"More of an art than a science": Supporting the creation of playlists and mixes

Cunningham, Sally Jo; Bainbridge, David; Falconer, Annette

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Cunningham, S. J., Bainbridge, D., & Falconer, A. (2006). "More of an art than a science": Supporting the creation of playlists and mixes. In Proceedings: Seventh International Conference on Music Information Retrieval. ISMIR 2006: 8-12 October 2006, Victoria, Canada. (c) 2006 University of Victoria.

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Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of how people construct playlists and mixes. Interviews with practitioners and postings made to a web site are analyzed using a grounded theory approach to extract themes and categorizations. The information sought is often encapsulated as music information retrieval tasks, albeit not as the traditional "known item search" paradigm. The collated data is analyzed and trends identified and discussed in relation to

music information retrieval algorithms that could help support such activity.

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2006-10-01

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Conference Contribution

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University of Victoria

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