Researchers have identified three potentially unique acoustic features of healing music that transcend musical genres. These features, including roughness, mel-frequency cepstral coefficients, and period entropy, were found to be consistent across various types of healing music and significantly predicted subjective valence and arousal ratings. The findings could help personalize therapeutic playlists for patients using artificial intelligence and evaluate the effectiveness of music therapies.
Spotify has introduced a new feature called 'Daylist,' which creates a customized playlist based on a user's daily listening habits. The playlist is updated throughout the day to match the user's mood and activities. This expands Spotify's range of personalized playlists, which already include daily mixes, Discover Weekly, and New Release Radar. Daylist is gaining popularity on social media platforms like X and TikTok, similar to Spotify's annual Wrapped feature. Users can find their Daylist by searching within the Spotify app or following a specific link.
Spotify has introduced Niche Mixes, a feature that allows users to generate algorithmically personalized playlists for almost any mood or genre. Users can prompt Spotify to create a mix for any activity they want to soundtrack by typing the activity and adding "mix" to the end. Niche Mixes are available to free and Premium users who search in English and feature a mixture of familiar and new tracks.
Spotify has launched Niche Mixes, a new set of personalized playlists that combine familiar songs and new recommendations into weirdly specific categories. Niche Mixes is an expansion of the music platform’s existing Spotify Mixes playlist feature that grants users more precision to shape their listening habits. The feature uses an algorithm to build category-specific mixes around songs and artists you’ve liked or have a history of listening to. Niche Mixes are available globally to Free and Premium Spotify users and can be discovered by searching in English.
Spotify has launched a new feature called Niche Mixes that allows users to create personalized playlists based on a few words of description. The feature is available to both free and premium users in English and is not AI-powered, but driven by the company's personalization tech and algorithms. Users can search for mixes based on activities, vibes, or aesthetics, and the Niche Mixes will have a "Made For You" label below the name in search results. Spotify has been revamping its app with AI-powered features, including an AI DJ feature launched in February.
