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To: Doren who wrote (57683)	10/6/2006 8:26:53 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) of 213177

This is ABSOLUTELY the death of music. This narrows and narrows and narrows your focus so that you never go out of your musical comfort zone. I think it really depends on the nature of music recommendation engine. There's a big difference between an algorithm like "Listener only seems to like britpop. Ergo, I'll only recommend what record companies consider to be Britpop." vs. the Amazon model of "people who like your highly rated music also rate the following highly..." The latter algorithm based on cross-referencing other users allows for adaptation, variety, and avoids pigeon-holing, IMO. In other words, the breadth of your music exposure is limited only by the breadth of your brethren :). Out of curiosity, what is your current way of discovering music that challenges you? Randomly download unfamiliar songs from iTunes?

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