There are many search tools for finding new music on the web. Just type in, “artist, genre or title and you’ll find some results. Ho Hum. I’ve been forced to use this same music search paradigm for years. However, there is a new breed of music sites cropping up that will give you new ways to discover new music. “Musiclens enables users to find pieces of music using very vaguely described criteria, such as loudness (perceived volume), mood or purpose. The search or recommendation query can be enhanced or limited by adjusting the ten navigation control sliders”. This site works well and has a great visualization tool.
Tag Archives: music
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Musiclens – Music Discovery Visualization
– July 15, 2006 - No comments - Posted in Data, Music, Visualizations. -
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Musicovery – Content Visualization
– June 11, 2006 - No comments - Posted in Music, Visualizations. -
As a web application designer I’m always looking for new ways to visualize information and content. Musicovery has showed us a different way of visualizing and browsing music. While the menu is a standard set of music categories, the browse interface itself is like a map with your genre of music displayed in a map-like drag enabled environment. You can drag the music map around your genre until you find an interesting artist. Then when you click on their name the artist is repositioned to the center of the map and the music start playing, along with some nice visual effects.
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Podbop Entrance Page
– February 20, 2006 - No comments - Posted in Design Patterns, Search, Start Pages. -
Excellent use of color, oversized text, and a well designed map navigator are highlights of the Podbop start page. The interior uses the same high contrast and highly readable layout. The dark brown and lime green work well together with the white font. The site has a great user experience with inline previews of the band’s mp3’s categorized by date and location.