SAN FRANCISCO – Moodagent, the free music playlisting application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, illustrates how the top 10 American Idol contestants succeeded this week in putting their own spin on R&B hits. The app visually demonstrates how each contestant modified an R&B tune in terms of mood and tempo, and differences in the playlists generated by the original and Idols version of each song. Anyone can do a comparison of different song covers using Moodagent, just by adding the songs to their personal music library.
Moodagent song characteristics include moods, genres, sub-genres, styles, tempo/beat, instrumentation and production features. All of this information is simplified into five touch screen sliders depicting the moods expressed by a recording. Moodagent can also create playlists automatically by finding songs with similar mood profiles in the listener’s personal music collection. The app is available for free on iTunes.
This week Idol contestants Michael Lynche (Image 1) and Siobhan Magnus (Image 2) did the least to change the mood profile of their covers. Magnus made no changes at all to the moods of Chaka Khan’s “Through the Fire” while Lynche only added a little more anger to India.Arie’s “Ready for Love”. Simon Cowell was critical of Magnus for approaching every song the same way rather than for her lack of originality.
The other 8 contestants showed more variety in their interpretations of R&B standards. For example Casey James performed the Sam & Dave hit “Hold On, I’m Coming”. His updated version has more passion and anger and a slower tempo. He kept one emotional signature of the soul men’s original intact: tenderness.
Of course, Moodagent won’t reveal who has pitch problems. That’s up to America.
To see comparisons of all 10 contenders, visit: http://www.syntonetic.com/blogs/music/.
About Moodagent
Moodagent is a free app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, that instantly creates new playlists to match your mood. Moodagent syncs your music collection to ensure every track has a matching track profile, then automatically creates playlists at your command. You simply set the colorful mood and tempo sliders, or start with a favorite song. Moodagent automatically creates exciting new combinations from your entire collection, and lets you discover music you forgot you had.
Moodagent song characteristics include moods, genres, sub-genres, styles, tempo/beat, instrumentation and production features. All of this information is simplified into five touch screen sliders depicting the moods expressed by a recording. Moodagent can also create playlists automatically by finding songs with similar mood profiles in the listener’s personal music collection. The app is available for free on iTunes.
This week Idol contestants Michael Lynche (Image 1) and Siobhan Magnus (Image 2) did the least to change the mood profile of their covers. Magnus made no changes at all to the moods of Chaka Khan’s “Through the Fire” while Lynche only added a little more anger to India.Arie’s “Ready for Love”. Simon Cowell was critical of Magnus for approaching every song the same way rather than for her lack of originality.
The other 8 contestants showed more variety in their interpretations of R&B standards. For example Casey James performed the Sam & Dave hit “Hold On, I’m Coming”. His updated version has more passion and anger and a slower tempo. He kept one emotional signature of the soul men’s original intact: tenderness.
Of course, Moodagent won’t reveal who has pitch problems. That’s up to America.
To see comparisons of all 10 contenders, visit: http://www.syntonetic.com/blogs/music/.
About Moodagent
Moodagent is a free app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, that instantly creates new playlists to match your mood. Moodagent syncs your music collection to ensure every track has a matching track profile, then automatically creates playlists at your command. You simply set the colorful mood and tempo sliders, or start with a favorite song. Moodagent automatically creates exciting new combinations from your entire collection, and lets you discover music you forgot you had.