@proceedings {874, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Are we playing like Music-Stars?{\textquotedblright} Placing Emerging Artists on the Italian Music Scene}, year = {2016}, month = {09/2016}, address = {Riva del Garda}, abstract = {The Italian emerging bands chase success on the footprint of popular artists by playing rhythmic danceable and happy songs. Our finding comes out from a deep study of the Italian music scene and how the new generation ofmusicians relate with the tradition of their country. By analyzing Spotify data we investigated the peculiarity of regional mu- sic and we placed emerging bands within the musical movements defined by already successful artists. The approach proposed and the results ob- tained are a first attempt to outline some rules suggesting how to reach the success in the musical Italian scene.}, author = {Pollacci, Laura and Riccardo Guidotti and Giulio Rossetti} }