Thursday, November 15, 2007

Musical Genius

Maybe its because I'm a biologist at heart, but I love this new website a friend showed me called Music Genome Project. People quantify the various musical aspects of a song and list them in its genome. They take this information and the songs that you like, correlate it all and come up with a list of songs that you would like. It works amazingly well. After selecting a couple songs it will automatically bring up other songs that I know and love that fit perfectly, then new ones that I have not heard before. Yahoo music used to do this a little, but this website is amazing. Anyway, these are some of the things that I like about my music...mellow rock instrumentation, folk influences, acoustic sonority, a sublte use of vocal harmony, mild rhythmic syncopation, repetitive melodic phrasing, extensive vamping and minor key tonality. Some conflict because they come from different "stations" that I made.

In the spirit of music I figured I will update my latest additions music list:

Name Artist
Time After Time INOJ
After All This Time Simon Webbe
Breathe Telepopmusik
Simple Man Lynyrd Skynyrd
Welcome To The Black Parade My Chemical Romance
Aerodynamic Daft Punk
Harder, Better, Faster, Daft Punk
The Adventure Final Angels & Airwaves
Do It For Me Now Angels & Airwaves
Everything's Magic Angels & Airwaves
Good Day Angels & Airwaves
Only You Joshua Radin
Start The Machine Angels & Airwaves
Valkyrie Missile Angels & Airwaves
The War Angels & Airwaves
The World Is Mine David Guetta
Let Me Love You Down Injo
Sensibility Acoustic Alchemy
Sensibility 2 Acoustic Alchemy
This Is Why I'm Hot (Instrumental) MIMS
Time After Time Quietdrive
The World Is Mine David Guetta
Apologize One Republic Ft. Timbaland
Do It Nelly Furtado
Electropop Juipter Rising
Feels Like Home Meck Ft. Dino
Give It To Me Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/JY
Put Em Up (Radio Edit) Edun
Young Folks Peter Bjorn And John

As always there are songs that are old that I am getting to fill in holes in my collection. There is also a disproportionate amount of Angels and Airwaves. I tried out a few and liked these.

12 comments:

Bennett Family said...

i love your list. cracks me up. nice to see i'm not the ONLY one that loves a WIDE variety of music from punk to ska to hip-hop to folk to blue grass...i love it all (exept hard rock or country)

Carson Calderwood said...

One day your musical palate will mature and you will enjoy the finer aspects of country music.

Lettie B. said...

Carson - I am always impressed that you are still finding new music to like. Around this house we hear a lot of Raffi and not much else. I don't have a radio in my car so I have no idea what new stuff is even out there. I think I pick up a new song or two about once a quarter and that is it. I'll have to check out the site you mentioned to see what else is out there for me.

Anonymous said...

Bennett family, I laugh that you wrote that Carson likes punk. He hates punk and I put some punk songs on his list to annoy him. You need to teach him the joy of punk and ska. Carson, I'm glad to see that you left my songs on your list!

Carson Calderwood said...

Cody, you seriously have misunderstood me. Marisa and I love punk. I give you a hard time about Ska. Name a few "punk" songs that I have told you I don't like. Here is my punk list off my computer:

Name Artist
Drunken Lullabies Flogging Molly
Devil's Dance Floor Flogging Molly
Pirate Song Flogging Molly
In Too Deep Sum 41
What's My Age Again? Blink-182
The Boys Of Summer The Ataris
College Kids Relient K
First Date Blink-182
I'm OK, You're OK MXPX
It's Been A Summer A New Found Glory
Almost Bowling For Soup
Hate To Say I Told You So The Hives
My Friend's Over You A New Found Glory
My Heart Will Go On A New Found Glory
Paint It Black Gob
Pride No Use For A Name
Riot Girl Good Charlotte
Softer To Me Relient K
Take On Me MXPX
Time After Time A New Found Glory
All The Small Things Blink-182
Flavor Of The Week American Hi-Fi
Girl's Not Grey A.F.I.
Girls & Boys Good Charlotte
Sadie Hawkins Dance Relient K
Somewhere In Fullerton Allister
Stay Together for the Kids Blink-182
Still The One Punk Cover
Sucker A New Found Glory
All Or Nothing (O-Town Cover) Fake I.D.
Bloody Valentine Good Charlotte
Crush (Mandy Moore Cover) Noise Ratchet
Everywhere (Michelle Branch Cover) Yellowcard
I Come From A Land Down Under Pennywise
Rhythms Sum 41
Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash Cover) Social Distortion
Send Me An Angel (Real Life Cover 80's) Thrice
Somewhere Over The Rainbow Unknown
Tainted Love Punk Cover
99 Red Balloons Goldfinger
Danny's Song Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Fire And Rain Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Happy Together Simple Plan
I Am A Rock Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Nobody Does It Better Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Rocket Man Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Sweet Caroline Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
8675309 Blink-182
Dangit - Edited Blink-182
I'm Just A Kid - Edited Simple Plan
Not Nothin' - Edited Stroke 9
Open Your Eyes - Edited Goldfinger
Washin' And Wonderin' - Edited Stroke 9
What's My Age Again - Edited Blink-182
1985 - Edited Bowling For Soup

Anonymous said...

Carson, there are many songs that the music industry has categorized as punk, but you have told me are ska. Therefore, I harass you about not liking ska and punk both. I obviously know you like some punk, but much of it you turn away from. It's ok Carson, embrace your wild side, start to jam out to some ska and ska-like punk tunes. A whole new world will open up to you! Once you embrace it, next thing you know, you will be playing Real Big Fish and Mighty Mighty Bosstones in your new dental practice. It will be awesome! (ps, I know what you do and don't like, I just have to harass you when you claim to be open to ALL types of music.)

Carson Calderwood said...

That sounded like you want me to come out of the closet...

"embrace your wild side"

"A whole new world will open up to you! Once you embrace it"

Real Big Fish - gay sounding
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - gay sounding

Bennett Family said...

carson...you crack me up w/the whole gay thing...anyway. check out CHERRY POPPIN' DADDIES and THE ENGLISH BEAT (one of my ALL TIME favorites!!!)

Anonymous said...

Gay? You are accusing those groups of sounding gay when you are touting 'Peter Bjorn and John' as a cool group? Wow, that's about as gay a group name as I've ever heard.

Carson Calderwood said...

European, not gay.

http://www.vizu.com/vot/Grab-bag/Hot+or+not/hot/not/euro/poll-vote.html?n=8442

Carson Calderwood said...

http://www.vizu.com/vot/Grab-bag/
Hot+or+not/hot/not/euro/
poll-vote.html?n=8442

The Hunsakers said...

I've been using Pandora for over a year. It works really well at school when I want music in the background while the students work and while I work, but I don't want all of the commercials. In a week I will create a Christmas one for the season.