{"73648":{"#nid":"73648","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Audio Signature Maker Creates Unique Music","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECreating music at Georgia Tech has just become a little easier for those who are tech savvy.  Jason Freeman, an assistant professor in the Music Department, recently created a program that utilizes iTunes to create a unique sonic signature of a person\u0027s musical taste.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I made a java-based application that anyone with a web browser and iTunes can go to and use this website to launch it,\u0022 said Freeman.  \u0022It takes about three to four minutes to churn through everything and make a signature of their music collection.  They can make it their cell phone ring tone or use it for their blog or their web page. They can email it to people. They can post it on the web page if they want.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe iTunes Signature Maker is a free software program that can run with most browsers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman is a composer by nature and said he wanted to share his passion for music.  The application is a way for the average person to have a creative music experience.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I find it pretty accurate as a representation of the type of music I listen to,\u0022 said Freeman.  \u0022It is also an interesting piece of music in its own right. It is not something that stylistically would be bought in a bin at Wal-mart, but it is something that is very interesting to listen to.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman said he came up with the idea because he didn\u0027t have a way to accurately tell people what his unique music tastes were.  The program allows him to simply let anyone listen to the signature that depicts his tastes through music.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program uses iTunes to select the favorite tunes or most-listened-to songs of the individual creating the signature.  It then allows the user to select certain criteria for how the signature is made.  The signature can run anywhere from five seconds to five minutes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt has been a huge hit on the web and has even been featured on Marketplace, airing on public radio.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreeman says he received a Rhizome Commission for the iTunes Signature and is proud of how many people have been touched by his latest invention.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There have been about 36,000 hits on the website and I\u0027m amazed,\u0022 said Freeman.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Rhizome Commissions Program is made possible by support from the Jerome Foundation in celebration of the Jerome Hill Centennial, the Greenwall Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on iTunes Signature Maker, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.jasonfreeman.net\/itsm\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.jasonfreeman.net\/itsm\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Music professor Jason Freeman created a unique program to share his passion for music"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Creating music at Georgia Tech has just become a little easier for those who are tech savvy.  Jason Freeman, an assistant professor in the Music Department, recently created a program that utilizes iTunes to create a unique sonic signature of a person\u0027s musical taste.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New program uses iTunes to create unique signature"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2005-12-21 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:33","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2005-12-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73649":{"id":"73649","type":"image","title":"Assistant Professor Jason Freeman","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894200","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:36:40"}},"media_ids":["73649"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rhizome.org\/new_to_rhizome\/","title":"Rhizome"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.jasonfreeman.net\/itsm\/","title":"iTunes Signature Maker"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}