Music Search Project Could Redefine How Listeners Find Their Favorites

The Search Inside the Music project within Sun Microsystems Laboratories digs into the actual characteristics of music, identifying patterns and traits, and then associating that with other like music. Instead of using lists of metadata about the music author, album, or composer, listeners can ask for the types of music they like -- and get it, culled from vast stores of musical possibilities. Join your host and moderator, Dana Gardner, for a podcast discussion with Paul Lamere, a staff engineer at Sun Microsystems Labs and principal investigator for Search Inside the Music, and learn how the tonal gems can be abstracted from the noise rough based on each listeners' unique tastes. Read a full transcript of the discussion at http://briefingsdirect.blogspot.com/2007/02/transcript-of-briefingsdirect-podcast.html.