Pandora.com

Description: Music discovery service. Users create custom streaming audio stations based on music tastes. Free trial available.

Newest Review: ... the first three songs that are played on my ‘Terra Naomi station’ are: 1. The Vicodin Song, Terra Naomi, 2. Will I, Rachel Mc Cartney, 3. Fall Apart Again, Brandy Carlile. This site is fantastic! You can have up to 100 ‘radio stations’ at any one time, and you can delete stations too if you don’t like that one any more. ~ How!? ~ I thought this was quite magical too, and so, being curious, ... more

... I thought I’d investigate. Pandora is (from what I gather) in association with The Music Genome Project which was thought up in 2000 as a way to get the most comprehensive analysis of music. So, these people set about analysing music and each son...more

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Pandora.com: ~/ I'm lovin' it, lovin' it, lovin' it, I'm lovin' it like t ... (1149 words)
by - written on 17/09/07 (Very useful, 2256 readings)
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I heard about Pandora through Company magazine (Oct 2007 issue, page182). Normally I just flick through magazines, reading the main articles and having a glance over the problem pages before I get bored. However, I was in the bath and I wanted to stay there so I read the whole magazine. Anyway, on page 182 there is a little section of writing about Pandora – and that, in a rather long winded way, was how I stumbled across this site. ~ Basic Info ~ Site: www.pandora.com What is it?: Site that lets you suggest an artist or song that you like, and it will play a ‘radio station’ of songs around that style of music. When did it start?: ... Read the complete review

Be your own DJ (1542 words)
by - written on 11/02/06 (Very useful, 1234 readings)
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Pandora is a music library website that lets you create your own personal radio station, based on the information you feed it. Behind the scenes, Pandora is the most comprehensive database of songs that I've ever come across. Each song in their library has been studied and one of 30 specialists has collated hundreds of details about it - from melody, harmony and instrumentation to rhythm, vocals and lyrics. All these attributes are then fed in to the database which you, the listener, access using a small web-based program. The way the program works is simple. You tell Pandora one of your favourite songs or artists, hit the enter button, and it ... Read the complete review

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