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So we have a subscription to Pandora, the "music genome project." The idea is that you "seed" a channel with one or two songs and then it extrapolates from those to play others that you might like. You can thumbs-up or thumbs-down a given song to sort of train it on what you like. Generally, it isn't bad and I've discovered two or three new groups (e.g., Oysterband) that I really like through them.

When it plays a new song, it offers you the option to query it, "Why is this song playing?" Normally you get answers like, "This song has close harmonies and a folksy sound" or "This song has a strong melody line and a complex backbeat."

This evening we queried a song Pandora played on our Pretorius channel.

The response was, "This song has amazing sackbuttlery."

I can't even bwahahahaaaaaaa type that without laughing :D

Date: 2013-10-08 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iulia_linnea.livejournal.com
What is "sackbuttlery"?

Date: 2013-10-08 11:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iulia_linnea.livejournal.com
It's the best description from Pandora, ever! :D

Date: 2013-10-08 12:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] duniazade.livejournal.com
Superb! *giggles*

Date: 2013-10-08 02:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mundungus42.livejournal.com
Pandora rises several notches in my estimation for that. That's definitely better than "hella wicked glissandi." And having marched sackbut, I have to ask- what track/artist was it??

Sackbuttlery is definitely better than "sackbutting" or "sackbuttery," which sounds vaguely obscene.

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