June 16, 2004

Well you gotcher guitar and yer practice amp

This is a neat little project--pitchformula.com: music criticism as a creative tool.

By writing software to statisically analyze the content of several thousand record reviews from the Pitchfork music website, I generate a set of compositional guidelines based on the musical preferences expressed by the critics.
Kind of a Komar and Melamid for the Modest Mouse set.

Via MeFi.

Posted by Dana at June 16, 2004 11:30 AM
Comments

ahhh, wm. carlos wms. spinning in his grave. such a refreshing image.

huh? off-topic?

Posted by: reeves at June 16, 2004 01:08 PM

The question is, would I want to listen to music made to order for the Pitchfork critics? (The answer is, no.)

Posted by: Maximus at June 16, 2004 01:26 PM