Mar 22 2009
Pandora Internet Radio
If you have not already heard of this site you really need to check it out. Pandora is not your average internet radio.
As I sat here listening to music, I was trying to think of a post for today. Then it hit me. I should post about the music.
Many sites make you pick through their stations and hope that you like what they play. Other internet radio sites make you pick out your own songs one at a time. Then you listen to them over and over. You also never end up listening to anything new.
Pandora is more like an intelligent radio station. Pandora was created by the Music Genome Project. The project takes songs and breaks them down into “genes”. The different parts of music that make them different from each other.
When you go to Pandora it will begin by asking you for a song title or artist name. Then it begins to make your station. It creates a station just for you. It looks at what you like and then finds songs that would be a good match. Pandora classifies songs by 400 attributes and 2,000 focus traits. Using all of that information it creates your station.
Your station has the ability to learn from you too. As you listen you can give songs a thumbs up or thumbs down. This helps your station become more “you”. It also helps you find new music to love. I have found many wonderful artists this way. You are also able to share your stations with friends.
So what am I listening to right now? I am listening to my Diana Krall station.
Aldon,
You do have a pretty nice mix of songs. Thanks for sharing it.
Pandora only works if you aren’t a Music Fiend or are out of touch with music today. For music geeks, writers, and critics, pandora is a terrible tool with no real data or relevance
I really love it when I use it with my iPhone. I quit my car’s satellite radio last month, and this is a great substitute.