Roadmap & Suggestions

Music I Want is small and volunteer-built. We do not take venture capital. We do not plan to. The direction of the site is shaped by the people who use it — neurodivergent listeners, music therapists, parents of sensory-sensitive kids, occupational therapists, and anyone who has ever been ambushed by a jump-scare drum fill in a “kids” playlist.

If you see something missing that would help your community, tell us. We will read every one. If it is aligned with what we can build, we will build it and credit you.

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Unique AI-written sensory descriptions for every song

Building

Most song pages share a templated feel (same section order, similar short descriptions). Writing 2-3 paragraphs of unique sensory commentary per song would both help parents understand each rating AND solve the Google "crawled not indexed" issue.

Note: Planning phase. ~19,000 songs × unique content = real cost. Scoping whether to do all or focus on most-searched.

Suggested by the internal community

Aggregate parent feedback into rating adjustments

Building

When multiple parents report "triggered meltdown at age 3" on the same song, that signal should adjust the age_min upward automatically. Builds a feedback loop where ratings improve over time.

Note: Requires threshold tuning (how many reports before adjustment?) and admin review flow.

Suggested by the internal community

Accepted — on the queue

Spotify playlist export

Accepted

Once a playlist is built (journey, kids/build, etc.), let the user export it as a Spotify playlist in one click so they can actually play it on their device.

Suggested by the internal community

Music therapy professional guide library

Accepted

A section with guides aimed at music therapists and pediatric OTs — how to use the sensory profile system in therapy sessions, how to build session playlists for specific outcomes, how to interpret the confidence scores clinically.

Suggested by the internal community

Screen reader optimization

Accepted

Audit and improve the site for screen reader users. Especially the /library filter UI, the Sensory Journey form, and the kids playlist builder.

Suggested by the internal community

More languages of kids music

Accepted

Most of the seeded kids music is English. Parents raising bilingual or multilingual kids need Spanish, French, Mandarin, Hindi, Arabic nursery rhymes and kids songs with the same sensory rating treatment.

Suggested by the internal community

Shipped

Kids section with age-probability ratings

Shipped

A dedicated kids section where every song is rated for age-appropriateness AND sensory profile, with explicit confidence scores. 428 kids songs seeded, with live playlist generation by age, goal, and energy curve.

Note: Live at /kids. Wave 5 seeding more music is ongoing.

Suggested by the internal community

Misophonia-specific song filter

Shipped

Four misophonia dimensions rated on every song (mouth sounds, percussive clicks, breathing, repetitive micro-sounds) with a "misophonia-safe" filter on the library.

Note: Filter available on /library and /kids/library.

Suggested by the internal community

Parent Notes on kids songs

Shipped

Parents can share what happened when they played a song for their kid — with kid age, context (bedtime/car/meltdown), and outcome (loved it / triggered meltdown / too scary / etc.).

Note: Live on every kids-rated song page.

Suggested by the internal community

Natural language music search

Shipped

Describe what you want in plain English ("metal without screaming", "calm classical for focus"), AI parses the query into structured filters and returns matching songs.

Note: Live at /ask.

Suggested by the internal community

Sensory Journey playlist builder

Shipped

Build a playlist that gradually shifts your state. Pick start intensity, end intensity, optional mood thread, length. Returns a 6-12 song transition playlist.

Note: Live at /journey. Saves to shareable public URL.

Suggested by the internal community