Re:DiscoverTracks – Musicians you love listen to what you like
by ocolot on Monday July 28, 2014 @12:17PM
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sorry you didn't like what your favorite artists like.
interesting "human algorithm" approach, but I believe machines can help sorting the recommendations with a better bird eye view ;)
btw, I am currently working on an algorithmic improvement to discriminate mainstream tracks from alternative tracks if your interested into it
I made a slightly different take on this: http://likesorter.herokuapp.com/#
It shows me in a table my likes and then allows me to see (in table form) the likes of artists I follow. Being able to sort my tags, plays, and song likes, I get more signals on whether I might actually like the song.
Music discovery is a really tricky problem. It takes roughly a minute each song to know whether I like a song or not. There's almost too many microgenres to keep track of (I like tech house but not trap house). My tastes are eclectic: you'll find cheesy songs right next to the hippest coolest disco funk track. The artists I follow probably have similarly eclectic tastes.