Pandora

[beowabbit]

I was recently introduced to Pandora by darxus; you can read his post about it, but basically, you tell it music you like, and it plays similar music. For free, over the net. And you can give it as many different seeds as you like, and keep them separate, so you can listen to fast bluesy jazz instrumental stuff today (what I’ve been listening to today) and Europop tomorrow. I think this site is going to seriously affect how (and how much) I listen to music.

Comments

[sunstealer.livejournal.com]

I like Pandora but I've found its song affinities somewhat startling at times...I have a channel I call "Irish Hooligans" for bands like the Pogues, Flogging Molly etc, and some of the stuff they throw in is completely out of left field and not at all related. I found that with my other channel, based on Cowboy Junkies and Mojave 3, as well. Some good stuff but a surprising amount of random noise.
Suppose I shouldn't complain about a free service that really is a pretty cool idea :)