An Ode to
Music Discovery

Using data as a mode to explore a topic of our choosing and in a format of our choosing, this project enabled the use of data visualization in an expressive and creative way. As someone who listens to music quite consistently and in a wide range of genres, I decided to explore the idea of music discovery. The way people find new music and new communities and/or connections through music discovery has always fascinated me, especially as someone growing up in the digital age having experienced music’s transition to streaming services.

TIMELINE

4 WEEKS

TOOLS

Illustrator, microsoft excel

CONTRIBUTORS

SOLO

RoleS

DESIGNER, data analyst

Data Collection

To build my data set, I used a combination of data from Spotify’s system and connections from my own memory, creating an auto-ethnographic data set. To access my top 50 artists of all time, I used the Stats for Spotify website.