Sipping coffee,
listening to a classic Persian pop star Googoosh,
reading a book,
smelling the coffee cake which shall soon join the coffee.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Pandora's Psychoanalyses
Pandora now gives articulate reasons for why they play songs. Though I don't listen often, I do give feedback about what songs I like, and I confess they're doing a pretty good job these days of feeding me music I really like.
After a few hours of listening to a mix of Christian music after the style of Rend Collective and Tree63, out of the blue they played Five For Fighting's "100 Years". I was curious as to why... and the little info box said, "Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features pop rock qualities, a subtle use of vocal harmony, a prominent rhythm piano part, demanding instrumental part writing and major key tonality." huh. Not bad! I enjoy minor key music intellectually, but it stirs up angst in me, so apparently my feedback over time has favored major-key music, etc, etc.
The next song was Counting Crows "A Long December." I was curious if it would say the same thing; this time it said ""Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features mellow rock instrumentation, country influences, folk influences, a subtle use of vocal harmony and acoustic rhythm piano."
Goo Goo Dolls rendition of "Give A Little Bit" was played because "Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features pop rock qualities, a subtle use of vocal counterpoint, a subtle use of vocal harmony, repetitive melodic phrasing and major key tonality."
I like what they've done with their algorithms--internet science at its best.
After a few hours of listening to a mix of Christian music after the style of Rend Collective and Tree63, out of the blue they played Five For Fighting's "100 Years". I was curious as to why... and the little info box said, "Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features pop rock qualities, a subtle use of vocal harmony, a prominent rhythm piano part, demanding instrumental part writing and major key tonality." huh. Not bad! I enjoy minor key music intellectually, but it stirs up angst in me, so apparently my feedback over time has favored major-key music, etc, etc.
The next song was Counting Crows "A Long December." I was curious if it would say the same thing; this time it said ""Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features mellow rock instrumentation, country influences, folk influences, a subtle use of vocal harmony and acoustic rhythm piano."
Goo Goo Dolls rendition of "Give A Little Bit" was played because "Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features pop rock qualities, a subtle use of vocal counterpoint, a subtle use of vocal harmony, repetitive melodic phrasing and major key tonality."
I like what they've done with their algorithms--internet science at its best.
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