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...Center for Internet and Society. A team of musicians measure and score each song using nearly 400 factors, which frame them in what Westergren calls the “musical double helix.” Once a user inputs a given song or artist, a mathematical algorithm creates a playlist that orders songs based on their similarity. Pandora launched in Nov. 2005 and has since spread even though the Web site has never advertised. Pandora grew out of Westergren’s years of work as a musician and film composer, during which he also served as a male nanny...
...starts off with potential but quickly slides into a complacent reliance on the same synth-infused beats that bring nothing new to the game that T-Pain once reinvented. There are a handful of tracks that change things up and will have a home on my gym workout playlist. On one such track, “Ringleader Man,” T-Pain croons, “My rhythms and rhymes keep niggas in line / Cause now is not the time to be lazy.” If only he followed through on this declaration for the entirety...
Nothing adds sparkle to an event quite like throwing in a notorious rage artist and a sick playlist. The College Events Board seems to have tapped into this empirical fact, as they’ve snagged Gregg M. Gilles, also known as Girl Talk, to energize this year’s Pep Rally. Fifteen questions were clearly in order with this sampler extraordinaire...
...sweetheart persona, singing “Give me the green light / Give me just one night / I’m ready to go right now” in a track that sets his buttery vocals against a layered, electrified beat that would do well on any party playlist. The upbeat groove rolls on with the equally solid “It’s Over,” featuring a funky keyboard that harkens back to old school jams while electronic accents and an amusing rap by longtime supporter Kanye West keep things modern. With the energy of these...
...services such as Last.fm and Pandora are replacing traditional radio stations. Last.fm "scrobbles" the music you listen to, in this case on your Sonos system, and creates recommendations based on that. With Pandora, you search for a favorite artist or song, and the service builds an infinite playlist around it. These services are endlessly entertaining...