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Stories about The Echo Nest

Why “This Is My Jam” Stopped Overthinking Music Discovery

Can a service that only showcases one song at a time fix the music discovery problem?

Why “This Is My Jam” Stopped Overthinking Music Discovery

It’s Official: Music Gets Louder Every Year

It’s Official: Music Gets Louder Every Year

Can Computers Write Music That Has A Soul?

Computer algorithms are at the cutting edge of modern classical music composition and can even write ‘new’ works by Bach and Mozart. Will such music ever be considered authentically human?

Can Computers Write Music That Has A Soul?

The Echo Nest Makes Pandora Look Like a Transistor Radio

More cowbell! Everyone from Christopher Walken enthusiasts to major record labels to Columbia University is excited about The Echo Nest. The many uses, frivolous and non-, of Echo Nest’s massive 30-million-song dataset.

The Echo Nest Makes Pandora Look Like a Transistor Radio

Impact

‘The Longest Shift’ highlights essential workers who kept Los Angeles running

Other presidents have tried and failed to expand overtime pay. Can Biden succeed?

How free school meals can lead to lower grocery bills and healthier food purchases at home

News

Eurovision Song Contest 2022: How to watch the Grand Final live from the United States

It’s not all bad news: These 5 tech stocks are rallying at the end of a punishing week

A women’s health micro-neighborhood springs up on Fifth Avenue

Co.Design

Lavaforming: One architect’s wild idea to construct buildings from molten lava

These designers turned old puffer jackets into comfy chairs

Working in the metaverse: What virtual office life could look like

Work Life

Rooting out exclusionary and outdated workplace language

There’s no such thing as self-sabotage. A psychotherapist debunks the most common concepts that keep us stuck

One key way to prevent employee burnout? Addressing toxic clients