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Peter Gabriel Launches Website The Filter |
Contributed By: Sybru
Created On: Monday, 02 June 2008
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But rocker Peter Gabriel thinks he's found a way to help with his site, appropriately titled The Filter, debuting on Tuesday.
The site, which will provide users with daily recommendations, was founded by Gabriel and Martin Hopkins, a huge jazz fan. Hopkins first came up with the notion of filtering content to discover new or forgotten music according to one's individual mood.
Users who visit The Filter will initially be asked to fill out basic information and rate different genres of music and film, and also different acts and movies as well. The filter uses that information to figure out what kind of suggestions to make, and the more a fan uses the site, the more accurate the recommendations, according to the site's developers.
Gabriel recently had soul music and Nick Drake on his own Filter page. He also likes Radiohead and Icelandic band Sigur Ros.
Gabriel has also been multitasking projects, from a song for the Pixar-Disney animation movie "Wall-E" to recording at his expansive Real World Studios a few hours from London. He has also been working on a Web site to be called TheMemory.com that he dubs "the first social network for the dead," a way to store memories and remember loved ones.
The Filter is not the former Genesis frontman's first foray into technology. He also founded Real World, a group of companies including a multimedia outlet. In 2000, he co-founded online British music distributor On Demand Distribution (OD2), which sold for millions to a Seattle company in 2004.
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