Impossible Futures: Personal Soundtrack
Personal Soundtrack - An ephemeral playlist that lives with you, in the moment.
The problem: Without paying millions of dollars to access music labels catalogs, there isn’t much for today’s typical music streamer to access. At the same time as a community that wants privacy, security, and freedom for all, we will need some broad based applications with wide appeal to bridge the gap to Autonomi.
The solution: Meet Personal Soundtrack.
Piggybacking off existing music services like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music, Personal Soundtrack (PS) doesn’t aim to compete with them — at least not immediately 
.
At its core, PS is a contextual music recommendation engine, but in practice, it’s far more than that.
PS continuously analyzes a rich blend of inputs: biometric signals (such as heart rate variability, body temperature, sleep quality, stress levels, and movement), environmental data (like GPS location, indoor vs. outdoor status, and local weather), and human context (personal preferences, holidays, and mood indicators). These inputs are synthesized to generate highly personalized music suggestions that evolve with the user — in real-time.
To power this intelligence, PS trains its AI using a combination of open-source datasets (including music mood, valence/arousal metadata, and listening behavior), state-of-the-art vector embeddings, and domain-specific tagging systems. When feasible, training and inference occur locally on-device to preserve privacy and enable adaptive personalization without constant cloud interaction. The user’s preferences, contextual profiles, and interaction history are stored securely and privately on the Autonomi Network, ensuring true data sovereignty and zero vendor lock-in.
Unlike traditional walled gardens, PS is designed with openness at its core. The AI’s learned knowledge — such as mood-music mappings, generalized tagging systems, and model weights — will be made publicly accessible on Autonomi. This ensures that other music-related apps in the ecosystem (including Jams Player, PirateRadio, and even potential competitors) can tap into, remix, or extend the intelligence PS builds, creating a shared layer of innovation for the decentralized music space.
Personal Soundtrack is not just a tool — it’s a protocol for musical self-expression, a privacy-first AI companion, and a foundational component of the next era in emotionally intelligent music ecosystems.
Personal Soundtrack is designed to be as passive an experience as possible so you can live in the moment. Equipped with a chat-style LLM that allows users to get relevant info about the music currently playing, the artist, allowing them to discover and even listen through the chat.
Users can like songs just as normal (with even more nuance!) to hear the music they love more often. Or simply tell the chat you’d like to hear more music like that.
Otherwise, let your daily activity and environment shape your Personal Soundtrack!
Goal: To be used by the everyday person and guide them to data sovereignty whilst providing open access for a growing decentralized ecosystem.
Target Users
- Health-Conscious Individuals: Fitness enthusiasts, biohackers, and wellness-focused users who want music that optimizes performance and recovery.
- Tech-Savvy Consumers: Early adopters, AI enthusiasts, and decentralized technology supporters who value innovation and privacy.
- Busy Professionals: People looking for effortless, adaptive music that fits work, travel, focus, or relaxation without needing to build playlists manually.
- Privacy Advocates: Users tired of giving up personal data to big tech companies, seeking decentralized, secure alternatives.
- Lifestyle Optimizers: Those who care about maximizing every aspect of their environment — from productivity to relaxation — and want music that fits seamlessly.
Data Types
- Most likely all in some capacity
Part of a Mutualistic Self-Fulfilling Ecosystem
- Personal Soundtrack will go on to support Jams Player and PirateRadio in a multitude of ways and vice versa. Though they can all exist individually, they are intentionally designed to not just work together but build an entire open entertainment ecosystem.
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Just to be fully forthright and transparent, I personally am under a heavier workload than usual between my 9 to 5 job, long-awaited home improvements, and typical homestead-like upkeep, on top of being short of discretionary funds to afford necessary development support. I have managed to get surprisingly far just by grinding away myself, and I plan to continue as I can, regardless of Impossible Futures success, but I was not anticipating being this bogged down. I can’t in good conscience receive votes without the community knowing that it may be difficult for me to meet deadlines or make the kind of significant progress they may expect when locking up their funds at such a time. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee success but I try my damndest every day. All we can do is do our best, and hopefully together.
That said, I would happily accept votes with that known and fully understood.
I have to say, there are other projects I plan on supporting myself that are ambitious but much closer within reach and potentially more beneficial for the current network’s stage of maturity. I can’t wait to support some of the hard-core dedicated long-term supporters that are able to get their hands dirty finally and deserve our support.
Best of luck to IF participants and make your votes count folks! Time to put our money where our mouths are.