A future chart-topping song may soon come from an algorithm. Sony Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) in Paris is developing a system of algorithms which can create songs that cater to the user's taste, ...

Andrson is a company with a music-matching algorithm designed to find songs that sound similar to ones you’ve already heard. Its product is, for now, aimed at making it easier for music labels to find ...

Looks like the music industry isn't called a hit factory for nothing: it appears a computer algorithm could correctly predict which tunes were the top 10 blow-out pop hits in the year when fed a song ...

The programme runs a series of feedback loops. It tries out a song, the listener rates it, and the application heeds that rating in choosing the next song. “Then you alter the model accordingly,” said ...