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Musical Similarity As Conceived By "Avid Recreational Music Listeners", Jason R. Neal
Musical Similarity As Conceived By "Avid Recreational Music Listeners", Jason R. Neal
Jason R. Neal
Over the past century, sociocultural and technological developments have fostered the emergence of what Peterson and Kern (1996) call “omnivorous” music listeners, as well as non-hierarchical forms of categorization like tagging. Despite such trends, genre remains the primary basis for ascertaining similarity in systems with musical content, metadata, or both. Furthermore, techniques employed within many recommender systems indirectly continue to reflect genre-based categorization and taste. This paper will provide an overview of the contexts in which such trends and tensions have emerged. It will also consider prospects for incorporating more actively nuanced dimensions of similarity into recommender systems, which could …
There’S Got To Be Some Kind Of Way Out Of Here: Music, Information, Categorization, And Commodification, Jason R. Neal
There’S Got To Be Some Kind Of Way Out Of Here: Music, Information, Categorization, And Commodification, Jason R. Neal
Jason R. Neal
The increasing ubiquity of digital technologies has facilitated the merging of media content and their metadata within multiple indexing and retrieval systems. In the case of recorded music, individuals can download and store digitized audio (as well as video) content on computers and portable media devices. Conversely, with the emergence of social networking platforms, users can share files, as well as textual content (e.g. comments, reviews, and tags), by uploading them to Websites with music-related content. Ideally, these conditions allow users to connect with others who share similar musical interests, to interact with a greater diversity of music than in …
Categories And “Classical” Music – A Response To “Convergenre: Music In The Age Of Adaptation.”, Jason Neal
Categories And “Classical” Music – A Response To “Convergenre: Music In The Age Of Adaptation.”, Jason Neal
Jason R. Neal
No abstract provided.
Music Recommender Systems And Genre Bias, Jason Neal
Music Recommender Systems And Genre Bias, Jason Neal
Jason R. Neal
No abstract provided.
Precedent Or Preference? Music Recommender Systems And The Challenge Of Genre, Jason Neal
Precedent Or Preference? Music Recommender Systems And The Challenge Of Genre, Jason Neal
Jason R. Neal
With the advent of user-generated content and the capabilities of current information and communication technologies, indexing and retrieval tools for music should facilitate discovery that transcends genre boundaries. Nonetheless, they still privilege genre as the primary mode of categorization. Even recommender systems, which utilize other measures to determine similarity, give the appearance of drawing upon genre. By examining the ambiguous boundaries and definitions of genres, the contexts in which indexing and retrieval tools for music have developed, and the roles played by music at individual and societal levels, this paper considers alternative traits that could act as indicators of “similarity.”
Beyond Genre: Rethinking Music Organization And Recommendation, Jason Neal
Beyond Genre: Rethinking Music Organization And Recommendation, Jason Neal
Jason R. Neal
No abstract provided.
Geheimnisvolle Musik, Jason Neal
Geheimnisvolle Musik, Jason Neal
Jason R. Neal
Looking beyond tradtional genre categorizations, this blog ties together strands of similarities among diverse types of music. As we enter the second decade of the 21st Century, people seem more open to different types of music than in previous times. Or, they at least admit to it more readily. Furthermore, many musicians and composers have engaged with genres beyond the ones with which they are most commonly identified. Still, defining one’s tastes by genre remains firmly established for any number of reasons. If nothing else, it can provide shorthand for identifying one’s status, or it can aid with marketing products …