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http://theperceptron.com http://theperceptron.com - astute music recommendations And a site where you create your audio autobiography by uploading mp3s. Hello

http://theperceptron.com http://theperceptron.com - astute music recommendations And a site where you create your audio autobiography by uploading mp3s. Hello, RIAA.

truebosko 18y ago
Not bad, got some good recommendations. The UI needs a lot of work but I'm sure you're working on that ;) What do you use to fetch your library of artists/etc? Or is it selt built?
- maryrosecook 18y ago
  Excellent! Glad to hear the recommendations are good. I find links between artists and recommend based upon that. These links include: being recommended by a human, being on the same record label, being mutual admirers, playing gigs together, being posted to the same mp3 blog, being on the same mixtapes and so on. I wrote a post on my blog that gives a comprehensive account of how the recommendation system works: http://www.maryrosecook.com/post/show/130 http://www.maryrosecook.com/post/show/130 And, yes, I know the UI is horrible.
lliiffee 18y ago
I got: Radiohead -> The Beach Boys You should remove that my any means necessary. I think the UI is pretty nice, actually. Very functional, feels like a "tool". Don't lose that when you make it more fancy.
- jfornear 18y ago
  I would disagree, Pet Sounds is one of the greatest, earliest experimental pop albums ever.
- maryrosecook 18y ago
  The "tool" feel was exactly what I was going for. Kind of the Google of music recommendations. However, I am desperately in need of someone who can work with me to make things both more functional and more attractive. Thanks very much for the feedback.
JMiao 18y ago
typed in "frank sinatra" and got, among others: queen, bob dylan, and coldplay. one issue with music recommendation is how people (subjective creatures!) usually demonstrate low-tolerance for "bad" recommendations. nevertheless, i love your vibe.
- maryrosecook 18y ago
  Yep, that is a stinker. I'm trying to skew the site towards unusualness and away from genres. Thus, the ways I link artists can produce some weirdness like the above. However, users can give feedback to help reduce the insanity quotient. Thanks very much for the feedback.
  - JMiao 18y ago
    i'm with you on genres -- they're an anachronism invented by the record and retail companies back when music something you put on a shelf, but most ppl still seem to adhere vehemently to genre preferences.
hhm 18y ago
Great site, thank you. It will be useful for me (I know nothing about music, so my musical variety is very limited... a good recommendation engine that goes out of the typical genres is like gold for me).
- maryrosecook 18y ago
  Fantastic. Do let me know how you get on with the site.

http://theperceptron.com http://theperceptron.com - astute music recommendations And a site where you create your audio autobiography by uploading mp3s. Hello, RIAA.

truebosko 18y ago

Not bad, got some good recommendations. The UI needs a lot of work but I'm sure you're working on that ;) What do you use to fetch your library of artists/etc? Or is it selt built?

maryrosecook 18y ago
Excellent! Glad to hear the recommendations are good. I find links between artists and recommend based upon that. These links include: being recommended by a human, being on the same record label, being mutual admirers, playing gigs together, being posted to the same mp3 blog, being on the same mixtapes and so on. I wrote a post on my blog that gives a comprehensive account of how the recommendation system works: http://www.maryrosecook.com/post/show/130 http://www.maryrosecook.com/post/show/130 And, yes, I know the UI is horrible.

lliiffee 18y ago

I got: Radiohead -> The Beach Boys You should remove that my any means necessary. I think the UI is pretty nice, actually. Very functional, feels like a "tool". Don't lose that when you make it more fancy.

jfornear 18y ago
I would disagree, Pet Sounds is one of the greatest, earliest experimental pop albums ever.
maryrosecook 18y ago
The "tool" feel was exactly what I was going for. Kind of the Google of music recommendations. However, I am desperately in need of someone who can work with me to make things both more functional and more attractive. Thanks very much for the feedback.

JMiao 18y ago

typed in "frank sinatra" and got, among others: queen, bob dylan, and coldplay. one issue with music recommendation is how people (subjective creatures!) usually demonstrate low-tolerance for "bad" recommendations. nevertheless, i love your vibe.

maryrosecook 18y ago
Yep, that is a stinker. I'm trying to skew the site towards unusualness and away from genres. Thus, the ways I link artists can produce some weirdness like the above. However, users can give feedback to help reduce the insanity quotient. Thanks very much for the feedback.
- JMiao 18y ago
  i'm with you on genres -- they're an anachronism invented by the record and retail companies back when music something you put on a shelf, but most ppl still seem to adhere vehemently to genre preferences.

hhm 18y ago

Great site, thank you. It will be useful for me (I know nothing about music, so my musical variety is very limited... a good recommendation engine that goes out of the typical genres is like gold for me).

maryrosecook 18y ago
Fantastic. Do let me know how you get on with the site.