Subject: Descent of Pop - re-discovering the charts From: Matthias Mauch <matthiasmauch@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 14:54:07 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_A8C9C30D-76C9-4D41-A60F-CAA8A8ADFB58 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hello everyone, As posted on the music-ir list, I'd like to share with you our new = chart-discovery web-page:=20 http://descentofpop.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/ The discovery works in two ways: I can assure you will be surprised to = re-discover what music was charting when (and ask yourself why!) =97 and = we'll discover more about our data through your feedback. This is, of course, a continuation of the work I did in 2011 at Last.fm = (e.g. http://blog.last.fm/2011/06/16/percussiveness-and-the-disco-diva) = =97 but which of these trends are actually real and which are down to = recording quality? With your help we will find out! Please check it out:=20 http://descentofpop.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/ http://descentofpop.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/check.php Cheers, Matthias --- Dr. Matthias Mauch Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at the=20 Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London matthias.mauch@xxxxxxxx http://matthiasmauch.net --Apple-Mail=_A8C9C30D-76C9-4D41-A60F-CAA8A8ADFB58 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hello = everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>As posted on the music-ir list, I'd = like to share with you our new chart-discovery = web-page: </div><div><a = href=3D"http://descentofpop.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/">http://descentofpop.eecs.qmu= l.ac.uk/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The discovery works in two ways: I = can assure you will be surprised to re-discover what music was charting = when (and ask yourself why!) =97 and we'll discover more about our data = through your feedback.</div><div><br></div><div>This is, of course, a = continuation of the work I did in 2011 at Last.fm (e.g. <a = href=3D"http://blog.last.fm/2011/06/16/percussiveness-and-the-disco-diva">= http://blog.last.fm/2011/06/16/percussiveness-and-the-disco-diva</a>) =97 = but which of these trends are actually real and which are down to = recording quality?</div><div><br></div><div>With your help we will find = out! Please check it out: </div><div><a = href=3D"http://descentofpop.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/">http://descentofpop.eecs.qmu= l.ac.uk/</a></div><div><a = href=3D"http://descentofpop.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/check.php">http://descentofpop= .eecs.qmul.ac.uk/check.php</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>= Matthias</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <div>---<br><br>Dr. Matthias Mauch<br>Royal Academy of Engineering = Research Fellow at the <br>Centre for Digital Music, Queen = Mary, University of London<br><a = href=3D"mailto:matthias.mauch@xxxxxxxx">matthias.mauch@xxxxxxxx= .uk</a><br><a = href=3D"http://matthiasmauch.net">http://matthiasmauch.net</a></div> </div> </div></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_A8C9C30D-76C9-4D41-A60F-CAA8A8ADFB58--