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This is actually great, one of the most promising recommendation algorithms I've come across. I love that it's working by sound. So often eg Spotify will insis
by AlecSchueler 4y ago
This is actually great, one of the most promising recommendation algorithms I've come across.
I love that it's working by sound. So often eg Spotify will insist I check out other bands in the same "scene" or from the same era as other artists I like, and in genres as broad as "70s rock" it can be really tiring.
One of the first tracks I tried was Natural Woman by Carole King. I love that it recommended other slow but rhythmic piano vamps with tender vocals by artists singing in other languages, some modern, some old, as well as some sung by men. It even recommended me more Carole King which is I guess shows it's picking up on something constant in her music.
What impressed me was that it recommended quite a lot of numbers in the same key! It was funny clicking through them and the tonal centre being unchanged. It was like they really were different but the same.
It definitely doesn't understand everything about tonality though! I tried some atonal music next, Naama for solo harpsichord by Iannis Xenakis, expecting to get more atonality back. Nope, first result was very firmly tonal: "Suite in E flat major" by Bach for solo harpsichord. It definitely got some essential aspects of the pieces down but completely missed the central concepts underpinning their musicality.
Very promising like I say, can't wait to try more things out!
- agentwiggles 4y agoI'm enjoying it a lot too, I've always been a bit frustrated by what you describe with Spotify. It's like it's keying more on genre than sound, which has both pros and cons, but ends up giving me a lot of music that is nominally in the same genre but missing the qualities I like about a certain song. Probably my favorite song of all time is Close to the Edge, by Yes. Spotify will happily provide me with tons of recommendations for 70s prog - much of which I love too, but some of it leaves me cold. Maroofy came up with "Good Day" by Leigh Ashford, a song I had never heard of. It's very interesting to compare it to CttE - it's not a very similar song in most respects, but has a similarly prominent bouncy bassline. I like the song, and I don't think I'd have found it via spotify or any of my other usual music discovery sources. Overall this is very cool, great project.
- subtech 4y agoThank you so much! With an improved model, things should get a lot better! :D