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Localify is Dead, Long Live Local Music

June 3, 2026

The idea of using music recommendations to support local music communities has always been the #1 goal of Localify.org. However, since we started the project over 8 years ago, some...

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Where did all the small music venues go?

September 10, 2025

When I was in high school, I went to a ton of shows at small music venues in and around Ithaca, NY. My favorite place was called The Haunt, an...

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What is Localify & How You Can Help

November 13, 2024

Have you ever: These are all the questions that we have try to answer with Locality.org. Here is how it works: What We Believe We believe that there are incredible...

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Three Forms of Popularity Bias

September 18, 2023

In our research on long-tail music recommendation, we have come across three distinct forms of popularity bias: In this post, we will discuss all three and describe some of our...

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Humane Music Recommendation Technology

November 23, 2021

Localify.org has been designed to embrace the concept of humane technology. We do have an agenda but it is not to make money. Rather, it is to use music recommendation...

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What Bill Maher got Wrong about “Equality of Outcomes” for Musicians

March 25, 2021

I’m a fan of Bill Maher and regularly listen to the podcast of his HBO show “Real Time with Bill Maher” on my Saturday morning runs. I appreciate how he...

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Why I Research Music

December 10, 2020

Despite the fact that I love music, playing music has never really come naturally to me. I tried and failed at piano lessons and flute lessons when I was young...