Welcome to Pandora:
A little background from the Pandora folks:
Ever since we started the Music Genome Project, our friends would ask:
Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?
Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs.
We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.
I, for one, think this is a great idea in and of itself. However, after using Pandora for a month or so, I can't believe I ever lived without it. Basically, you pick a song or artist. Pandora plays that song or artist, and then, based on the Music Genome Project criteria, selects other music that it thinks you might like (but might have never heard of before). Each song that plays allows you to offer feedback: I like this song, play more like it. I hate this song, never play it again.
In essence, you develop a radio station that constantly evolves, so that you never hear crap that you don't like. You can create any number of radio stations. I have at least five that weave through the different styles of music that I like, and each is unique and constantly fluid to adjust to my tastes.
And, it's free, if you don't mind little adverts in the upper corner of a window that you can minimize anyway.
Don't wait. Go there now. Drop whatever you're doing. You'll thank me.
2 comments:
Omigod. That thing rocks. Listened to "old white man prog rock radio" all morning.
Good on you sport.
I have already purchased more albums from i-Tunes in the little time I've been using Pandora than I ever had in the years prior combined.
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