Does Mufin Know Music? - Picking Up Vibes
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I know I'm already taking tons of images, but mufin does something really cool when you click “Preview Similar Tracks.” With AJAX-like smoothness, it slides more options below your choice in a way that distinguishes them from the other selections in your search results. Let me show you:
Yes, mufin shows how similar each track is, and even gives you the option to buy it (among others). But the frustrating thing for me is that none of these can be played through mufin's interface! I'm not the only one who ran into this problem. Clicking on “More similar tracks” (lower left) gives you a whole list of results with album covers, rather like the first search.
I can't speak for most of the results that came up on the first page, except for two. One was “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John. It wasn't playable, but I know the song. Both it and “Good Vibrations” are fast, upbeat songs, with a lot of instruments. Someone who is more of an audiophile could probably tell you what else they have in common, but I can say this much: I like them both. So score one for mufin.
The other one was “Lover You Don't Have to Love” by Bright Eyes. I'd never heard of either the song or the artist before, but fortunately it was playable. Mufin scored it as an 84 percent match. Like the other two songs, it seems to have a lot of instruments, a good beat and strong lyrics that can be heard clearly, but the emotional feeling behind the song seems very different. It did at least make me curious...and yes, I was disappointed that I could only listen to 30 seconds of the song, since I didn't feel that was enough to understand what was going on with it. Still, score two for mufin, for piquing my curiosity.
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