Music is…a fundamental way of expressing our humanity, and it is often our best medicine — Oliver Sacks.
If you Google “the power of music” it takes an 8th of a second to come up with more than 4 billion results. There is an overwhelming amount of literature and research…
Towards the end of 2017 I wrote the medium story “you are what you listen to”. In it, I explained how your music taste says a lot about your personality type.
There are subtleties in songs that dictate why we might like or dislike them, more so, than in any…
tax·on·o·my
(tăk-sŏn′ə-mē)
n. pl. tax·on·o·mies
1. The classification and naming of organisms in an ordered system that is intended to indicate natural relationships, especially evolutionary relationships.
2. The science, laws, or principles of classification.
3. An ordered arrangement of groups or categories: a taxonomy of literary genres.
The tendency to…
“Tell me about the music you like and ill tell you what movies you’re into…”
On average we spend 20% of our waking hours listening to music in one form or another. That could be direct or indirect, music from a car passing you buy or background music at your…
At the start of the new year, word had spread throughout digital music land that music streaming was now the biggest revenue driver for major music labels with more songs streamed in a day than are downloaded in an entire year. …
clas·si·fi·ca·tion
ˌklasəfəˈkāSH(ə)n/
noun
1. the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics.
The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. holds more than 160 million documents — all perfectly catalogued, sorted and labelled. …
You might think I’m stating the obvious, but it was less than 2 years ago when the majority of the media, investors and even some music execs predicted the demise of music streaming. They argued, there was no way this would be sustainable…
One clear fact remains: none of the…
What if an algorithm could create a better set than a DJ? As we head further into AI and Deep Learning, what was once considered impossible, is now very plausible.
Two years ago I made the hypothesis that the DJ brain could be codified, so that an Algorithm could include…
Rap is a gimmick, but I’m for the hip-hop, the culture.
- Method Man
Back in the early 70’s the Bronx was a hell hole. North of Manhattan, the buildings were burning and gang violence on every block set the tone for every day life on this small corner of…
With over 5 million playlists being created or edited every single day, just on Spotify alone — it is safe to say, Playlists are the most popular form of music listening today. Playlists are the mixtape of the 21st century.
Yes, they are a hell of a lot easier to…
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