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Suhit Gupta
07-16-2004, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.musicplasma.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.musicplasma.com/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The closer the artists are, musically speaking, the closer to each otehr they will be displayed on screen. You will be likely to appreciate artists close to the one you selected at first. The artists such as represented in cluster related one to another through their music style (Rock, Funk, Pop, Folk, Electro) but also similar epochs(60's, 70's...)."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/musicplasma.jpg" /><br /><br />I had actually seen this site some time ago but then my colleague pointed it out to me again this week and I figured it might be worth posting. The halo surrounding an artist's name represents how popular he is where the larger the halo is, the more popular the artist is or the more representative he is of a music style. However, it is unclear to me how U2 has such a small halo around their name,while Warren Zevon has a humungous halo. Anyways, it is still a very nifty flash application. I really wonder where they get their data from. My speculation is that it is from Amazon because the the thumbnails of the albums, plus the links themselves point to Amazon. Interesting.

Jason Kravitz
07-16-2004, 07:05 PM
That is a comprehensive database. I guess that would make sense if they are using amazon or allmusic.com to determine which bands sound similar etc

I searched on several obscure bands and it had them linked up with similar bands correctly. This is a nice resource for finding new music!

Neil Enns
07-17-2004, 06:50 AM
Sigh. Within three clicks I was at A*Teens. Don't tell my wife, she already hates my music tastes.

Neil

Ed Hansberry
07-20-2004, 02:29 AM
Not totally comprehensive. No Sugarplum Fairies, Jasmine Star, and a few others in my collection, but it is a good database. Found Azure Ray the other day.

Jonathon Watkins
07-21-2004, 12:42 AM
Nice idea. Needs more data - I don't believe that the 'new pornographers are a lot more popular than Moby.

I'd like to see this in real 3D. That would be fun. 8)