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Find songs you (might) like with Audiobaba
Music services like Pandora are designed to play music you'll like by examining the first song you input and evaluating songs you thumbs up or down in the future.But what if you just want the recommendations, but don't have time to listen to the music now? That's where Audiobaba comes in. The web service lets you type in a single artist or song title, and presents you with a list of songs that sound similar.
You can "bookmark" the songs, which essentially means adding it to a favorites page, listen to a 30 second preview, or buy music from Amazon or iTunes. That's about it.
It has a simple, easy to use interface and would be a great service -- if its algorithm worked a little better. For example, Modest Mouse's "Black Cadillacs" brings up results including Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69."
And while clicking on the purchase option for Glen Phillips "Dam Would Break" brings up his acoustic rendition of the song on Amazon, you get the Toad the Wet Sprocket version at iTunes. So you might wind up buying a track that doesn't match the sample you heard at Audiobaba.
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vgfhfgh said 9:47PM on 4-27-2007
Well, the recommendation quality of Pandora is bad as well, so no surprise there...
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Chip said 11:05PM on 4-27-2007
Well, the concept is kinda cool, but the actual recommendations are, well, crap. When I search for a songs similar a popular artist like Kelly Clarkson, I should not find a song by the Canadian Prog Rock band Rush (and a song that was 30+ years old at that)! Gimme a break...
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Dav said 6:26AM on 4-30-2007
All in all, I would say that the product is not as good as The Filter - which has also just relaunched it's website.
That service has had a pretty good track record of recommending me new music, and it can also fill my iPod and make me playlists.
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kyibo said 1:18PM on 5-11-2007
how to operate audiobaba
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