Users of Visualization

who are the users that this visualization was made for?

This was made for music lovers, people curious about the artist they love, they dislike. It is made for someone who wants to dive deeper and discover things about the music they have listened to and possibly the music they could be listening to. Further, this is for users who want to compare artists and explore the relationship between the music of one artist to another. In addition, as a singer this could be a great tool to discover new auditions songs, or figure out what songs are in your range by artists you are inspired by or enjoy.

For example, I wanted to see if one of these three artists has a song that is popular but more instrumental. I was able to discover a new song titled "F8" by a band that I like, Five Finger Death Punch, that is now in one of my instrumental playlists.

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what questions do people want to ask?

People want to know about the nuances of an artist they enjoy.

Is there similar songs between artists?

What other songs by the same artist would I enjoy based on the songs I already like?

What mood will a song give me from an artist I like?

and more...

how can they find the answers with this tool?

This tool can by used to answer these questions by setting the axis to the relevant data aspect that would help you discover the answer to your question.

Discovering New Songs from Artist Based on Song (Data) Aspects

For example, I wanted to know what song by Evanescence has the highest relationship between Acousticness and Instrumentalness. I was able to discover this by setting the axis to these data aspects for the artist and achieved the following result.

Furthermore, I can learn about the aspect of this song from the overview graphs on the side by highlighting the song from the point graph.

Looking at Song Details

You can also answer questions about specific songs by your favorite artist by searching for the song in the search bar and then dragging it into the song comparison section at the bottom of the visualization

In this image I am searching for the song "My Immortal" by Evanescence.

The points on the graph that are versions of this song are highlighted.

I am then able to take the point and drag it down to the Comparison sections of the visualization.

I am then able to view further details about the selected song and all the data aspects. In addition, I am able to get information about release dates and have a visualization representation to compare various songs I enjoy by this artist.

I can see the difference between certain nuances between each song, and make conclusions about the artist.

This feature could be used to look at how an artist evolves over time with hit songs, etc.

Comparing Artists

Have you ever wondered who is more popular, Madonna vs. Lady Gaga, or Johnny Cash vs. Elvis Presley, etc? This tool could be used to discover it by choosing those artists, and setting the axis to popularity and year.

Between Johnny Cash vs. Elvis Presley the data visualization shows that their popularity is pretty similar when they release their music.

On the other hand...

Between Madonna vs. Lady Gaga the data visualization shows a higher popularity for Lady Gaga's music when she releases her songs vs. Madonna.

This tool is extremely useful in answering comparative questions if used with the right data aspects.

Finding an Audition Song

If you knew what key you can sing in and wanted to discover an audition song from a a few artists you enjoy, you could do this by using this tool. For example, by setting the artist and setting the axis to key and tempo, I personally could find a slow song that fits into my vocal range.

By setting the axis to tempo and key,

I was able to find a new song I didn't know existed that is in my range (F Major key) and at a slower pace (about 66 beats per minute tempo).

Further...

Demi Lovato has always been a difficult artist to chose auditions songs from, but by highlighting the bar graph area for acousticness the points on the graph are highlighted, and I can look further into selections that have the data aspect I am looking for.

In the end...

I am able to drag a song that I found from each of these artists and compare the different aspects.

For my own personal experience through this data visualization, I am able to determine that "Lush Life" sung by Lady Gaga and "Bright Lights and Cityscapes" sung by Sara Bareilles are auditions songs I would chose.

This tool provides a great way to discover new music, make selections based on audio aspects, and answering those burning comparative questions.

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