iTunes Signature Maker

I’ve seen this iTunes Signature Maker thing bouncing around a few places today, so I figured I’d join in and see what the fuss was about…

Why?

People often ask me what music I listen to, and I find it difficult to describe my enormous music collection in just a few sentences. So I created iTSM to answer in sound a question I cannot answer in words.

iTSM selects a small number of your “favorite” tracks based on some simple selection criteria, such as the number of times you have played them or the rating you have assigned them. Then it analyzes the audio content of these files, combining a small bit of each of them to create the signature.

So after playing around with it (50 most played songs, one song per artist & album), here’s what it threw up in return…

Or download it here (1.99mb mp3, 2:10)…

For those who think it’s a bit fuzzy, here’s the playlist in order:

1. The Strokes – Last Nite (Live)
2. Space – 1 O’Clock
3. Jack Johnson – Flake (Live)
4. The Killers – Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
5. Travis – Happy
6. “Weird Al” Yankovic – Albuquerque
7. Love Affair – Everlasting Love
8. 10,000 Maniacs – Candy Everybody Wants (Acoustic)
9. My Chemical Romance – Helena
10. New Order – True Faith
11. Dr Dre – The Next Episode (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg and Nate Dogg)
12. Robbie Williams – Come Undone
13. Muse – Time Is Running Out
14. 2Pac – California Love (featuring Dr Dre)
15. Lisa Loeb – I Do (Live)
16. Toby Keith – American Soldier
17. Beyoncé Knowles – Crazy In Love (featuring Jay-Z)
18. Lighthouse Family – High
19. Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin Beats
20. Manic Street Preachers – You Love Us
21. Stone Roses – Ten Storey Love Song
22. Ben Folds – Gracie
23. The Bluetones – If…
24. Our Lady Peace – 4 A.M.
25. Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
26. World Party – All The Young Dudes
27. Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
28. INXS – Mistify
29. Day One – Ordinary Man (Acoustic)
30. David Gray – Real Love
31. Oasis – Don’t Go Away
32. Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
33. Lillix – What I Like About You
34. Radiohead – There There (Live)
35. The Polyphonic Spree – Section 7 (Hanging Around The Day Part II)
36. Shed Seven – Lies
37. Keane – Bend And Break
38. Aerosmith – Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees) (Live)
39. The Lightning Seeds – You Showed Me
40. T Rex – Children Of The Revolution
41. Ocean Colour Scene – Better Day
42. Modest Mouse – The World At Large
43. Ben Folds Five – Mess
44. 3 Doors Down – Running Out Of Days
45. Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends
46. Everlast – What It’s Like
47. Air – La Femme d’Argent
48. U2 – Numb
49. Macy Gray – I Try
50. Weezer – Perfect Situation

A bit eclectic, kinda…