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2012: Music

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

Forests are a big part of the climate solution, but we’re not fixing the problem

London is going to use heat from the Underground to help heat its homes

NGOs need business’s help: Here are the best ways to offer support

Creativity

A shocking 73% of stories on LGBTQ websites are being flagged as unsafe for brands, survey says

Let’s talk about SNL’s most important new cast member: Bowen Yang

The Jennifer Lopez-Constance Wu movie ‘Hustlers’ shows how the world runs on strip club rules

Co.Design

This smart toilet seat monitors your heart health through your gluteus maximus

Another reason to silence your notifications: They could alter your memory

Fabric dyes are a toxic problem. These beautiful alternative colors are made out of food waste

Work Life

When your body calls time-out

What to do if your boss is professionally ‘breadcrumbing’ you

The five-minute email rule completely transformed the way I work