Every week, thousands of artists release albums on Spotify. Sifting through all this new music to find good stuff to listen to can be hard. Luckily, there are lots of tools from New Music Tuesd...
There’s a strong connection between music and memory. Whenever I here the song Lovin You by Minnie Riperton, I’m instantly transported back to 1975 when I spent the summer apprenticed to Tom,...
https://musicmachinery.com/2015/04/12/50-years-ago-in-music/
In yesterday’s post about the Hot Songs of Summer 2013, I noted that some songs were attracting a very passionate fan base. In particular, the song Miss Movin’ On by Fifth Harmony was an ext...
https://musicmachinery.com/2013/09/13/the-fighting-fifth-the-fifth-harmony-fan-army/
I’ve been reading all my books lately using Kindle for iPhone. It is a great way to read – and having a library of books in my pocket at all times means I’m never without a book. One f...
https://musicmachinery.com/2010/03/26/spying-on-how-we-read/
Worth checking out: Normalisr
https://musicmachinery.com/2009/12/14/normalisr-time-based-charts-of-your-last-fm-data/
Last week, on the Hype machine blog, Anthony indicated his increasing frustration in how easily charts could be manipulated – Anthony wanted a better way, one that was transparent, and gave mor...
https://musicmachinery.com/2009/07/12/techcrunch-rickrolls-the-hype-machine/
Billboard, the venerable maintainer of the Billboard Hot 100 and a bevy of other music charts, is now making this data available via an API. The API “puts the entire rich history of the Billb...