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Reading the "Hobbies" thread I notice that many folks here are into music in one form or another. I recently read an article about computer-based techniques being used to predict the popularity of a new song - it seems that a couple of methods are proving to be very good at it and are being used by Capitol Records, Sony Music, EMI, and some others. They use it to select music and to "tune up" new songs to try to make them more popular.
Two companies offering a music analysis service have web sites at www.platinumblueinc.com and www.polyphonichmi.com . They offer their services to music companies for pretty hefty sums.
Due to a tin ear I really don't know what to think about it other than to wonder if integrating it with Orwell's music creating machine from 1984 would result in a mechanical Brian Wilson or John Lennon or maybe even ~genuflect~ Paul Simon.
I guess not, since these analyses probably have more to do with melody (or whatever the "non-lyric" part of modern music is called) than with the lyrics.
Anyway, I thought it was interesting & it was new to me.
Two companies offering a music analysis service have web sites at www.platinumblueinc.com and www.polyphonichmi.com . They offer their services to music companies for pretty hefty sums.
Due to a tin ear I really don't know what to think about it other than to wonder if integrating it with Orwell's music creating machine from 1984 would result in a mechanical Brian Wilson or John Lennon or maybe even ~genuflect~ Paul Simon.
I guess not, since these analyses probably have more to do with melody (or whatever the "non-lyric" part of modern music is called) than with the lyrics.
Anyway, I thought it was interesting & it was new to me.
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