The Data Dimension

    YOU HAVE NOW ENTERED THE DATA DIMENSION. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY. Data Science and Music The pandemic has without a doubt affected all of us in some way or form. But one question that I’ve had is whether it’s translated to the music we listen to as well. Did the pandemic affect the music that we listened to? During the summer, I’ve been working with an MIT student on a data science project. The project in particular poses the question “Did the pandemic affect the types of music that we listened to?”. This question allows me to bridge together my love for music and data science. For this project, I plan on using a code that looks at certain lyrics of the biggest songs, and based on that analyzes whether a song is more happy or sad. There are already algorithms that do something similar. Spotify is able to take a song’s audio features and analyzes those to recommend similar songs to a user. From a data science article that I’ve read, Spotify looks at a song’s acousticnes...

  YOU HAVE NOW ENTERED THE DATA DIMENSION. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY. Data Science In Our Everyday Lives Data science is something that is used very often in our everyday lives. It allows us to analyze trends in what consumers may buy. This, in turn, lets companies know which of their products is the most popular, allowing them to profit more. Data science is also used in the music industry and entertainment industry. Upon researching an article discussing this, I’ve found out that streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music provide data about its users’ listening habits and where they are located. This allows for artists and record labels to know which songs to promote as singles and in what locations. It can also reveal which genres cater to different audiences the best. This is important because promoting songs that audiences resonate with more allow the songs to be more successful. That is an explanation as to why you may find some songs that sound similar when you tur...