How Music Meets Art in R

Music has energy, mood, and flow. Art can express such emotions through color, texture, and composition.

Uses: pulls audio features for any track, album, artist, or playlist

Features:

Valence: Musical Positivity (0,1)

Energy: Intensity (0-1)

Danceability: (0-1)

More: Key, Acousticness, Instrumentalness, etc.

Uses: creates generative art using mathematical algorithms and randomness

20+ Algorithms

canvas_watercolors()
#simulates watercolor painting

canvas_strokes()
#mimics paint brush strokes

Every artwork is unique as it’s based on random seed and algorithm parameters.

spotifyR:

1. Pull top 50 songs from 2024
2. Extract average valence and energy

aRtsy:

3. Generate a color palette:
   • high valence: warm colors
   • low valence: cool colors

This produces art that represents your year in sound AND vision!