http://www.metafilter.com/tags/musicgenomeproject Posts tagged with 'musicgenomeproject' at MetaFilter. Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:10:25 -0800 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:10:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/44662/Music%2Dtaste%2Dprediction%2Ddown%2Dto%2Da%2Dscience <a href="http://www.pandora.com">Pandora.</a> Bound to draw comparisons to <a href="http://last.fm/">Last.fm</a>, <a href="http://music.yahoo.com/launchcast/">LAUNCHcast</a>, and <a href="http://liveplasma.com">Musicplasma</a>, Pandora (formerly Savage Beast) is a music discovery web application that recommends music based not on popularity, usage habits of other users, or genres/categories but on the deconstructed elements of how the music itself sounds. Fruit of the <a href="http://www.pandora.com/mgp.shtml">Music Genome Project</a>, music analysts have for more than five years spent 20 minutes analyzing each song in its ever-growing database for nearly 400 distinct attributes, so when you ask it, "Why is this song playing?" It answers, "Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features electronica influences, mild rhythmic syncopation, surreal lyrics, use of call-and-response vocals, and string section beds." (YES! Thank you!) Currently live on public beta. <small>[Flash, 128kbps streams]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44662 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:10:25 -0800 flash music musicaltaste musicanalysis musicgenomeproject pandora radio recommendations software webapp Lush