Visualizing Music Libraries

Music is everywhere, yet it’s very hard to find software tools that help people visualize, categorize and navigate through their music collections.

This demo from the MIT Media Lab shows what’s possible when you combine music metadata and information visualization techniques.

This reminds me very much of a project developed by a good friend of mine, back when we both worked at France Telecom R&D. Sadly the project was sent down the intellectual property path and now lives in the patent portfolio of a large telecommunications company. In other words, it probably will never see the light of day.

Via CrunchGear.