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A review by jokeefe28
You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song: How Streaming Changes Music by Glenn McDonald
4.0
First a Disclaimer and then a caveat
Disclaimer: I have known and been friends with glenn (sic) for over 35 years. I do not believe this influenced my review but just be aware.
Caveat: glenn is passionate about music while I merely enjoy it. I know this because music was a primary topic of conversation from when we first met. Heck, I was one of the readers for a very early (printed) attempt of his to catalog music.
With those two out of the way I will say that I find the book both incredibly informative and entertaining. glenn's style of writing matches his speaking style and which helps me digest the topic even if I lack glenn's (ahem) passion.
If you're curious about how Spotify works it's music matching magic or you are simply interested in the more esoteric genre-ficiation of music I think you'll enjoy this book quite a lot. Personally, I came to this from the interest in the underlying technology/algorithms of it but I also picked up a few song recommendations that really worked out for me (thanks for Flight of Icarus glenn).
I suspect there's probably another book in him related to AI as it poked it's head in there towards the end and I'll definitely pick that one up should that happen.
Disclaimer: I have known and been friends with glenn (sic) for over 35 years. I do not believe this influenced my review but just be aware.
Caveat: glenn is passionate about music while I merely enjoy it. I know this because music was a primary topic of conversation from when we first met. Heck, I was one of the readers for a very early (printed) attempt of his to catalog music.
With those two out of the way I will say that I find the book both incredibly informative and entertaining. glenn's style of writing matches his speaking style and which helps me digest the topic even if I lack glenn's (ahem) passion.
If you're curious about how Spotify works it's music matching magic or you are simply interested in the more esoteric genre-ficiation of music I think you'll enjoy this book quite a lot. Personally, I came to this from the interest in the underlying technology/algorithms of it but I also picked up a few song recommendations that really worked out for me (thanks for Flight of Icarus glenn).
I suspect there's probably another book in him related to AI as it poked it's head in there towards the end and I'll definitely pick that one up should that happen.