The Echo Nest Builds Better Radio for Playlist.com to Fill Every Music Need
Unlimited, commercial-free stations including the world’s largest catalog of 20M high fidelity tracks and over 500 genre-based stations
Playlist.com has redefined Internet radio with the launch of its smart radio service; smart radio means better stations, personalized on the fly, as reported by The Next Web. The 80 million playlists created by 60M previously registered users are being turned into top-notch streaming radio stations that never get stale and improve as people listen. How, you ask? By leveraging The Echo Nest’s understanding of each fan’s unique Musical Identity (who you are as a music fan and what that says about you) and our Taste Profiling technology.
The commercial-free Playlist service is using The Echo Nest to convert its 80 million user-curated playlists into smart radio stations that start out great and improve over time. Our Taste Profiling technology learns more about each Playlist user based on what they play, skip, like, and so on. The more people listen, the better their music gets. Perhaps what’s coolest is that all of this is done dynamically, meaning that not only do the stations improve over time for every user, but they also change within the course of a single listening session. It’s music that listens to you.
Playlist’s smart radio service offers 20 million high fidelity tracks and over 500 genre-based stations (in addition to the playlist-generated ones) to fill every music need. Users can search any song, artist or genre and instantly get a station with that music. Using simple sliders, listeners ramp up the popularity of songs or choose to discover new music. They can also adjust the energy of their stations -- slow and easy or fast and fun.
No other music intelligence platform scales or understands individual music fans the way we do. It’s a powerful combination with applications you can see and hear today at playlist.com.
For more on The Echo Nest's partnership with Playlist.com, see The Next Web's story.