Kevin Dion Music Selection and Mood

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Kevin DionMusic Selection and Mood Color
Synesthesia

• Music tagging with color
• How to make less user input needed?
• Existing database for comparison

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Program
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The Experiment

• User tags 8 songs
• User chooses a color to match
• User rates the 4 songs chosen
• 2 existing data
• 2 adjusted data
• 8 participants
• 1 color-blind

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Results

• No statistical difference between 2 methods
• P 0.4422
• Songs chosen with existing set did slightly
  better
• How why people choose a color for a song too
  diverse
• Fewer options, longer learning process may be
  better

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Conclusion

• How why people choose a color for a song too
  diverse
• Most would use a program that allowed for color
  tagging of songs
• Fewer options, longer learning process may be
  better