Quote from: Darkwave on June 29, 2012, 06:08 pmQuote from: LouisCyphre on June 29, 2012, 06:02 pmQuote from: Darkwave on June 29, 2012, 05:35 pmNaturally by my moniker it's obvious I am really into the darkwave or dreampop or ambient genre of pop music. Cocteau twins, Dead Can Dance, Bel Canto, My Bloody Valentine. Any other fans out there?There are some bands I haven't listened to for a while. Have you tried Delerium (the FLA side project)? And not just Silence, although it is an awesome track.Delerium, I'll look into it Louis.There are a few other instrumental FLA side projects, but Delerium is probably the most popular.Quote from: Darkwave on June 29, 2012, 06:08 pmBtw, anybody familiar with Pandora? Sipposedly if you input your preferences, like an example of a band playing your favorite type of music, it can deliver a whole bunch of other bands playing similar kinds of music. As far as I am aware it is not available where I am and I can't be bothered circumventing the geolocation necessary to try it out.Quote from: Darkwave on June 29, 2012, 06:08 pmBut I wonder how an automated thing like that can really deliver the goods, I think that a feeling that a band gives you is a very subjective thing, subject to all kinds of influences. A computer couldn't give you good examples that will make you feel like you feel when you listen to your faves, right?Software like that analysis the music itself (usually the MIDI signals or the waveform) looking for patterns which it then matches to an internal index of other music known to it. Software for identifying a song you recognise, but don't know the name of, works in a similar fashion except it checks for an exact match (possibly with noise reduction or filters when used with a mobile phone).