#straight up thileing it

[anhonest-puck]

speaking of thanks for listening im literally addicted to the way chris sings "honey" in the first chorus of thank you, new york. THE MORE HUUUUNEY ON THE APPLE OF MY EYE OF THE HURRICANE

it’s so great i love it so much like HUUUUNEY you actually typed that out like perfectly i fear

[killingmoon]

might buy a mandolin…

[esse-lunam]

mona welcomes you to their shifting blog !

m-oh-nuh / MOH-nə

esse lunam (latin translation) to be the moon

hello all!

this is my shifting blog, i'll mostly be posting stuff about my drs, some shifting opinions + thoughts, and maaaayyybbeee advice? big maybe, im certainly no expert.

if you'd like to follow my main blog where i post about my interests and other cr stuff, you can find me at @desire-mona !

to get the basics out of the way, i'm 19 (birthday june 1st :3), im a gemini, i use they/them pronouns (or moon/moonself neopronouns if you're feeling particularly gender), and i'm a lesbian :3 (yes my s/o's are men, different reality for a reason. i <3 men just Not Like that. theyre my gfs)

i've been on my shifting journey since 2020, like many others, but i took a break from 2021-2023 because.. i got friends. which sounds mean but i was simply too focused on my cr to want to shift!! i got back into the idea in january of 2023 after figuring why not try again?

fun fact: my first dr in 2020 was danganronpa. no plot change, just straight up main game storyline. didnt make it there, thankfully.

here's some stuff im into!

hobbies n interests n such - reading, writing, poetry, psychology, fandom + internet culture, music analysis

media based lovin's - dead poets society, house md, saiki k, aggretsuko, fleabag, ladybird, everything everywhere all at once, spiderverse, night in the woods, genshin impact, fnaf, undertale, community, ENA

bold = im shifting here!

musicians!!!! - nickel creek, chris thile, dodie, her's, mitski, sleep token, jean dawson, peach pit, panic! at the disco, queen, pinkpantheress, childish gambino, lemon demon, joji, phoebe bridgers, (some) tally hall

DR TABLE OF CONTENTS!

(wip, introduction posts will be made when i get around to them)

90's FAME tag: LUNAM est. 1988 - main dr

2010's FAME tag: LUNAM est. 2009

SPIDERVERSE tag: LUNAM est. 1933

SAIKI K tag: LUNAM est. 2017

GENSHIN IMPACT tag: LUNAM est. TEYVAT

DEAD POETS SOCIETY tag: LUNAM est. 1959

CR tag: LUNAM est. 2024

**ALL POSTS WILL BE TAGGED WITH VOLO LUNAM**

if you'd like to reach me in other places, feel free to do so!

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happy shifting! ciao <3

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: My Bluegrass Heart and the Punch Brothers - “Holiday Medley” (Live, Dec. 15, 2022)

Serious musicians are sometimes playful.

Take Béla Fleck’s My Bluegrass Heart and the Punch Brothers, for instance. The bands joined forces Dec. 15 in Indiana to act out and play what they call “Holiday Medley.”

The hilarity begins with the best Chipmunk imitation this side of a burrow as Chris Thile, Chris Eldridge and Sierra Hull channel Alvin and the gang on “Christmas Don’t be Late.”

Emcee/banjoist/straight man Noam Pikelny then reads letters to Santa in which the band members ask for fewer dudes on stage (Hull), equal pay (Paul Kowert) and a mantle strong enough to hold multiple Grammys (Fleck). Pikelny keeps it up until a subpoena arrives with his name on it.

When the jokes are done, the combined bands burst forth in a red-hot, bluegrass Christmas, taking the audience on a “Sleigh Ride” of dueling mandolins, banjos, double basses and guitars. And a single Dobro.

Oh, and “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” makes a brief appearance. But you have to listen closely.

Grade card: My Bluegrass Heart and the Punch Brothers - “Holiday Medley” (Live 12/15/22) - A

12/21/22

[gabrielkahane]

Short form:

March 8: The 2nd single from Magnificent Bird is out today. It’s called “To Be American”—some of you may have heard a quasi-demo version I released last fall—and features Andrew Bird on violin, Paul Kowert on bass, Chris Thile on mandolin, Caroline Shaw on vocals, and Ted Poor on percussion. You can watch the video here and/or pre-order the album here (you’ll get this and one other track now; the record is available in LP, CD, and digital formats.)

March 12-14: I’ve made some revisions to Heirloom, the piano concerto I wrote for my father; he’ll give the revised/West Coast premiere this weekend with the Oregon Symphony at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tickets are here. The third performance, on Monday, March 14th, is being live-streamed; tickets are here.

March 15: The following day, Tuesday, we’ll be doing the rescheduled Open Music with Missy Mazzoli at Mississippi Studios. I’m super stoked for this concert, which features music by Bach, Britten, Tania León, Missy Mazzoli, Shelley Washington, plus a special reading by Karen Russell!

March 25: Magnificent Bird is released!

March 28: Tour begins in Boston at City Winery! Full routing & tickets here.

Long form:

Two years ago today, my family and I flew to Portland, Oregon, for what was to have been a week-long visit. The pandemic arrived; tours were canceled; we decided to stay, and now, here we are. I knew then how lucky we were to be able to make such a decision, but the extent of our privilege has been thrown into stark relief in the last ten days. I don’t have much to add about this new era in which we find ourselves: it’s senseless, tragic, and terrifying.

It feels fitting—to the extent that anything is fitting when we’re all gripped by existential dread—that the song released today is one that holds nostalgia up to the light for an honest examination. You’ll hear, in order of appearance, Paul Kowert on bass, Andrew Bird on violin, Chris Thile on mandolin, Ted Poor on percussion, and Caroline Shaw on vocals. Go on, give it a spin.

This coming weekend brings the West Coast premiere (or, if we’re splitting hairs, the revised world premiere) of Heirloom, the piano concerto I wrote for my father, Jeffrey Kahane. He’ll be playing it with the Oregon Symphony under the baton of David Danzmayr, our new sheriff in town. As I described last autumn around the premiere in Kansas City, this is a piece that deals with inheritance and intergenerational memory. I won’t belabor the reasons it feels apt; you can find the program note at the bottom of this post. Performances are March 12-14 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland. Tickets are here. For those not residing in the Pacific Northwest, I’m pleased to inform you that Monday’s concert is being live-streamed.

After we wrap up those performances, it’s straight on to Open Music with Missy Mazzoli at Mississippi Studios on Tuesday, March 15th. I remain incredibly excited about this concert, which was rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances. We’ll hear members of the Oregon Symphony perform music by Bach, Britten, Tania León, Shelley Washington, Zola Saadi-Klein, and of course, Missy Mazzoli, whom I’ll be interviewing onstage. Last but not least, we’ll have a special appearance by the writer Karen Russell, who will read from her story “Proving Up,” which was the source material for Missy’s opera of the same name. Tickets are here.

Then it’s time for Magnificent Bird to spread its wings and fly! As I am using social media less and less, I want to ask y’all a favor: if you know someone in one of the cities I’m visiting, please don’t hesitate to forward this page along. Think of it as a 1990s-era retweet. I’m grateful in advance.

March 28 • Boston, MA • tickets

March 31 • Marlboro, NY • (free)

April 4 • Atlanta, GA • tickets

April 5 • Philadelphia, PA • tickets

April 7 • New York, NY • tickets (new date!) *

April 8 • New York, NY • tickets

April 14 • Beaverton, OR • tickets

April 15 • Beaverton, OR • tickets

May 11 • Stanford, CA • tickets

May 12 • Los Angeles, CA • tickets

May 13 • Denver, CO • tickets

May 18 • Minneapolis, MN • tickets

May 21 • Chicago, IL • tickets

May 22 • Ann Arbor, MI • tickets

May 24 • Nashville, TN • tickets

May 26 • Columbus, OH • tickets

*=WNYC Soundcheck Live @ The Greene Space

Hope to see you at a show very soon, and again, be liberal with that 90’s-era retweet (a.k.a. email forward). Speaking of which, please feel free to sign up for my email newsletter by sending a note with subject line “add” to gabrielkahanelist at gmail dot com.

That’s all for now, folks. Thank you as always for your support.

Gabriel

[somethingvinyl]

Decade in Review #4: The Best Albums of 2013

Every day for the last 10 days of the 2010′s, I will post my personal top albums for each year of the 2010′s. Today, 2013!

1.     Nick Cave, Push the Sky Away 2.     Ghost, Infestissumam 3.     Arcade Fire, Reflektor 4.     Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From Bones 5.     Aoife O’Donovan, Fossils 6.     David Bowie, The Next Day 7.     Kendrick Lamar, Good Kid m.A.A.d City 8.     Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mosquito 9.     Chris Thile, Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, Vol. 1 10.  Phoenix, Bankrupt!

Nick Cave’s first album after the departure of Mick Harvey was dramatically different from anything else he’d ever done, and it was revolutionary. It was actually the first Nick Cave album ever heard—and I did not care for it. I wondered what anyone could possibly see in this band. That’ll show you how much things can change.

Ghost’s second album was light years ahead of its first, wonderful campy satirical theater masquerading as metal. Arcade Fire’s fourth album was weirdly good, I still remember the first time I listened to it, wondering how a band could keep creating such amazing music so consistently. The Sarah Jarosz album is my favorite of her solo records with the possible exception of her debut from the previous decade, and future bandmate Aoife O’Donovan created a stunning solo debut. After taking most of the 00’s off, David Bowie roared back into relevancy with a vengeance, releasing the first of two incredible new albums before dying way the hell too soon (love ya David, rest easy). Kendrick Lamar’s breakthrough album is incredibly inventive, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ final (?) album is infectious but not as consequential as their 00’s work. Chris Thile showed off his finger-tangling virtuosity in a breathtaking straight-ahead Bach album, and Phoenix delivered a respectable follow-up to their game-changing 2009 album.

[cbjustmusic]

Three song tribute to Joni Mitchell by Chris Thile and Aoife O’Donovan.

Coyote

No regrets Coyote We just come from such different sets of circumstance I'm up all night in the studios And you're up early on your ranch You'll be brushing out a brood mare's tail While the sun is ascending And I'll just be getting home with my reel to reel

There's no comprehending Just how close to the bone and the skin and the eyes And the lips you can get And still feel so alone And still feel related Like stations in some relay You're not a hit and run driver, no, no Racing away You just picked up a hitcher A prisoner of the white lines on the freeway

We saw a farmhouse burning down In the middle of nowhere In the middle of the night And we rolled right past that tragedy Till we turned into some road house lights Where a local band was playing Locals were up kicking and shaking on the floor And the next thing I know That Coyote's at my door He pins me in a corner and he won't take "No!"

He drags me out on the dance floor And we're dancing close and slow Now he's got a woman at home He's got another woman down the hall He seems to want me anyway Why'd you have to get so drunk And lead me on that way You just picked up a hitcher A prisoner of the white lines of the freeway

I looked a Coyote right in the face On the road to Baljennie near my old home town He went running through the whisker wheat Chasing some prize down And a hawk was playing with him Coyote was jumping straight up and making passes He had those same eyes - just like yours Under your dark glasses Privately probing the public rooms And peeking through keyholes in numbered doors Where the players lick their wounds And take their temporary lovers And their pills and powders to get them through this passion play

No regrets, Coyote I just get off up aways You just picked up a hitcher A prisoner of the white lines on the freeway

Coyote's in the coffee shop He's staring a hole in his scrambled eggs He picks up my scent on his fingers While he's watching the waitresses' legs He's too far from the Bay of Fundy From Appaloosas and Eagles and tides And the air conditioned cubicles And the carbon ribbon rides Are spelling it out so clear Either he's going to have to stand and fight Or take off out of here I tried to run away myself To run away and wrestle with my ego And with this flame You put here in this Eskimo In this hitcher In this prisoner Of the fine white lines Of the white lines on the free, free way

Songwriter: Joni Mitchell

Marcie

Marcie in a coat of flowers Steps inside a candy store Reds are sweet and greens are sour Still no letter at her door So she'll wash her flower curtains Hang them in the wind to dry Dust her tables with his shirt and Wave another day goodbye

Marcie's faucet needs a plumber Marcie's sorrow needs a man Red is autumn green is summer Greens are turning and the sand All along the ocean beaches Stares up empty at the sky Marcie buys a bag of peaches Stops a postman passing by And summer goes Falls to the sidewalk like string and brown paper Winter blows Up from the river there's no one to take her To the sea

Marcie dresses warm its snowing Takes a yellow cab uptown Red is stop and green's for going Sees a show and rides back down Down along the Hudson River Past the shipyards in the cold Still no letter's been delivered Still the winter days unfold Like magazines Fading in dusty grey attics and cellars Make a dream Dream back to summer and hear how He tells her Wait for me

Marcie leaves and doesn't tell us Where or why she moved away Red is angry green is jealous That was all she had to say Someone thought they saw her Sunday Window shopping in the rain Someone heard she bought a one-way ticket And went west again

Songwriter: Joni Mitchell A Case of You

Just before our love got lost you said, I am as constant as a northern star And I said, "Constantly in the darkness, Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar."

On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh, Canada With your face sketched on it twice.

Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And I would still be on my feet Oh, I would still be on my feet

Oh, I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints. I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid.

I remember that time you told me You said, "Love is touching souls." Surely you touched mine. 'Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time.

Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet. Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling And still I'd be on my feet I would still be on my feet

I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds. And she said, "Go to him, stay with him if you can but be prepared to bleed."

Oh, but you are in my blood You're my holy wine You're so bitter bitter and so sweet. Oh, I could drink a case of you darling still I'd be on my feet I would still be on my feet

Songwriter: Joni Mitchell

[anhonest-puck]

shut up and sing in falsetto sing in falSETTO FALLIN FROM THE HIGHEST HEIGHTS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

AND THE RIBBONS RUNNING THROUGH YOUR VIOER VINTAGE MIKEZ 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[desire-mona]

on here very briefly cuz i have to read but GREAT NEWS!! my coworker is a creeker and hes seeing them this weekend, may get videos :3 hes a CERTIFIED creeker too like hes knows punch brothers n stuff im so psyched

[mrwilliamcharley]

Turns Out, Celebrities Also Love Coffee

Yesterday we put out a cheeky little post on the Twitter and the Gram asking for experiences folks had serving coffee to celebrities and what they ordered. And let me tell you, it went hashtag viral. Well, maybe not full on viral, but it was hashtag contagious at the very least.

Work in the service industry long enough and you’ll have tales of the rich and famous. I waited on Paulie Shore when he came in right as we were closing, and buuuuuuuddy can really wheez on the juice. All-time rush yards leader Emmitt Smith once stiffed me on a tip. An unnamed guitar virtuoso came into a coffee shop and definitely didn’t not do cocaine in the bathroom while a member of his backing band told another barista his instrument was the “skin flute.”

Celebrities, they’re just like us! And really, they are the greatest expressions of the human condition. With all that money, they can act exactly as they feel without regard for anything else around them or fear of consequence. They are the worst of us because they are the truest of us; they are humans in their final form.

But like all of humanity, celebrities are not a monolith. Many are actually quite pleasant and have completely normal interactions with the less well-known. Thanks to the outpouring on Twitter, we’ve put together some of our favorite responses, none of which involve celebrities being on their more-celebrity-ish behavior.

Look at this list of nobodies. Only one of them has ever been president.

Jack White Chris Pine Wiley Dufresne Naomi Campbell…

…and some guy named Barack.

— Spro Spro Def (@NoWaveCoffee) January 17, 2019

Ben Folds – decaf Kip Winger – straight black coffee Keith Urban – shot in the dark Nicole Kidman – espresso and skim milk foam filling an 8 oz cup Slug from Atmosphere – "is 16 oz your biggest size?" "yes" *slug walks away wordlessly*

— Constable Sprodo (@SproBeforeBros) January 17, 2019

Nicole contains multitudes.

Flat White to Nicole Kidman and a Peppermint Tea to Cate Blanchett.

— Michel Auki (@auki) January 17, 2019

How of much Sam Elliott’s cappuccino do you think he actually gets to drink and how much is lost in his mustache?

Made John Cleese a siphon @baristapdx way way back, and he was a loveable smartass. Sam Elliott loves his cappuccino. And Chris Thile came back to tell me his macchiato was good. Those were all neat.

— Daniel (@muglife) January 17, 2019

Frances McDormand ordered capps for about a week while she was doing a show in town. She made herself a regular and would chat us up before meeting friends or reading a book.

— medium grindage (@MaximumGrindage) January 17, 2019

All is full of glug.

Made a cappuccino and two double espresso for Björk. She nailed em all in less than an hour

— baby rosalina (@rosolotl) January 16, 2019

Breathtaking.

Does everyone really want to hear my Air Supply story again? Yes. You read that right. AIR SUPPLY. I shall never forget it. (Also Crystal Gayle)

— Trish Rothgeb (@trishrothgeb) January 17, 2019

Someone introduce him to Ice-T.

I made Flea an iced almond milk latte. He told me it was the first coffee of his life. He was really excited about it, but to be fair, I think he's really excited about everything.

— Josh Rank (@I_am_josh_rank) January 16, 2019

More Like Leonardo DeuxCappuccino.

yeah… @LeoDiCaprio not one, but two cappuccinos at the @TheBreslin in the @acehotel i wasn’t allowed to hand it to him directly

his assistant would slide it over to him

and he was smoking an e-cigarette

#celebritycoffeeorder

— drip coffee makers (@dripcoffeenyc) January 17, 2019

This is not what I would expect Coach McGuirk to order.

Kristin Wiig – hemp cortado H. Jon Benjamin – decaf skim iced latte

— Matty B. (@matchewbie) January 17, 2019

Can we talk about how maybe Victor should have been asking for HER autograph?

The guy who played Victor in Breaking Bad was a Cartel Sky Harbor regular and ordered pour overs

— Michelle Johnson (@meeshal) January 17, 2019

And of course, no list of celebrity encounters would be complete without…

In what may be the peak of my professional coffee career, I served a caffe latte to Janet Jackson. #celebritycoffeeorder

— Peter Giuliano (@PeterGiuliano) January 17, 2019

and

I once made Snoop a Mocha.

— James Hoffmann (@jimseven) January 17, 2019

Do you have any celebrity encounters? We want to hear about them. Head over to Twitter and sound off.

Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

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[8dpromo]

Reggie Got Beats - It's On Tonight 2020 (Beatservice Records)

8DPromo · Reggie Got Beats - It's On Tonight 2020 (Beatservice Records)

Reggie Got Beats is a producer, DJ, drummer, and disco connoisseur hailing from Trondheim, Norway. Seeking influences from all things groovy and funky, his music touches ground near genres like soul, disco, house, pop and R&B. No matter the style, Reggie delivers tracks and DJ sets that toe a fine line between the immediate and the challenging without landing too heavy on either side. Since his launch in 2015, Reggie has steadily gained traction as a DJ, producer, and as a live act with his band RGB Unit. Through releases on Diskorama, NDYD, Paper Recordings, Midnight Riot and VIER he's established a straight up funky sound, bringing his warm and dusty grooves to festivals and clubs in the cold north. Reggie Got Beats returns to Beatservice with "It's On Tonight”, a track originally released as a 2016 Bandcamp-only release on Diskorama. He’s overhauled the track for a new decade, energizing the audio for electrifying dance floors. "It's On Tonight" is a modernized ’80s boogie-stomper, with sleek synth riffs and sexy party-time vocals from Kari Eskild. It grooves and bops like a forgotten classic, ready to set positive vibes in any room it’s heard. Ralph Myerz (Klik Records, Disco Piñata) delivers the first remix, diving deeper into the rhythm and transporting the tune into a late night cruise over a neon-flecked cityscape. Next is a remix by Lakeshouse (Paper Recordings) that aims straight for the club zone. Punchy synths and a four-on-the-floor bounce propel the vocal line to new heights, creating the sound of peak-time celebration. Solid gold.

Geoffrey C (Edgemix Productions) – “Wow! Loving the early 80’s Prelude Records vibes, and the remixes as well.” Jon Freer (Freer Sounds) – “The Ralph Myerz Dub rocks!” Duserock (ThrillHammer) – “Digging the Ralph Myerz and Lakeshouse mixes.” Richard Hardcastle (Solid State) – “Really like this. A nice pop track, in a good way.” Thile Perach / Silenta (Roca Records) – “Great funky music for the ears. Love it!” Quincy Jointz (Timewarp Music Radio Show) – “Really good Boogie tune.” BadboE (Breakbeat Paradise) – “Smooth jams, great production!” Flash Atkins (Paper Recordings) – “The Ralph Myerz Dub rocks.” DJ Deelay (Underground Sessions) – “I like the sounds of the remix from Lakeshouse. A distinctive disco sound with soulful vocals.” Dean Serafini (Frisky Rhythms) – “All mixes are on point. This will absolutely get featured on one of my upcoming radio shows.”

Available Now From: Beatport, Bandcamp, Spotify, And Apple Music.

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Rachael Price - “Lullaby of Broadway” (Live, May 25, 2019)

When we last heard from Rachael Price, she was turning Tom Waits’ “Take it with Me” on its head. In the latest video from her May 25 appearance on “Live from Here,” the Lake Street Dive frontwoman sings Doris Day’s rendition of “Lullaby of Broadway” straight and knocks listeners off their feet.

With an elastic arrangement that leaves room for fiddle, electric guitar and double bass solos, Price and company present a lullaby that makes listeners want to stay up until the milkman is on his way.

She’s not just an old soul; Price is an old-school jazz singer to boot. And when she holds the final note for several seconds, Price shows herself to be a big leaguer no matter what genre she’s performing in.

“We miss Doris,” Chris Thile says in tribute to the entertainer who died earlier this month at age 97.

Grade card: Rachael Price - “Lullaby of Broadway” (Live - 5/25/19) - A

5/30/19

[miettawilliemk1]

SEO and Voice Search Goes Together Like Sardines and Peanut Butter

Voice search is all the rage. To hear it from a marketing or search technologist, the voice search revolution is on us. Lowering barriers to access and radically changing the way we interact with devices. There is only one problem, take it away Dr. Malcolm

I hate to break it to everyone, but voice search is not good. Like straight up not good in terms of being able to consistently provide answers to search queries in ways that are sensical and replicable. I get it, it’s super fascinating and future tech to be able to interact with a machine via your voice. All us nerds want to live in the world of the Star Trek computer, at least me and my boy Amit Singhal do, but this is the .001 version of that concept and we all need to embrace that.  At the end of 2016, we provided everyone at Local SEO Guide Google Home’s to do some voice search research, something that Andrew and I have been playing around with a bit on our own for a couple of years now. These are their stories.

Results Hodgepodge

Voice search regularly provides a non-intuitive user experience or fails to deliver relevant results. Now I can just hear people saying:

What are you talking about Dan? How can talking not be an intuitive user experience?

Pretty simple answer random internet stranger, voice search engines still have a hard time with natural language processing. There, I said it. Here is an example for non-standard words e.g. a Japanese restaurant called “Tanuki”:

Thought searcher was saying “The New Key” the first several times I requested it.

Even tried “The New Key Tanuki” and it recognized both as “the new key”

Eventually found it using a directions query asking “where is the restaurant tanuki?”

Even though searcher is in Portland it gave them directions to a restaurant in Northern California

Had to clarify “tanuki portland” for those directions

Even if it gets things right 90% of the time, which I doubt it does but would need to do research at scale, that’s a 10% fail rate. If your web interactions failed 10% of the time, how annoying would it be to use?

Also, it just isn’t that great at returning relevant search results. Just looks at this string of fails that Siri had to some pretty basic natural language questions:

“Where can I buy a paddle board?”

“Where can I buy a standup paddle board?”

And my favorite, asking how to make Chicken Curry provides the Wikipedia page, not a recipe. GG Siri!

It also often returns less valuable results than the web (desktop or mobile) searches, though that is something I will dive into at a later date.

Getting Better Results Means Searching Differently

One of the things we have noticed in our research is that adding more semantically relevant descriptors around commands and voice search queries provides better results. This is great for a power user, but bad for casual users who want to use NATURAL LANGUAGE, not be trained in the search protocols and interpretive quirks of voice search. Here is a pretty common example in regards to this:

Tried to listen to Chris Thile Ex: Tried to listen to Chris Thile

Results from “Play Chris Thile”:

Interpretation: Play Chris Bailey

Response: Alright, check out this Chris Bailey radio mix on Google Play Music.

Interpretation: Play Chris Farley

Response: My apologies… I don’t understand.

` Results from “Play Chris Thile Bluegrass”

Interpretation: Play Chris Thile Bluegrass

Response: Since I couldn’t find the album Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile in your music library, here’s a similar mix on Google Play Music.

So here is a question, why did adding the music genre mean that Google should look for it in my library? And why is it doing that since I have Spotify set to my primary music application? The world may never know. Also, this is the type of user experience that would royally piss of someone like my mom (and probably your mom too). If voice search is aimed at the lay user versus the power user, expect them to regularly have a horrible time with your brand during a good percentage of voice search interactions.

Sorry to throw a bucket of water on the technologists and marketing technologists, but voice search just isn’t ready for the primetime as a marketing channel/strategy just quite yet. We are going to dive deeper into this subject in the coming weeks. Up next, voice search results don’t different from web results… Or do they?

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[lindasharonbn1]

SEO and Voice Search Goes Together Like Sardines and Peanut Butter

SEO and Voice Search Goes Together Like Sardines and Peanut Butter

Voice search is all the rage. To hear it from a marketing or search technologist, the voice search revolution is on us. Lowering barriers to access and radically changing the way we interact with devices. There is only one problem, take it away Dr. Malcolm

I hate to break it to everyone, but voice search is not good. Like straight up not good in terms of being able to consistently provide answers to search queries in ways that are sensical and replicable. I get it, it’s super fascinating and future tech to be able to interact with a machine via your voice. All us nerds want to live in the world of the Star Trek computer, at least me and my boy Amit Singhal do, but this is the .001 version of that concept and we all need to embrace that.  At the end of 2016, we provided everyone at Local SEO Guide Google Home’s to do some voice search research, something that Andrew and I have been playing around with a bit on our own for a couple of years now. These are their stories.

Results Hodgepodge

Voice search regularly provides a non-intuitive user experience or fails to deliver relevant results. Now I can just hear people saying:

What are you talking about Dan? How can talking not be an intuitive user experience?

Pretty simple answer random internet stranger, voice search engines still have a hard time with natural language processing. There, I said it. Here is an example for non-standard words e.g. a Japanese restaurant called “Tanuki”:

Thought searcher was saying “The New Key” the first several times I requested it.

Even tried “The New Key Tanuki” and it recognized both as “the new key”

Eventually found it using a directions query asking “where is the restaurant tanuki?”

Even though searcher is in Portland it gave them directions to a restaurant in Northern California

Had to clarify “tanuki portland” for those directions

Even if it gets things right 90% of the time, which I doubt it does but would need to do research at scale, that’s a 10% fail rate. If your web interactions failed 10% of the time, how annoying would it be to use?

Also, it just isn’t that great at returning relevant search results. Just looks at this string of fails that Siri had to some pretty basic natural language questions:

“Where can I buy a paddle board?”

“Where can I buy a standup paddle board?”

And my favorite, asking how to make Chicken Curry provides the Wikipedia page, not a recipe. GG Siri!

It also often returns less valuable results than the web (desktop or mobile) searches, though that is something I will dive into at a later date.

Getting Better Results Means Searching Differently

One of the things we have noticed in our research is that adding more semantically relevant descriptors around commands and voice search queries provides better results. This is great for a power user, but bad for casual users who want to use NATURAL LANGUAGE, not be trained in the search protocols and interpretive quirks of voice search. Here is a pretty common example in regards to this:

Tried to listen to Chris Thile Ex: Tried to listen to Chris Thile

Results from “Play Chris Thile”:

Interpretation: Play Chris Bailey

Response: Alright, check out this Chris Bailey radio mix on Google Play Music.

Interpretation: Play Chris Farley

Response: My apologies… I don’t understand.

` Results from “Play Chris Thile Bluegrass”

Interpretation: Play Chris Thile Bluegrass

Response: Since I couldn’t find the album Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile in your music library, here’s a similar mix on Google Play Music.

So here is a question, why did adding the music genre mean that Google should look for it in my library? And why is it doing that since I have Spotify set to my primary music application? The world may never know. Also, this is the type of user experience that would royally piss of someone like my mom (and probably your mom too). If voice search is aimed at the lay user versus the power user, expect them to regularly have a horrible time with your brand during a good percentage of voice search interactions.

Sorry to throw a bucket of water on the technologists and marketing technologists, but voice search just isn’t ready for the primetime as a marketing channel/strategy just quite yet. We are going to dive deeper into this subject in the coming weeks. Up next, voice search results don’t different from web results… Or do they?

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SEO and Voice Search Goes Together Like Sardines and Peanut Butter

Voice search is all the rage. To hear it from a marketing or search technologist, the voice search revolution is on us. Lowering barriers to access and radically changing the way we interact with devices. There is only one problem, take it away Dr. Malcolm

I hate to break it to everyone, but voice search is not good. Like straight up not good in terms of being able to consistently provide answers to search queries in ways that are sensical and replicable. I get it, it’s super fascinating and future tech to be able to interact with a machine via your voice. All us nerds want to live in the world of the Star Trek computer, at least me and my boy Amit Singhal do, but this is the .001 version of that concept and we all need to embrace that.  At the end of 2016, we provided everyone at Local SEO Guide Google Home’s to do some voice search research, something that Andrew and I have been playing around with a bit on our own for a couple of years now. These are their stories.

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Voice search regularly provides a non-intuitive user experience or fails to deliver relevant results. Now I can just hear people saying:

What are you talking about Dan? How can talking not be an intuitive user experience?

Pretty simple answer random internet stranger, voice search engines still have a hard time with natural language processing. There, I said it. Here is an example for non-standard words e.g. a Japanese restaurant called “Tanuki”:

Thought searcher was saying “The New Key” the first several times I requested it.

Even tried “The New Key Tanuki” and it recognized both as “the new key”

Eventually found it using a directions query asking “where is the restaurant tanuki?”

Even though searcher is in Portland it gave them directions to a restaurant in Northern California

Had to clarify “tanuki portland” for those directions

Even if it gets things right 90% of the time, which I doubt it does but would need to do research at scale, that’s a 10% fail rate. If your web interactions failed 10% of the time, how annoying would it be to use?

Also, it just isn’t that great at returning relevant search results. Just looks at this string of fails that Siri had to some pretty basic natural language questions:

“Where can I buy a paddle board?”

“Where can I buy a standup paddle board?”

And my favorite, asking how to make Chicken Curry provides the Wikipedia page, not a recipe. GG Siri!

It also often returns less valuable results than the web (desktop or mobile) searches, though that is something I will dive into at a later date.

Getting Better Results Means Searching Differently

One of the things we have noticed in our research is that adding more semantically relevant descriptors around commands and voice search queries provides better results. This is great for a power user, but bad for casual users who want to use NATURAL LANGUAGE, not be trained in the search protocols and interpretive quirks of voice search. Here is a pretty common example in regards to this:

Tried to listen to Chris Thile Ex: Tried to listen to Chris Thile

Results from “Play Chris Thile”:

Interpretation: Play Chris Bailey

Response: Alright, check out this Chris Bailey radio mix on Google Play Music.

Interpretation: Play Chris Farley

Response: My apologies… I don’t understand.

` Results from “Play Chris Thile Bluegrass”

Interpretation: Play Chris Thile Bluegrass

Response: Since I couldn’t find the album Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile in your music library, here’s a similar mix on Google Play Music.

So here is a question, why did adding the music genre mean that Google should look for it in my library? And why is it doing that since I have Spotify set to my primary music application? The world may never know. Also, this is the type of user experience that would royally piss of someone like my mom (and probably your mom too). If voice search is aimed at the lay user versus the power user, expect them to regularly have a horrible time with your brand during a good percentage of voice search interactions.

Sorry to throw a bucket of water on the technologists and marketing technologists, but voice search just isn’t ready for the primetime as a marketing channel/strategy just quite yet. We are going to dive deeper into this subject in the coming weeks. Up next, voice search results don’t different from web results… Or do they?

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