Mediabase Song Analysis Site No Longer Accessible?
Oct 17, 2022 21:50:23 GMT -5
Post by Au$tin on Oct 17, 2022 21:50:23 GMT -5
So... ahem... does anyone wanna go in with me to get an account? If 3 of us go in together, all 3 of us will be able to gain access to the site for about $185/month from each person. Thing is, though, anyone willing has to understand upfront that this data is for personal use only and we can't go publishing it all the time here on Pulse otherwise we'll lose access.
I'm being dead serious about this. I can absolutely afford that payment. Also, it's a steal. 1 user costs $300, so this is nearly 40% off. (2 users is $225/month each BTW. I was not given any pricing info for more than 3 users.)
Also, do you know what kind of views are available for the data? Also, if someone needs to back out of the account because of money, can we make some kind of plan or agreement for that?
For example:
- Can I make a regional chart for a single market or a group of states?
- Can I see an inception to date of all spins and audience impressions
- Can the data be downloaded to be played with offline?
- Do they have a list of artists to pick from or is it just text-based searching?
I can answer some of these.
They do offer a monthly agreement plan that requires 30 days prior notice for cancellation. The plan is $350/month for one user, but I don't know what that would be for multiple users. The $300/month for one user is the price for the annual agreement, so there's definitely a discount for the annual agreement, and it looks like the prices that were sent to me for multiple users are for the annual agreement plan and not the monthly agreement plan. I'd have to double check the price, or if there even exists a monthly agreement plan for multi-user accounts.
The rest of my answers are based on my knowledge of what the site offered in the past back when we all had access through the UCLA account. I'm assuming the data is still the same now.
Regional charts? Absolutely! There should be a section to select any station off of any panel Mediabase has to create your own charts.
Full backlog of data? Yup! It's all there! Over 20 years worth of data to comb through.
Download data for offline use? I think so. This one I don't remember very well if it was there or not back in the day, but I have a feeling that's a much more prevalent feature on sites now than it was back then, so even if it wasn't offered then, I'd bet it is now in some fashion.
List of artists vs. text searching? I believe it's all text searching. This is another one I don't recall very well from back then, but I seem to remember searching by artist and it populating every song from that artist.
Our good friend upsidedown actually does currently have access to Mediabase and could better answer these questions on what the site has to offer.