Understanding the music industry through a career still taking shape.
A song does not begin when it appears on a platform, and a tour does not start when the lights go down. Behind a career are professions, companies, contracts, artistic choices, venues and an economy audiences rarely see.
Behind the scenes opens this black box from two angles: understanding the people who make and support music, then observing how a tour uses venues in practice.
Music-industry professions
Who does what behind a song, an album and a tour?
Lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, label, publisher, manager, booking agent, programmer, distributor, press officer… The titles are many and their roles often confused.
CFO explains each profession and places it within the actual chain of a career. Where information is documented, we connect it to Marine’s case.
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The Venue Observatory
Where does Marine perform? At what capacities? What is the ticketing situation?
A tour also tells the story of a career through its venues: clubs, theatres, mid-sized venues, large-capacity halls and festivals. The CFO Observatory will track dates, relevant capacities, ticket availability and sold-out announcements.
Where the data genuinely allows it, we will also document attendance and occupancy rates. Every observation will be dated and sourced: a venue with no tickets available is not automatically sold out, and its maximum capacity is not necessarily the capacity offered for sale.
Our method
In the spotlight tells the story of what we see. The Features start from songs to explore the questions they raise. Behind the scenes explains the industry that enables those songs and concerts to exist.
We distinguish verified facts, observed data and estimates. Where professional information or capacity is not publicly documented, we prefer to say so rather than infer it.