A computer program has been developed that the makers claim can dramatically increase your odds of scoring a hit.

Record companies spend millions every year on songs that do not sell. It has been said you've got a better chance of winning a lottery jackpot than getting into the top 10.

But computer program Platinum Blue Music Intelligence is already shaping the music you hear on the radio. Sony BMG is among several big record labels using it. It says it is just a tool - a guide to making the final decision, which always comes down to a human being.

The makers of the system insist it will not stifle innovation.

Platinum Blue Music Intelligence is a complex computer program that turns music into mathematics.

It breaks songs down into 30 or so component parts including rhythm, melody, harmony, beat, cadence, timbre, pitch, and gives each a number. What they have found is just about all hit songs, no matter what genre, fit the same pattern.

Match that pattern and then promote the song right, and you have an 80% chance of success.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5083986.stm

So does that mean the greatest artists were born mathematicians?


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I think I've read about same thing before.

Music is has strong relation with mathematics, so making hit music with special software, why not. :D


Remember Stock-Aitken-Waterman?

The system is horribly flawed... Every generation has a very unique taste in music. Hell, look at every decade in the 90's. Your going to compare Nirvana to Elvis? Theres more to it then just getting the right (insert things the machine reads here). Its about connecting to your audience on a personal level, with personal emotion. But, I guess in a world of sheeple, there isnt much 'personal' or, 'unique' levels.

The system is horribly flawed... Every generation has a very unique taste in music. Hell, look at every decade in the 90's. Your going to compare Nirvana to Elvis? Theres more to it then just getting the right (insert things the machine reads here). Its about connecting to your audience on a personal level, with personal emotion. But, I guess in a world of sheeple, there isnt much 'personal' or, 'unique' levels.
Well i dont know about that. It will check for good listening music for everyone.

Yeah, but I think that its reasonable to say that Top 10 hits of each decade shared a lot in common.