It all started with Infinite Gangnam Style. For Music Hack Day Reykjavik, Paul Lamere, Director of Development Platform for the "music intelligence" company The Echo Nest, took Psy's "Gangnam Style" sensation to the next technological level. By breaking down the song into parts and matching similar parts in various patterns, he created a dynamic remix of the song that never ends. For Music Hack Day Boston last weekend, he modified and updated the musical algorithm to work with (nearly) any song, resulting in the webware app Infinite Jukebox, with the tagline "For when your favorite song just isn't long enough."
Although servers are getting slammed this week (putting the site into "Call Me Maybe" mode), the app works by letting users upload any MP3 files they want, then providing a permanent URL for the infinite remix, with a super cool visualization of the song's "beats" and "paths."
Each block in this visualization of R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)" represents one beat.
(Credit: CNET) According to a blog post on Lamere's Music Machinery site.: ... [Read more]
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