Table 1

Overview of actors, aims, methods and who or what is measured

Perspectives Aims Data and Method Who or what is measured
Economic impact studies 
  1. Understanding the economic impact of live music 

  2. Understanding the contribution of live music to the attractiveness of places


  1. Cost benefit analysis Andersson et al. (2012), Carter and Muller (2015), Propheter (2015) 

  2. Contingent valuation O'Brien (2010) 

  3. Hedonic pricing Garretsen and Marlet (2017) 

  4. Box office statistics Connolly and Krueger (2006), Krueger (2019) 


  1. Economic value

  2. Consumers expenditure

  3. Employment

  4. Venues as amenities

  5. Revenues


Mapping and censuses
  1. Taking stock 

  2. Spatial analysis

  3. Needs assessment


  1. Geographic information systems (GIS) Cohen (2012b) 

  2. Surveys Behr et al. (2019) 

  3. Hand-drawn maps Cohen (2012a) 


  1. Stages

  2. Cities

  3. Concerts


Social sciences and humanities 
  1. Understanding live music's impact on people, communities, health and wellbeing

  1. Surveys Willekens and Daenekindt (2020) 

  2. Diaries Behr et al. (2016), Everts et al. (forthcoming) 

  3. Social Network Analysis Crossley and Emms (2016), Mercado-Celis (2017) 

  4. Focus-groups Packer and Ballantyne (2011) and interviews Mulder et al. (2020), Raine (2019) 

  5. Ethnography Webster (2011) 

  6. Archival research and oral histories Southall (2016) 

  7. (social) media analysis Bennett (2012), Danielsen and Kjus (2019) 

  8. Workshops and consultations, co-production of knowledge BLMP Wall (2008) 

  1. Audiences

  2. Musicians

  3. Musical professionals

  4. Communities (e.g. scenes)

  5. Ecologies

  6. Cities

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