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Show HN: I trained an AI model on 120M+ songs from iTunes

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Re: Show HN: I trained an AI model on 120M+ songs from iTunes

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Possible bug: I keep getting an error when I try to find similar songs to any song by Neutral Milk Hotel. (For example: O Comely, King of Carrot Flowers Part I) https://maroofy.com/songs/5611590

Love your application! Great job. Found some very surprising similarities to many songs that I tested.

Re: Show HN: I trained an AI model on 120M+ songs from iTunes

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This is very interesting, but unfortunately I haven't had the greatest luck in finding new songs I would enjoy listening to. It absolutely finds similar sounding tracks, but it doesn't distinguish which part of the song made it enjoyable. There's no tempo consistency or genre consistency or even main instrument/vocal timbre consistency between recommendations. I think locking one or more of those dimensions would all…

If I am not mistaken, it this is only trained on the preview and not on the entire song.

If you listen to a music with a real intro, it gives strange results. For example: "Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd" (https://maroofy.com/songs/1065976153)

Re: Show HN: I trained an AI model on 120M+ songs from iTunes

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Exciting to see AI used this way. My main feedback is I'd look at incorporating other factors to rank results, not purely how similar it sounds. Audiophiles might prefer a pure similarity ranking, but that could be offered as a non-default setting if anything. e.g. I'm sometimes seeing several essentially identical tracks at the top of recommendations (also mentioned in a comment by rayshan). You probably want to pen…

If the point was to surface popular recommendations why would I go to a different Web site instead of just using what Apple Music already gives me? It has to do something different to be interesting.

Not everyone is using Apple Music (or its competition).

Even for those who are using a music platform, this project still has its unique algorithm that’s likely to surface distinct results. Partly because the developer can do their own innovation and partly because the platforms influence the algorithm in ways that aren’t necessarily aligned with users’ interests. e.g. promoting artists they have favorable relationships with.

The developer can also offer features that Apple et al aren’t offering, perhaps because it would complicate their app too much or isn’t high priority, but makes sense for a specialized tool like this. e.g. fine grained settings to filter and sort results.

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