Agreed. All the algorithm will do is measure new songs against old hits. When tastes change, as they constantly do, it won't work. However, what it will do is block innovative new songs from the top 40 channels. But we're probably seeing that already, since record sales continue to slide because the big record companies keep giving us more of the same old same old.
The best thing that could have happened to the record industry was Norah Jones's Grammies.
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Agreed. All the algorithm will do is measure new songs against old hits. When tastes change, as they constantly do, it won't work. However, what it will do is block innovative new songs from the top 40 channels. But we're probably seeing that already, since record sales continue to slide because the big record companies keep giving us more of the same old same old.
The best thing that could have happened to the record industry was Norah Jones's Grammies.