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Want More Proof That the Music Industry Is Playing You?
02/25/2003

A Spanish computer program has a 93% success rate at picking out pop hits:

Scientists in Barcelona, Spain, have created a new "tune technology" to accurately pinpoint which songs will be hits, using 22 variables, such as melody, beat, harmony and the distance between the singer and the microphone.

Researcher Mike McCready says the computer program is 93 percent successful in picking which songs become hits.

I've got a lot of question marks (e.g., how do they define hit? from among what songs is the program picking?), but I'm not surprised that such a thing would be possible. Don't be an automaton — buy independent!

Posted by Justin Katz @ 06:22 PM EST