So I guess we're just one step away from a computer program that will
CREATE the hits, thereby allowing us composers & musicians to dedicate
100% of our time & resources to smoking pot...
Welcome to Microsoft Music!
-Ian O
CoffeeShop Music
http://www.mp3.com/coffeeshop_music
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Computer Hits
When a news release arrived announcing that a company in Barcelona,
Spain, had developed an artificial intelligence application that could
analyze a song and determine its potential to become a hit, it seemed to
be a practical joke poking fun at the desperation and cluelessness of
the music business.
But I regret to inform you that further research has determined that not
only does this company, Polyphonic HMI, seem to exist, but there are
already several major labels — Sony Music, RCA, and Universal UK — that
are either using it or considering the option. Among its advocates is
Muff Winwood, the former Spencer Davis Group bassist who is now an
executive at Sony...
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