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Re: DALL-E for Playlists

#6
very cool idea, but the quality of results varied quite a bit.

Example prompt:

"Popular in Canada in 1995"

Not a single Tragically Hip, Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan!

Although my prompt may be too nuanced, some of the example prompts seemed even more so.

Re: DALL-E for Playlists

#7
Neat idea for a project, and kudos for getting everything up and running!

Tried it once or twice, and the results are very hit or miss. "70s african funk without synthesizers" includes some stuff that matches the prompt, like Ofo the Black Company, but also includes more misses than hits: Herbie Hancock, War, Prince, the Ohio Players, and Sly & The Family Stone are all American. Seems like it latched onto "funk" and really went for it there. It's fun to give the bot a more vague prompt and see where it goes though.

Ultimately, my favorite musical "discoveries" have come from friend recommendations, or editorials like the Quietus or Bandcamp Daily. There's something about the social aspect of a personal recommendation that appeals to me, even if it's not as optimized as an algorithmic one. Many people don't have that sort of relationship with music though, so I could see something like this being pretty useful.

Re: DALL-E for Playlists

#10
Well, it only gave me one song: "Internal Server Error". I searched for it on Spotify, but can't find it.

Snark aside, great concept; looking forward to trying it when it comes back up.

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