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01-02-2007, 05:43 PM
Pandora Internet Radio (http://www.pandora.com)
On January 6, 2000 a group of musicians and music-loving technologists came together with the idea of creating the most comprehensive analysis of music ever.
Together we set out to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical attributes or "genes" into a very large Music Genome. Taken together these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song - everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony. It's not about what a band looks like, or what genre they supposedly belong to, or about who buys their records - it's about what each individual song sounds like.
Over the past 6 years, we've carefully listened to the songs of over 10,000 different artists - ranging from popular to obscure - and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time. This work continues each and every day as we endeavor to include all the great new stuff coming out of studios, clubs and garages around the world.
It has been quite an adventure, you could say a little crazy - but now that we've created this extraordinary collection of music analysis, we think we can help be your guide as you explore your favorite parts of the music universe.
If anyone hasn't been there yet, I suggest giving it a try. I've only just discovered it today, but it seems to run on a damn interesting but simple concept of a "Music Genome Project." That is, finding and listening to other songs you may like based on artists/songs you already enjoy. I've already managed to create a few stations of my own and discovered new songs based on my tastes. My only concern/complaint is that the options only leave you with "Like it" or "Don't like it," where I've found many songs to be something in between.
On January 6, 2000 a group of musicians and music-loving technologists came together with the idea of creating the most comprehensive analysis of music ever.
Together we set out to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical attributes or "genes" into a very large Music Genome. Taken together these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song - everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony. It's not about what a band looks like, or what genre they supposedly belong to, or about who buys their records - it's about what each individual song sounds like.
Over the past 6 years, we've carefully listened to the songs of over 10,000 different artists - ranging from popular to obscure - and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time. This work continues each and every day as we endeavor to include all the great new stuff coming out of studios, clubs and garages around the world.
It has been quite an adventure, you could say a little crazy - but now that we've created this extraordinary collection of music analysis, we think we can help be your guide as you explore your favorite parts of the music universe.
If anyone hasn't been there yet, I suggest giving it a try. I've only just discovered it today, but it seems to run on a damn interesting but simple concept of a "Music Genome Project." That is, finding and listening to other songs you may like based on artists/songs you already enjoy. I've already managed to create a few stations of my own and discovered new songs based on my tastes. My only concern/complaint is that the options only leave you with "Like it" or "Don't like it," where I've found many songs to be something in between.