Tuesday, February 14, 2006

The Music Genome

My friend introduced me to Pandora (http://www.pandora.com) today. Provide it with the name of your favorite song/artist, and it will return a radio station that will play all your favorite songs.

The creators of this website have broken music down to its fundamental components or "genes" based on melody, harmony, rhythm, lyrics, arrangement, etc. and grouped similar sounding songs together.

I tested the system with "Gwen Stefani" and received mixed results. I do like Depeche Mode and Garbage. However, I was a bit surprised when Lindsay Lohan's "To Know Your Name" came up. I'll have to test the system out a bit more.

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