Years ago I ran across a great term: ego-casting. It describes our tendency to only seek out and consume things that we agree with that which makes us feel included and comfortable. The result
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What are your biggest issues with playlists? Do they take too long to make? Are they too static and unchanging? Do you have a hard time striking a balance, or finding the perfect
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Chance are that if you have a smartphone, you’ve downloaded Shazam, the magical app that “listens” to a song and then identifies for you. I use this thing a lot. The BBC reports
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In yet another example of how the Age of Skynet is moving ever closer, we have this story about rapping robots. Or at least rapping software programs. From Mashable: The highly structured nature
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Between 1963 and 1970, the Beatles underwent a series of astonishing musical transformations, moving from “I Want to Hold Your Hand” to the sophistication of Abbey Road. This musical progression is obvious to
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Let’s face it: there’s just too much music. Many of us spend too much of our time researching and looking for music that we don’t spend nearly enough time savouring it. Our attention
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A group of engineering students at the University of California, San Diego, are working on an algorithm that can look at a picture of a person and tell if they’re into Goth, a
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