uPlaya - do you have a hit?
Apparently one of my favourite songs that I wrote (Luna), is not bad, but not quite a world wide hit - 5.8 on their scale, which they term Honorable Mention. Apparently if you have a "better song" you get an award (for what its worth.)
[edit: another song I wrote (Ain't half empty got a Silver Auddy - at 6.6 out of, I assume, 10, which means it could almost be a hit. LOL. I guess there are songs out there that get the lowest "don't quit your day job" rating, hmmm. /edit]
The technology has been mentioned in quite a few places, including the TV show Numb3rs. Really wish they'd have more concrete answers, but all you get is a total score, not a score on each element. In some ways, you know its BS, but at the same time, you know "hits" do have specific elements - their site does explain some of how hit songs tend to have elements that fall into "clusters." But no real explanation of what those elements are.
They have some cool graphics of the clusters and all, but don't provide that for their instant reviews. Musicians can upload their own songs and see how they fair (the first two are free, but paid after that.) Interesting at least.
Doesn't mean the song is good art or not, just is it "hit" worthy.
So, there's a banner below - I added it just for fun. If a few people become subscribers there I get to test a few more songs. I don't really care pretty sure I'm not a hit writer/performer. Just creating music I enjoy singing and performing, and lots of people have said they've enjoyed. Good enough. But hey, if you're a musician, try it for fun at the very least.
[edit: another song I wrote (Ain't half empty got a Silver Auddy - at 6.6 out of, I assume, 10, which means it could almost be a hit. LOL. I guess there are songs out there that get the lowest "don't quit your day job" rating, hmmm. /edit]
The technology has been mentioned in quite a few places, including the TV show Numb3rs. Really wish they'd have more concrete answers, but all you get is a total score, not a score on each element. In some ways, you know its BS, but at the same time, you know "hits" do have specific elements - their site does explain some of how hit songs tend to have elements that fall into "clusters." But no real explanation of what those elements are.
They have some cool graphics of the clusters and all, but don't provide that for their instant reviews. Musicians can upload their own songs and see how they fair (the first two are free, but paid after that.) Interesting at least.
Doesn't mean the song is good art or not, just is it "hit" worthy.
So, there's a banner below - I added it just for fun. If a few people become subscribers there I get to test a few more songs. I don't really care pretty sure I'm not a hit writer/performer. Just creating music I enjoy singing and performing, and lots of people have said they've enjoyed. Good enough. But hey, if you're a musician, try it for fun at the very least.
posted by NeilS @ 8:43 PM
1 Comments:
At September 10, 2009 at 4:17 PM ,
munichreporter said...
Yeah, that Uplaya thing is a tempting gimmick. I can begin to see what makes it tick, comparing Luna and Ain't half full (and, well, the two songs I submitted). Knowing a little about statistical analysis, I know the math part is a doozy. The interesting question is: what exactly are they looking at in a song? Beat? Most likely. Rhythm? Yup. Sonic range? I'd guess. And so on and so on. They sure don't let you know all too much about it.
But for what it's worth: it got you one visitor/listener!
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