The Long Tail: What do people really want in music? : # Airplay Charts: "Measure what people are being fed." # Sales Charts: "Measure what people are eating from what they're being fed." # Usage Charts: "Measure what, from the music people can listen to, they listen to the most." Here's another few questions. - What music are people creating? - What music are people listening to live? (at concerts, bars, live performances) - What music are people copying? - What background music is being played at people? (in bars, restaurants, hotel foyers, shops)? - What music is used as soundscapes in TV, film? I really wish we could get some of the same metrics for books. The problem is that a book can't tell a computer that it's being read the way a piece of music can tell that it's being played. And BTW. The whole "Music Genre" classification system is really screwed. It's ripe for tags. At which point see Last.FM. |
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