Visual Playlist Generation on the Artist Map

This paper describes a visual playlist creation method based on a previously designed visualization technique for large music collections. The method gives users high-level control over the contents of a playlist as well as the progression of songs in it, while minimizing the interaction requirements. An interesting feature of the technique is that it creates playlists that are independent of the underlying music collection, making them highly portable. Future work includes an extensive user evaluation to compare the described method with alternative techniques and to measure its qualities, such as the perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness.