Not related to last.fm, but i have noticed how moods influence my music tastes. sometimes it is very evident as to how my mood is influencing my taste, but the other day i had a very intresting experience. working at my research lab, i realized i was getting tired of same tracks being churned out by winamp (note: i need get some new music). i tuned into some of the online radio stations and coudnt find anything intresting.
i usually goto pandora.com, cause 9/10 times i always have a good expereince with it. but pandora too disspaointed me. i then fired up last.fm ... got some decent tracks for the first few minutes, but after a few hours i decided that today was just not the day to listen to music !!!
then it dawned on me ... all these music recommenders and radio stations were playing the music i like ... casue i remember rating them and listening to them over and over like a million times. then why today was i finding it do difficult to accept the same music?
then it got me thinking ... we all know moods affect our taste ... but what if i am in a 'i-dont-like-anything' mood, and that day happens to be the day i rate music at pandora or last.fm. what i rate and what preferences i select will definately not appeal to my musical taste-buds later.
should recommender systems consider moods to be a deciding factor when recommending music, and should there be systems in place to prevent users from completely screwing up thier preferences and ratings for their recommender system profile? intresting questions and i am sure someone somewhere is working on this ...
oh btw ... i finally did hit some success with a bunch of rock-house remixes ... funky for my taste lol ! (check coldplay.com ... hit 2003 on their timeline ... nice royskopp remix on there)
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