back in 2000, our founder tim westergren had the edge here because he had been a composer for film and when he went and talked to directors that he was supposed to conform some sort, it sounded like this is some kind of sound they had in mind off an existing musician or band. he would try to create something like that. when he decided he didn't want to be a film composer anymore, he instead thought it would be interesting if you are able to walk into a record store when you had a band or artist you like that you didn't a lot of artists that were breaking or anything like that. if you were working to a kiosk in that store and punched in the name of the band you like and put on the headphones and the kiosk could tell you samples of songs because you've indicated he thought a particular band or artist was a favorite. that was how the music genome project was born. they went about cataloging all of the songs and thousands and thousands and we now have over a million and a half in the genome. all of those songs have different musical attributes and they've been very painstakingly catalogued

back in 2000 our founder, tim westergren, had the idea because he had been a composer for film. and when he went and talked to directors that he was supposed to compose film scores for, they would always tell him they wanted something that sounded like this meets that, or, you know, some kind of sound that they had in mind that they would reference off an existing musician or a band, and he would go back and try to create something like that. and when he decided that he didn't want to be a music, film composer anymore, he instead thought, wow, won't it be interesting if you were able to walk into a record store, and when you knew you had an artist or a band that you liked, but you didn't know a lot of new artists that were breaking or anything like that, if you could walk up to a kiosk in that store and punched in the name of a band that you liked and you put on the headphones, and that kiosk could tell you or play for you samples of songs from other bands you might also like because you indicated that you thought a particular band or artist was a favorite. and that was how the