Pandora and the music genome project: song structure analysis tools facilitate new music discovery.(ONLINE SCIENTIST)

Scientific Computing, September, 2006 by Joyce, John

MOST MUSIC SITES ALLOW SOME FORM OF NEW MUSIC DISCOVERY. WITH some, the system is based on a form of rating or recommendation from other users. This could show up like 'Other users also bought XXX,' implying that if you liked this song, there is a good chance that you might like the other too. However, there are a few music services living on the Web that take a different approach. One of these is the Music Genome Project.

Conceived by Tim Westergren, the Music Genome Project attempts to take a more analytical approach. This project was launched in January of 2000 with an attempt to analyze the structure of a song so that they could identify similar songs that a searcher might like. Originally a project of his company Savage Beast, it took five years and 30...