Monthly Archives: October 2006
Dosh - The Lost Take
Came across this track on promonet and I think it’s beautiful.
Dosh - The Lost Take
Download “Um, Circles and Squares” (MP3, 192kbps)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
SXSW panel idea: The Ultimate Music Recommendation Smackdown
SXSW is still months away, but I can’t help but get excited already. The list on upcoming.org is growing , and panels are being selected using a cool new tool that lets people vote for which panels should be added to the conference.
Speaking of panels being selected, yours truly has proposed a panel for this years SXSW. I know that the panels that do the best, seem to be the ones that are slightly confrontational, a bit tongue in cheek, but still very informative. So keeping that in mind, my proposed panel description is as follows:
With the unprecedented accessibility of recorded music, how can we discover that hot new band when there are millions of possibilities at our fingertips? Fortunately, many companies address this very question. Find out which service creates playlists worthy of a veteran DJ, and which service recommends tracks like an iPod set on shuffle as they battle it out in the ultimate playlist smackdown. Based on audience feedback, trophies will be awarded.
You can vote for my panel here:
http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/panel_picker/#panel_23
Music recommendation experts out there might might be wondering about a few things. What sample data will be used? What will the audience voting be based on? What metrics will be used? etc… There are definitely a few details to be worked out (if you have any good ideas, please add in a comment on this blog, or email me directly). But the main point of the panel is to have fun and to show SXSW attendees all the great new music recommendation services out there. So to quote the Simpsons, in a sense, everyone is a winner, but in a more specific sense, one service will be the winner ;)
You can go vote for it here!