We’re not sure when, but Facebook added a design tweak to get people to Like more music on Facebook, which I, for one, noticed on Wednesday. If one of your Facebook friends posts a YouTube link to a song (screenshot), for example, Facebook might try to get you to Like the artist’s page. Why would…
Earworms. For some, these overly-catchy songs, or even just bits of them, are a serious problem, haunting us for hours or even days. They threaten our peace of mind, if not our very sanity. In just the past week, the author has personally been plagued by earworms including “Carry On” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash and…
Music identification services are awesome, because, as if by magic, they can identify most of the music you hear around you with a simple tap of your smartphone screen. They’re also awesome because they can tell what songs people don’t know — and want to find out about. How do these music identification services know that?…
