Music as Information vs. Information about Music

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They explore the distinction between music as information and information about music, discussing how music conveys emotional and cultural content that is contextually dependent. They also highlight the changing landscape of music access and the need for standardized metadata.

Bob Kasenchak is a taxonomist and information architect at Factor. This is the second of two episodes with Bob that focus on what information architects can learn from music. The first conversation, which you can find in episode 116, focused on the structure of music itself. Today’s conversation focuses on how we can make music more findable — but there are insights here for anyone working with any type of information, not just music.

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