Just seen this is being scrapped in July
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/06/sound_index_data.html
it's currently a public service beta and, as it was intended as a proof of concept, has an end date of mid July.
It is currently owned by BBC Switch, the new BBC offer for teens, due to the way in which teens consume and discuss music online and generate buzz about tracks and artists. There will be more functionality within the site added in the next couple of weeks, allowing more interaction and adding more value to the Index. However, we are keenly monitoring all feedback as the Sound Index trial is just as much about learning as it is about innovating - so please do leave a comment.
Beth Garrod is Producer, BBC Switch
A bit late but some notes from FutureSonic that relate to this.
One of the things BBC Radio Labs showed was a thing called Radio Pop, which is similar to Last FM but for BBC Radio stations
http://www.cookinrelaxin.com/2007/08/radio-pop.html
Radio Pop enhances your radio listening. Enabling you to create a personal record or the programmes you like, and see what your friends and everyone else is listening to.
So if you want to tap into your amigos, let your pulse spread the good vibrations, and feel the buzz from the crowd - register for Radio Pop. The radio service of tomorrow, today!
I asked about the the Sound Index which is separate from this and being developed by a different BBC team. Whats interesting is developing this, combining it with the Sound Index. Is the Sound Index a way of providing new tracks, is this a new way of charting music. So the outcome for this proposal would be a combination of both sites.
FutureSonic notes from BBC Radio Labs
bbc.backstage.co.uk
BBC online but not part of the net(see software not as tech community, spaces to be
alternatives to our content
audience
more importnt things to do
splitting time
telling their own story
expect particiaption
expect time shift
everything
expect sharing
taking note
explore beyond
have great distribution methods
content is never finished (perepetual beta)
you (audience are in control)
BBC backstage is a license similar to Creative Commons
Backstage cahnging the BBC
Ian Forrester BBC Backstage
BBC Radio Labs
Collin Murray Black Hole
Audienece participitation
ten hour take over
listener six mix
sms visualize- they need more, ambition.
Trying to visualize what is happening- sound index
MMS
Networks visulization
ownership
personal relationship
community
visualises
showing off sharing
Radio Pop
Last FM Competiton role of Radio Pop
Radio Pop API
Olinda Radio, combining web and physical
information labs
Visulaizing radio
Whats being turned up turned off
Whos listening to what
Volume
Mapping, linking, aesthetic etc
Edit 8/6/2008
Case study, redesign development of the BBC Sound Index Site use existing data from the BBC redesign the way the information is used and presented to an audience. Encourage users to find unexpected songs, music, artists. Visualize the breadth of activity across all these sites.
Nick Burcher
http://www.nickburcher.com/2008/04/bbc-sound-index-great-new-way-of.html
This BBC Sound Index is currently in Beta mode and over time the BBC aim to enhance the Sound Index by, amongst other things, developing a weighting system, "to allow the more active forms of interaction to contribute more heavily to the Sound Index."
The BBC Sound Index is yet another example of how buzz tracking tools are quickly developing and is the latest in a list of tools that can be used to track buzz and what online communities are saying. With the Sound Index the BBC has stolen a march on others (this could have sat well within Google / Yahoo! etc) and if the Sound Index is promoted / developed properly it could be a major draw to the BBC online music pages. As the Guardian says "don't bet against the enormously usable Sound Index establishing itself as the first definitive music chart for the internet age."
My reply to the above blog post
I really like this concept, how do you profile/map users and what people are searching for and listening to but it still comes down to the most popular, most viewed, most downloaded, your playlist. After a while does it become narrowed down to music and genres you know you like without finding something unexpected?
I don't know. Is there a way of doing something more experimental with this data?
I also find it fascinating that it's the BBC doing this and not someone like Google
Not sure what I mean by experimental, maybe the way it visualized. How users are finding songs, artists, bands, groups. How do you visualize these links between usesrs. Crawling, mapping, web, chains, links.
How do you visualize what is going on at this moment
This Index is made up of 25,778,447 comments, posts, plays and views
How can you show this activity? How do you show what other people are searching for, commenting on, downloading, sharing?
EDIT 28 April
Nicks response
I think it is still early days for this service as there is not a lot of info as you filter things and become more specific, but I am sure this will improve over time.
I also think this would have sat well within Google's portfolio, however there is still a great opportunity to mash this up with Google Earth!
See this is interesting, the idea of combing Google Earth visulizing in real time clusters of users. I can see this being mapped links, similar to realtime airline traffic data
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