The Schema: Mathematical Potential

DIY music used to consist of a C30 cassette of tunes which you'd recorded on a 4-track in your shed. You scrawled on it with some biro, or a felt tip if you were posh, shoved it in a jiffy bag and sent it to John Peel. But now, it's different, isn't it. Yes, it is.

The Schema challenge is to record, distribute and promote a single from my bedroom in a 30-day timeframe. The resulting yacht-rock spectacular is called Those Rules You Made, and is released under the name The Schema on 20th August, via iTunes and a load of other online stores. My name is Rhodri, and this is the story...

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Mathematical Potential

Someone alerted me to this website called Hit Song Science, where your uploaded MP3 will be mathematically analysed for hit potential. I quote from their website:

The analysis application is able to "listen" to any CD and isolate patterns in many musical events, some of which are melody, harmony, tempo, pitch, octave, beat, rhythm, fullness of sound, noise, brilliance, and chord progression. This is a process called Spectral Deconvolution. Each song is then mapped onto a grid we call the music universe and is positioned according to its mathematical characteristics. Each song is represented by a dot on the universe and the songs on one end of the universe are vastly different from songs on the other end of the universe. Songs with mathematical similarities are positioned very close to one another.

Well, they were offering a free trial, so I decided to have "Those Rules You Made" Spectrally Deconvoluted. The results make for astounding reading, so much so that I've used to report to get my bank to guarantee me a £500,000 loan against future sales of the MP3. Hit Song Science advises that:

A score of 7.00 or above denotes clear mathematical hit potential.

"Those Rules You Made" scores 7.07. My closest neighbours in the Music Universe are, apparently:

AALIYAH - MORE THAN A WOMAN
KASABIAN - PROCESSED BEATS
TRAVIS - WALKING IN THE SUN
SHAKIRA - WHENEVER WHEREVER
ELTON JOHN - ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE

If it made any bloody sense, it would almost be revealing. Hit Song Science do, in fact, cover their arses by adding that their mathematical rating doesn't guarantee hit potential:

Remember that in order to have a hit your song must also sound like a hit and be promoted like a hit.

I suppose I'd better try adding a few more friends on Myspace, then. Total Spend: £97.11.

posted by The Schema at Saturday, August 11, 2007

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	DIY music used to consist of a C30 cassette of tunes which you'd recorded on a 4-track in your shed. You scrawled on it with some biro, or a felt tip if you were posh, shoved it in a jiffy bag and sent it to John Peel. But now, it's different, isn't it. Yes, it is. The Schema challenge is to record, distribute and promote a single from my bedroom in a 30-day timeframe. The resulting yacht-rock spectacular is called Those Rules You Made, and is released under the name The Schema on 20th August, via iTunes and a load of other online stores. My name is Rhodri, and this is the story...
	Buy The Single! from iTunes from us Our Links the VIDEO! rhodri.biz email MySpace Garageband PureVolume TagWorld Bebo Facebook App Assisted By drinkmilk Emu Bands likemind Lot 49 Films Marysia K HitSongScience DreamHost Mailing List Type email! Previous Posts Facebook Question Assessment What Do You Think? In The Shops What About The Music? Art Route MyGarageSpaceBand Domain Master Archives July 2007 August 2007	Mathematical Potential Someone alerted me to this website called Hit Song Science, where your uploaded MP3 will be mathematically analysed for hit potential. I quote from their website: The analysis application is able to "listen" to any CD and isolate patterns in many musical events, some of which are melody, harmony, tempo, pitch, octave, beat, rhythm, fullness of sound, noise, brilliance, and chord progression. This is a process called Spectral Deconvolution. Each song is then mapped onto a grid we call the music universe and is positioned according to its mathematical characteristics. Each song is represented by a dot on the universe and the songs on one end of the universe are vastly different from songs on the other end of the universe. Songs with mathematical similarities are positioned very close to one another. Well, they were offering a free trial, so I decided to have "Those Rules You Made" Spectrally Deconvoluted. The results make for astounding reading, so much so that I've used to report to get my bank to guarantee me a £500,000 loan against future sales of the MP3. Hit Song Science advises that: A score of 7.00 or above denotes clear mathematical hit potential. "Those Rules You Made" scores 7.07. My closest neighbours in the Music Universe are, apparently: AALIYAH - MORE THAN A WOMAN KASABIAN - PROCESSED BEATS TRAVIS - WALKING IN THE SUN SHAKIRA - WHENEVER WHEREVER ELTON JOHN - ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE If it made any bloody sense, it would almost be revealing. Hit Song Science do, in fact, cover their arses by adding that their mathematical rating doesn't guarantee hit potential: Remember that in order to have a hit your song must also sound like a hit and be promoted like a hit. I suppose I'd better try adding a few more friends on Myspace, then. Total Spend: £97.11. posted by The Schema at Saturday, August 11, 2007 +=+=+