Marie Connolly & Alan B. Krueger open the October 2018 issue of the International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR) with “The secondary market for concert tickets: theory and evidence”. They model the secondary ticketing market by considering that “performers do not want to be perceived as gouging fans, they choose to underprice tickets and provide consumer surplus to customers” (p. 6).
The second article by Sarita M. Stewart “The development of the artist-fan engagement model” develops a model to explain the relationship between musicians and their fans. It is based on hedonic consumption and parasocial interaction theory and explores how the effects of music and artist drive fan engagement through access or ownership of recorded music.
The third and concluding article of this issue is “Blockchain for Music Business: Preventing the Threat of Disruption” by Wolfgang Senges. This article considers the blockchain as a disruptive power for the music industry that needs a useful framework to prevent damage. Therefore, he recommends a “collaborative approach, agile methods, and transition management … as a toolset to allow for successfully shaping the impact of disrupted processes” (p. 83).
Volume 7, no 2, October 2018
Editorial by Peter Tschmuck, pp. 4-5
Sarita M. Stewart: The development of the artist-fan engagement model, pp. 52-82
Wolfgang Senges: Blockchain in the music business: preventing the threat of disruption, pp. 83-106
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