What I felt.
Attune / Workshop 01
A better way to tell your music app what you mean.
Love the song, but tired of hearing it? Wrong energy for right now? Never want this artist again? Attune separates your reaction from what you’re reacting to, and how long you mean it. The result: recommendations that fit your moment, not just your taste.
Current listen
Next fit
Artist / Never
DiscoverNow playing
Falling ThroughHollow Skies · 03:47
What didn’t fit?One reaction becomes a clear instruction.
Attune
Concept
Tested
for People
Concept
Tested
for People
One reaction, more meaning.Attune models intent—not just taps.
Context is part of the instruction.A song, an artist, the pace, the vibe, or the moment can each be the issue.
Better next up, without losing your taste.Momentary signals and lasting boundaries stay distinct.
02 / See it in a listen
One song. One reaction. A much better instruction.
Attune asks the right question at the right time and turns your response into the next recommendation—not a dead-end vote.
1You hear a song
Falling ThroughHollow Skies2You give precise feedback
What didn’t fit?
You can choose more than one.
Choose the dimension
Try a different
signal.
signal.
3Attune understands
What happens nextGot it.
Adjust this session. Your long-term taste stays intact.
REACTION × SCOPE × PERSISTENCE
4Better next up
Higher GroundRival Coast · Alt Rock
Aligned to this moment03 / Why that worked
Reactions are multidimensional. So is Attune.
A tap is only the start of the story. Attune keeps four parts distinct, so a quick “no” does not erase a listener’s actual taste—or a real boundary get mistaken for a passing mood.
What I’m talking about.
How long I mean it.
What Attune should do.
Traditional systems mostly record the first step.Attune understands the whole instruction. →
04 / The four signals
Four signals. Four very different instructions.
They are not stronger or weaker versions of the same opinion. Each carries a different meaning—and therefore deserves a different response.
♡
Love
Expand with more like this across time and context.
♕
Like
Continue with this path at a comfortable level.
☹
Dislike
Adjust this dimension and try again.
×
Never
Set a lasting boundary for the right scope.
05 / Your listening history
Same music. Different moments. Different instructions.
Attune keeps context separate so the same music can be right at one moment and wrong at another.
Falling Through
Hollow Skies · Dream Pop
Dislike · Wrong speed + not in the moodHigher Ground
Rival Coast · Alt Rock
Like · Keep this path
Rhythm of the Sun
Roots Culture · Reggae
Love · More like thisVelvet Static
Luna Park · Synth Pop
Never · Artist boundary06 / Discovery that fits you
Better feedback opens better discovery.
Attune protects what you love while introducing music that actually fits. Clear feedback creates space to explore without sacrificing trust.
How discovery works →♡ ◎ ◷Attune signal
07 / The payoff
Every reaction makes the next decision easier.
A music app does not have to confuse one moment for a whole person. When the instruction is clear, every recommendation can become more useful.
The session adapts without overwriting your preferences.
Love tells it which dimensions are worth exploring outward.
“Good” no longer has to mean “play this constantly.”
Never means explicit rather than inferred from accumulated annoyance.
Context can change without identity being overwritten.
08 / The Workshop lens
We don’t just design features. We reveal the pattern behind the product.
Attune isn’t about music. It’s about modeling human feedback with the right dimensions so software can better understand context, intent, and instruction.
That’s the pattern we design everywhere.
What is your software throwing away?
MMWB Workshop Lens · field notes, not feature theater
09 / Put the thinking to work
Seeing the pattern in your world?
The Workshop is where we show the thinking. The engagement is how we put it to work—with the systems and teams where the stakes are real.
Improve the software you already have.
Find the friction, preserve what works, and redesign the decisions that slow people down.
Improve existing software →Think through something new.
Challenge assumptions before they harden into requirements, then build around the behavior that matters.
Think through something new →