Center for Listening Research · the program

Listen on purpose. Then tell us what you heard.

A small, ongoing set of focused listening assignments. Help us check whether the algorithms agree with how the music actually feels.

What this is

The Center for Listening Research builds measurements that try to detect different kinds of "the band has left the song" in jam-band recordings. The metrics flag certain performances as fitting certain patterns. But the metrics are just numbers. We don't know if they agree with how a careful listener actually experiences the music.

This is the listener side of the program. You'll get short, focused assignments — usually 20-45 minutes of listening with focused yes/no/mixed prompts and a sentence or two of notes. Your responses are stored against your account and feed directly into the research analysis.

What we'll ask you to do

• Listening studies. A handful of audio windows + one focused question per window. Pick yes / no / mixed and write what you heard.
• Annotation tasks. Find the moment a band stops playing the song and starts jamming. Click a button to mark the timestamp.
• Each assignment is self-contained. Audio plays in the page. Your work auto-saves. You can stop and resume.

How to get in

The program is invite-only for now. If you want in, email zabriskieapp@gmail.com with a sentence about what you listen to and why you'd be interested. We'll send you a code. Already have one? Use it here.