25 Most Musical Metropolitan Areas

[Arthur_Indy]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

neat, whacha got going on up there in Rochester NYers?

Eastman School of Music




As for the disbelief regarding Indianapolis, there are a couple of prestigious music schools in the metro and several headquarters for musical organizations. (Music for All, Drum Corp International, Percussive Arts Society, American Pianists' Association) Also, the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel is the repository for "The Great American Songbook." That project is directed by Michael Feinstein and has regular performances in the Palladium.

[seattlefanatic]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

neat, whacha got going on up there in Rochester NYers?

Maybe Eastman and Rochester Pops?

[garmin239]

Originally Posted by seattlefanatic

Maybe Eastman and Rochester Pops?

Probably that. There is a decent indie and metal scene but not enough to rank it ahead of some of the other cities listed, so Eastman and the pops have to be pushing it up the ranking

[ForYourLungsOnly]

Originally Posted by Micheal St. Paul

Its a top city for music currently and historically. And if you don't think so than you really don't know much about music. Who ranked these cities? Scrantx?

agreed. Phillys absence makes me question this list quite a bit.

[Austinite101]

I think Austin should have been somewhat higher, but interesting list regardless.

[msamhunter]

Originally Posted by MDAllstar

I don't really put too much stock in these rankings to begin with because they are subjective. I use factual data for these types of rankings which is really the only way to compile a ranking like this. DC has more GoGo bands playing revenue generating shows a week than Indianapolis and Charlotte's live weekly revenue producing bands I can guarantee that. You would have to dig for the stats though. I know the bands in DC definetly make more from their weekly shows. Charging $20-$50 covers will do that.

Another major factor whether good or not is that GoGo bands in DC are less likely to report their income to the IRS. There is no way to trace the band members all over the city. It's really astronomical the money that goes into these bands hands nightly when they are playing shows.

Author used BEA and BLS which are two highly credible sources. The author does not take into account revenue which is in and of itself highly subjective and hard to quantify. Granted the MySpace usage is probably Eh. One can easily ask how much does that revenue correlate to your COL. D. C. is more expensive from top to bottom than say a Charlotte which might charge on average a $10 cover charge vs. D. C. which as you say could charge around a $25 cover charge. So yes, D. C. would make more money just off of the cost difference not including the massive population differences. On that token, D. C. should generate more revenue than 1.6 million Nashville just due to the extreme population differences on top of annual visitors.

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

I think Austin should have been somewhat higher, but interesting list regardless.

I'm surprised Austin beat out San Antonio.

[srsmn]

Originally Posted by Micheal St. Paul

So Philly has less musicians and music businesses than all of the cities ranked? Bull.

It's per capita.

And....why do people on City Data always do this?

So, a study with solid methodology came up with results that don't rank my city as high as I think it should be ranked? Bull.

Lol. Is is that big of a deal, dude?

[MDAllstar]

Originally Posted by msamhunter

Author used BEA and BLS which are two highly credible sources. The author does not take into account revenue which is in and of itself highly subjective and hard to quantify. Granted the MySpace usage is probably Eh. One can easily ask how much does that revenue correlate to your COL. D. C. is more expensive from top to bottom than say a Charlotte which might charge on average a $10 cover charge vs. D. C. which as you say could charge around a $25 cover charge. So yes, D. C. would make more money just off of the cost difference not including the massive population differences. On that token, D. C. should generate more revenue than 1.6 million Nashville just due to the extreme population differences on top of annual visitors.

That is a very good point. Also, is this per capita for these cities? I do think the audience draw for GoGo bands in DC is larger than any other bands nationwide on a weekly basis. The venues are extremly large for GoGo Bands and they get $30-$40 dollars out of most guys since they start charging that at 12:00 p.m. for men and that's when most people start coming to the show. GoGo's are normally 11 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. depending on how many bands are playing.