NPR: New technology predicts which songs are hits

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:32 pm

Kinda creepy. Kinda cool.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =113673324

Okay, not cool. But interesting.

I have to admit to uploading 2 songs to the site and one was "Platinum" status (8.7), the other was "Keep Trying" (4.4).

As a musician, it is cool to see (at least on a mathematical level) whether or not my song is a "hit". Won't change a damn thing about the way I write or perform, but it's cool nonetheless.

So maybe it is cool... like that.

discostu · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:43 pm

There's a precursor to this technology, unfortunately I can't remember the name of it.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:08 pm

discostu Wrote:

There's a precursor to this technology, unfortunately I can't remember the name of it.

Payola?

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:07 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

discostu Wrote:

There's a precursor to this technology, unfortunately I can't remember the name of it.

Payola?

thrillhouse · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:39 am

yeah there was an article in the new york times magazine years ago about this kind of thing. i don't care what anybody says, it's horseshit.

NPR: New technology predicts which songs are hits

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