"Wouldn't it be great if you could exchange music recommendations with your friends, no matter whether they use Spotify, Apple Music, or Bandcamp? What if you could follow DJs and other tastemakers online and automatically turn their social media feeds into playlists? Or what if you could fine-tune your music recommendations with AI to only get recommendations for songs you've never played before?"
"Those are a few of the tasks the new music app Parachord is trying to take on by freeing music metadata from individual subscription service silos. In essence, Parachord wants to one day make songs universally playable and shareable, no matter what services you subscribe to. For now, Parachord is still very much in its infancy, with a series of unstable, experimental builds slowly laying the path to a beta release."
"But the idea behind it is something Parachord mastermind J Herskowitz has been noodling over for a long time. Not only is Herskowitz a music tech veteran who's worked at Spotify, LimeWire, and AOL Music, he also built this very app before. Back in 2011,"
Parachord aims to free music metadata from individual subscription silos so songs can be universally playable and shareable across services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp. The app enables exchanging recommendations across platforms, following DJs and tastemakers to automatically turn social feeds into playlists, and AI-driven tuning to surface songs a user has never played. Parachord is currently in early unstable experimental builds moving toward a beta release. The project's founder has long experience in music tech, including work at Spotify, LimeWire, and AOL Music, and previously built a similar app in 2011.
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