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Re: Music-Map – Find Similar Music

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Post by defrost »

LiquidPolymer wrote: post #10

Whenever I’ve had Peter Gabriel in a playlist I automatically get a lot of Genesis (Phil Collins era) mixed in. I’m aware PG was a founding member of Genesis, but when they split so did the music. They just aren’t similar in my mind. On this map they are right next to each other. Maybe the problem is me?

Are you seeing much of Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Papa Wembe and other co-performers in the adjacency map?

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Post by omnibrain »

LiquidPolymer wrote: post #10

Whenever I’ve had Peter Gabriel in a playlist I automatically get a lot of Genesis (Phil Collins era) mixed in. I’m aware PG was a founding member of Genesis, but when they split so did the music. They just aren’t similar in my mind. On this map they are right next to each other. Maybe the problem is me?

> Maybe the problem is me?

No, it's just a flawed approach.

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Post by defrost »

LiquidPolymer wrote: post #7

I’ve been wanting something like this for a long time. My tastes are a little offbeat sometimes. Wax Tailor, one of my favorite artists, uses sampled dialogue from films, educational programs, corporate videos and whatnot to create quite interesting sonic creations that I just love. I wish more we’re creating similar types of music (I just found Biosphere’s “Petrified Forest” which is themed to that old movie - and a…

From three decades past:

Colourbox - Just Give 'Em Whiskey (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dm_iq5OicM

with a notable mention to their Looks Like We're Shy One Horse/Shoot Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0r6d6MwR9k

.. these are the folk that later collaborated to form M|A|R|R|S of Pump Up the Volume fame

There's an interesting French bit of old film digital cutting together with some samples and sountrack from Polo & Pan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVW63Z_8deE that might strike a chord - they appear not so far from Wax Tailor when entered.

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Post by solardev »

Back when humans still did work, the Music Genome Project had people listen to songs and try to break them down into little "genes" of metadata, everything from "vocal harmonies" to "minor chords" to "strong lyrical presence". It worked way better than the automated systems, IMO, and gave rise to Pandora: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Genome_Project?wprov=sfl...

I wish other music apps could license their recommendation system. Still nothing seems to come close.

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Post by at_a_remove »

LiquidPolymer wrote: post #7

I’ve been wanting something like this for a long time. My tastes are a little offbeat sometimes. Wax Tailor, one of my favorite artists, uses sampled dialogue from films, educational programs, corporate videos and whatnot to create quite interesting sonic creations that I just love. I wish more we’re creating similar types of music (I just found Biosphere’s “Petrified Forest” which is themed to that old movie - and a…

Hah! Are you my lost twin?

I have tried various approaches to search for something to Wax Tailor's "Que Sera" and have found only Barry Adamson's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (you will recall from Lost Highway) and Venetian Snares' "Gloomy Sunday."

If you have more that are similar, let me know.

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