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What Am I Making PodcastWAIM #100: Chris Dalla RivaThe idea for Chris Dalla Riva’s brand new book began as something of a lark. Chris and a friend simply wondered what they would learn if they listened to every number one hit starting with the very first Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1958. The resulting book, Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us About The Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves is a data driven look at the history of pop music as we know it. It’s also a remarkable window into America’s musical and cultural history. Chris and I talked deeply about the ways in which technol...2025-08-041h 28
What Am I Making PodcastWAIM #047 - Chris Dalla RivaChris Dalla Riva is an independent musician with a small, but engaged audience that is continuously growing. As much as his musical ambitions are headed in the right direction, Chris also has a day job as a data analyst for the digital music streamer AudioMack. This gives him a wholly unique perspective on the digital streaming industry. Not only does Dalla Riva have access to the data of both the musician and the streaming provider in his situation, but he gets a daily, on the ground perspective from both points of view. He sees the struggle to b...2024-01-081h 22