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What We Saw At Way Out West Hack Battle 2 14 Aug 2013 | 01:18 am
The Echo Nest director of development Paul Lamere attended the Way Out West Hack Battle 2 music hackathon in Sweden last week. In this post, adapted from his MusicMachinery blog, Lamere walks us throu...
White Paper Demonstrates How The Echo Nest Can Help Music Services Monetize High-Value Users 12 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
We have some great new research on how music services can attract and retain high-value users; you can have a look here. Billboard also published an article about this groundbreaking research, which ...
The Echo Nest and Rdio Turn You and Your Friends Into Amazing Radio Stations 8 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm
Rdio, the critically-praised on-demand music service, just introduced a variety of new radio stations with personalization features powered by The Echo Nest, taking personalized listening to the next ...
Hacking The Outside Lands Music Festival 8 Aug 2013 | 02:51 am
The Echo Nest swooped in to co-sponsor Outside Hacks, a music hack day whose goal was to help fans get more out of the Outside Lands music festival, which takes place from August 9 to 11 in San Franci...
Beast band Echo Nest styles for 2013 6 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm
Our dear friend John Allison, author of the amazing internet artwork Bad Machinery, is also just as famous — IF NOT MORE — for the award winning 2011 Echo Nest t-shirt design, currently worn by thousa...
The Echo Nest Powers Univision's First Personalized Radio Service 30 Jul 2013 | 06:01 pm
The Latin-music-loving, iPhone-having public has a great new listening option. Our industry-leading music discovery system has a new customer in Univision, the largest media network catering to one of...
Beat Bash for Leap Motion Syncs Gameplay to Music 26 Jul 2013 | 11:35 pm
The Echo Nest’s deep understanding of music incorporates everything from what people are saying about music to how it actually sounds — as in, the beats, measures, segments, key, and much more. The l...
The Echo Nest Rocks Denver's First Music Hack Day 24 Jul 2013 | 01:26 am
If you know The Echo Nest, you know that Music Hack Days hold a special place in our hearts, even as we continue inking deals with some of the biggest brands on the planet. As a founding sponsor of th...
The Echo Nest Helps Reimagine Music Teaching in NYC 9 Jul 2013 | 09:46 pm
Studies have conclusively proven that music education improves children’s skills in other areas. Besides that, many believe music to be worthwhile even on its own. Still, music education funding can b...
Jim Lucchese Talks Musical Identity on Bloomberg Television 27 Jun 2013 | 06:41 pm
As part of our work with Musical Identity, we’re exploring how music taste, as expressed by people’s online interactions with music, can predict everything from movie taste to political affiliation. ...
