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See also Shazam's Secret > The hunt keeps Mr. Slomovitz on his toes. Every morning, he skims dozens of music blogs, checking for new releases he might have mis
by wallflower 12y ago
See also Shazam's Secret
> The hunt keeps Mr. Slomovitz on his toes. Every morning, he skims dozens of music blogs, checking for new releases he might have missed, as well as the iTunes, Amazon.com and Billboard charts, and blog aggregators like the Hype Machine.
Most weeks he also goes to local record stores to see if there is something in stock he has not heard of, or if older albums are being remastered or reissued. And he listens to local radio stations, especially near universities.
"Shazam’s Search for Songs Creates New Music Jobs"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/technology/14shazam.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/technology/14shazam.html
- skrebbel 12y agoShazam actually has 2000 music geeks in a call center who listen to tiny audio fragments and guess which song it is. The algorithm just makes sure the rock geek gets the rock songs, and so on.
- afro88 12y agoReally? I'm genuinely interested in this. Do you have an article or interview or something with more info?