Music Information Retrieval PhD Theses and dissertations
Elias Pampalk has posted a list of theses and dissertations related to Music Information Retrieval. There are a few on the list that I haven't read yet. I'm especially interested in reading Tristan Jehan's "Creating Music By Listening" and "Learning the Meaning of Music" by Brian Whitman. Brian and Tristan are the founders of The Echo Nest - a stealth-mode music discovery company.