data.
Charts were never that accurate anyway (again, payola).
Now that we have click tracks and beat mapping with digital audio workstations, do we even have tempo variations anymore?

I think some more background research was necessary here.

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