Called the "Music Genome Project," PANDORA is a site that lets you create customized radio stations based on your favorite artists. Simply input an artist and listen. Give the song a thumbs up or thumbs down, then continue to listen. Repeat. Soon you’ll embark on a journey of music discovery and enjoyment! Check out the mission statement from the founder of the site here.
The Good Stuff:
- It’s free, streaming music.
- You find a lot of new artists that you otherwise might not have ever stumbled upon.
- You can make a variety of stations (called whatever artist originally begins your search).
- You can listen to your stations on your AT&T or Sprint mobile phone.
- They have a facebook application so you can readily see your friends’ latest stations/music.
The Bad Stuff:
- You can only fast forward through seven songs per hour per station you make (due to licensing restrictions).
- You can’t go back and replay a song.
- Sometimes the artists get a bit repetitive on the stations.
- You have to be able to supply a U.S. zip code (again, licensing issues).
- Um…yeah…that’s all we can think of so far.
Some examples of how our experimental radio stations played out…
bold artist = artist we input to start station
(albums are in parenthesis)
–> = next one that played
* = gave thumbs down
+ = didn’t give any thumbs
- weezer (blue album) –> the killers (hot fuss) –> film school (hideout) –> the strokes (is this it) –> weezer (green album) –> french toast (in a cave)* –> nirvana (in utero)* –> green day (dookie) –> the killers (sam’s town) –> the icarus line (black lives at the golden coast)* –> gin blossoms (new miserable experience)+ –> smashing pumpkins (siamese dream) –> 311 (greatest hits) –> foo fighters (one by one)* –> incubus (light grenades)
- imogen heap (speak for yourself) –> kate havnevik (melankton) –> frou frou (details) –> regina spektor (begin to hope) –> imogen heap (speak for yourself) –> keane (under the iron sea) –> plumb (chaotic resolve)+ –> kate havnevik (melankton) –> sia (lady croissant) –> imogen heap (i megaphone)
- coconut records (coconut records) –> stamford amp (anything for you)+ –> school for the dead (the new you) –> brad yoder (someday or never) –> coconut records (nighttiming) –> the stills (without feathers) –> john wesley harding (it happened one night & it never happened at all)* –> dynamite walls (the blinding lights above)
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Photo credit: J.W. Waterhouse
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