Spotify’s Playlists Can Now Predict Which Songs You’ll Want to Add
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Spotify is expe rimenting with a feature called Playlist Extender that uses an algorithm to automatically suggest songs when you’re creating playlists. And here’s the crazy part: It recommends songs based solely on the name of the playlist, even before you’ve added any music. On Twitter, Spotify’s Echo Nest platform director Paul Lamere shared some examples: Start a playlist called “moog” and the system suggests songs famous for their use of Moog synthesizers, such as music by Donna Summer, Parliament, and Emerson Lake and Palmer. It also pulled a song from “Switched On Bach” the album of classical music that pretty much popularized early synthesizers.
Spotify’s Playlists Can Now Predict Which Songs You’ll Want to Add
Spotify’s Playlists Can Now Predict Which…
Spotify’s Playlists Can Now Predict Which Songs You’ll Want to Add
Spotify is expe rimenting with a feature called Playlist Extender that uses an algorithm to automatically suggest songs when you’re creating playlists. And here’s the crazy part: It recommends songs based solely on the name of the playlist, even before you’ve added any music. On Twitter, Spotify’s Echo Nest platform director Paul Lamere shared some examples: Start a playlist called “moog” and the system suggests songs famous for their use of Moog synthesizers, such as music by Donna Summer, Parliament, and Emerson Lake and Palmer. It also pulled a song from “Switched On Bach” the album of classical music that pretty much popularized early synthesizers.