Friday, June 25, 2010

The Motion Sick: A Brief Study of The Motion Sick in Pandora

Presently, we have two songs in Pandora's system. We're hoping to get more in, but there are a lot of complex and annoying barriers to this happening. Regardless, I thought it would be interesting to see what Pandora recommended to users who elected to create a station based on our music. This is a very brief look, but I find it interesting...so, here is what I got...

First, a tiny bit about how they classified our two songs. I am sure there is a lot more info, but this is the quick summary:

"The Day After" - basic rock song structures, a subtle use of vocal harmony, extensive vamping, minor key tonality, and mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation.

"Satellite" - basic rock song structures, a subtle use of vocal harmony, extensive vamping, major key tonality, mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation, and acoustic rhythm guitar.

Artists that came up on The Motion Sick radio: New Radiant Storm King, Todd Rundgren, Ladder, Kaspar Hauser, Pants Yell!, Marlboro Chorus, Awesome Color, Like A Fox, Magnolia Summer, Blessid Union of Souls, Halou, Doves, Jeremy Jay, David Fagin

1 comments:

  1. Jean-Paul Cougar MellencampJun 25, 2010 01:09 PM
    Any iTunes genius mix (from my library) based on a TMS song always spits back a mix of mainstream classic rock, with a notable overrepresentation of John Mellencamp songs. I think this means Pandora has better taste than most of your fans.
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