Amsterdam Russ Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) Looking through ebay, I came across a beaten up old acetate with pieces missing described as "Unknown frat rock R&B 7". Link here: https://www.ebay.com/...=item35c4db2155 The seller has posted a sound file to YouTube and described it as "unknown band". Play it and you'll hear the acetate is in a dreadful condition. It's not just crackly; the sound is badly distorted. It really is awful. What really surprised me is the ad underneath the YouTube player. It says that the crackly and unidentified track is "Willie's House Party" by the Willie Mitchell Combo (screen grab below). Click through the link to iTunes and it takes you to a Willie Mitchell cd, which you can buy. Listen to the sound file for "Willie's House Party" and you'll hear that the YouTube song id algorithm was spot on! And, this song isn't even on YouTube (if it is, I couldn't find it). I knew music id algorithms were good, but not this flippin' good! I think that's absolutely amazing! Edited February 27, 2013 by Russell Gilbert Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mick Holdsworth Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Just gone there, and it found the Willie Mitchell info before the YouTube file even began to load, let alone play. Is it just making an intelligent guess based on title, and happened to get it right ? Cheers Mick Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I just noticed something similar-ish. On the podcast I posted just now, I used the track Sad Sad Way which is a 'new' vocal to Sidras Theme. I took it from my itunes library where it was tagged as Larry Hammond - Sad sad Way. I am just playing said podcast and it says "now playing - ronnie & robyn - sidras theme"! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) Just gone there, and it found the Willie Mitchell info before the YouTube file even began to load, let alone play. Is it just making an intelligent guess based on title, and happened to get it right ? Cheers Mick There are loads of songs and albums with the words House and Party in them, so it's definitely not a guess. It's all about digital/acoustic fingerprinting, but I never realised it was so advanced. Often times on YouTube you'd see that the iTunes link under a music video was wrong. They seem to have gotten smarter, and have access to richer databases of music! Anyway, it's still kind of spooky! Edited February 27, 2013 by Russell Gilbert Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pomonkey Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Does make it amusing when people have posted c/u's and simply playing it into Shazam uncovers it right away Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
phillyDaveG Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Does make it amusing when people have posted c/u's and simply playing it into Shazam uncovers it right away I love playing "beat Shazam" when DJing, I've got a pretty good record Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pomonkey Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Know what you mean, good friend here, Marty, relentlessly used to Shazam my sets for a while and finally gave up haha Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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