In case anyone hasn’t tried this yet: Go to ChatGPT and describe the kind of song you’re looking for, along with a few examples, and ask for recommendations.
It’s not perfect, but I’m honestly surprised how good it is at song recommendations. Especially if you ask it for “more niche” bands.
Here’s a simple one I just tried, to give a idea:
I like songs such as:
Astronaut, by Mansionair
Inner Light, by Elderbrook
Someone Else’s Dream, by AbsofactoI’m looking for upbeat songs, with maybe a touch of melancholy.
What songs do you recommend?
ChatGPT’s response:
Great taste! For that upbeat yet melancholic vibe, try “Take a Slice” by Glass Animals, “Heart Attack” by BRONCHO, and “All Eyes On You” by St. Lucia. Let me know what you think!
Note that “Broncho” doesn’t exist - I assume it meant “Bronson”. Normally, I would regenerate the response here - once an LLM starts getting things wrong, it will tend to amplify that going forward.
From here, though, you can check out those songs, and if they aren’t what you’re looking for, you can say why you liked or didn’t like them, and get new recommendations.
It’s interesting, because this seems like one of the things AI could be really good at, but no one seems to be implementing it. Instead we’ve got entire startups around using AI to do things it can’t do with plenty of buzzwords in tow.
Then you realize you can’t enjoy music like you did when you were 22, and nothing will ever sound as good again.
Powermetal all the way. And then some epic ochestra music. And then you listen to some Tetris music and think that it is great to live in a world with that much variaty.
And that’s where AI comes in
I love synthwave because it basically solves this problem for me 🙏
Come share your good finds with us at !synthwave@waveform.social !
Finding The Dolls of New Albion scratched that itch for me. Across four albums, every song in the tetralogy hits that sweet spot of making my brain release the good chemicals while not being so similar as to get old
