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Have you guys been to pandora.com? by Cameron on 31 Jan, 2008 19:31
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Whats up all!
I stumbled upon www.pandora.com some time ago. For those of you who haven't heard of it, its like a free customized radio... its really cool, I listen to it 24/7.
So what you do is put in a song or artist that you like, and it analyzes that song or artist, and plays only music that is similar in styles according to a bunch of different qualities about the music (i.e. southern rap roots, experimental jazz tempo, etc). So, theoretically, its all music you like. In practice, its MOSTLY music you like, and when it plays music you don't like, and you can tell it "I dont like this song" and adjusts accordingly... very different!
Anyway, those of who listen to music on the computer, check it out. I found it to be a lot better than the online radio stations, with crappy bit quality and ads. (no audio ads in pandora, which is nice)
If you try it out, be patient if they play a lot of music you don't like--sometimes it just doesn't seem to get it right. So play around and try a different song. The jazz is really good, for example.
It might even make reading through my endless rants a bit more tolerable
btw this may sound like a plug, but I'm in no way affiliated with them... lol -
#1 by Tyler on 31 Jan, 2008 19:33
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Pandora is a cool site. I also like Slacker (http://www.slacker.com). I actually decided to use Slacker instead of Pandora.
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#2 by Kyfho on 31 Jan, 2008 19:36
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Pandora is fantastic...I've found quite a bit of new music using it.
If any of you use and enjoy the service try http://openpandora.googlepages.com/ for Pandora without having to use a web browser. -
#3 by Cameron on 31 Jan, 2008 20:00
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Sweet, I'll have to check this stuff out! I like the idea of pandora w/o a browser.
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#4 by andrew on 31 Jan, 2008 20:03
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Whats up all!
I stumbled upon www.pandora.com some time ago. For those of you who haven't heard of it, its like a free customized radio... its really cool, I listen to it 24/7.
So what you do is put in a song or artist that you like, and it analyzes that song or artist, and plays only music that is similar in styles according to a bunch of different qualities about the music (i.e. southern rap roots, experimental jazz tempo, etc). So, theoretically, its all music you like. In practice, its MOSTLY music you like, and when it plays music you don't like, and you can tell it "I dont like this song" and adjusts accordingly... very different!
Anyway, those of who listen to music on the computer, check it out. I found it to be a lot better than the online radio stations, with crappy bit quality and ads. (no audio ads in pandora, which is nice)
If you try it out, be patient if they play a lot of music you don't like--sometimes it just doesn't seem to get it right. So play around and try a different song. The jazz is really good, for example.
It might even make reading through my endless rants a bit more tolerable
btw this may sound like a plug, but I'm in no way affiliated with them... lol
Wow, that's awesome Cameron! Thanks very much for sharing .... -
#5 by SLYinKC on 31 Jan, 2008 20:11
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Thanks, Cameron, I just signed up and I'm listening to some favorite music right now. I how no idea sites like this existed.
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#6 by schro on 31 Jan, 2008 20:26
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Sweet, thanks. I need music in the background while I'm working.
I usually listen to the Rippingtons when I'm plugging away at the desk, but it'll be cool to be introduced to similar artists.
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#7 by schro on 31 Jan, 2008 20:31
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so far, 3 songs and THEY'VE ALL BEEN AWESOME! Great call Cam.
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#8 by SLYinKC on 31 Jan, 2008 20:32
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so far, 3 songs and THEY'VE ALL BEEN AWESOME! Great call Cam.
Same here. So far I've created 3 different stations with varied types of music. This is really cool. -
#9 by warhawk on 31 Jan, 2008 21:51
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THANKS for sharing....i'm gonna have 2 check it out.
WARHAWK
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#10 by andrew on 31 Jan, 2008 22:03
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I'm completely hooked ... Created 6 stations and haven't turned it off since enrolling. I've been rating lots of songs to get my stations fine-tuned and it's working. I'm going to end up buying many more CDs as result of this, but that's ok.
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#11 by Stu on 31 Jan, 2008 23:48
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I've been using Pandora for a while now, and it is awesome. I don't know how many stations I have, probably 10 or so, including 1 just for classic Christmas songs. I'll have to try that other site, Tyler -- never heard of it.
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#12 by shyslyguy on 01 Feb, 2008 02:35
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Seems that neither Pandora or Slacker work outside of the U.S.
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#13 by Timmay on 01 Feb, 2008 07:33
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Im now at work and using it here. Sweet...makes for good office music too. Thanks bro for bring that to my attention.
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#14 by Zeekev on 01 Feb, 2008 08:41
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Myself and some co-workers listened to Pandora at work on a regular basis, but they don't allow access to Canada anymore....was awesome though!