BigKahune Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 . I thought some of the members would find this interesting. Here's the lead-in from Slashdot : What happens when two Rutgers grad students analyze 50 years of Billboard Top 10 hits with MIT offshoot Echo Nest's API and turn the data into visualizations for an assignment? Great looking visualizations for one, and a fascinating look at 50 years of Pop music at the data level. Posing the question, 'Is there a formula for a hit song?' the students write, 'What if we knew, for example, that 80% of the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles from 1960-2010 are sung in a major key with an average of 135 beats per minute, that they all follow a I-III-IV chord progression in 4/4 time signature, and that they all follow a "verse-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus" sequence structure?" The article - https://sites.google.com/site/visualizingahit/home Visualizations - https://sites.google.com/site/visualizingahit/results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest farnsbarns Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Nice find. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 dont give any 10 year old any ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Hasnt something like this been done before? Like how a certain chord progession appeals to the average human more than the other chord progessions? Either way this is a good find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I use variations of A-C-D all the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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