Pandora Internet Radio
Pandora's Box is Music to the Ears
What's so great about Pandora?
Firstly, it's free to join. Users can create a profile and store up to 100 "stations" based on a particular band of interest, and each song that follows will have elements similar to the chosen artist's. For example, in a search for REO Speedwagon, the musician analysts included in the band's station music with "basic rock song structures, a subtle use of vocal harmonies, mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation, a vocal-centric aesthetic and major key tonality." One of the songs chosen by the analysts was Fleetwood Mac's "Go your own way" because it shares the above elements. To show how expansive the music of the project encompasses, a search for Depeche Mode turns up songs that have "electronic influences, subtle use of vocal harmony and synthetic sonority." Eighties one-hit wonders A-Ha are one of the artists chosen in comparison to Depeche Mode's sound, as they also have an electronic sound and use synthesizers.
Another perk of joining Pandora is the option of bypassing a song if the user doesn't like it. During a song's play, one can click on an animated thumbs up to keep a song on a station, or thumbs down if they never want to hear it again. There's also the option of having the question "Why is this song playing" answered if a listener feels that it sounds nothing like the original artist. As previously mentioned, this is an on-going effort, so questions are welcomed regarding the site as well as suggestions for artists and songs to be included in the Project. What can be more rewarding than being part of a living project that has set out to entertain millions of Internet users?
Published by Kat V
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- Classic rock fans will find plenty of good times with artists in the project such as Fleetwood Mac
- Unlike XM radio Pandora is free
- You have the option of bypassing, and permanently eliminating songs, from a station
13 Comments
Post a Commentthans I will give it a try
I've tried Pandora, it's good!
Wow, how cool! I'll have to check this out!
ooh i love pandora, listen to it at work all the time! Its great because you can take one artist you love, and by creating a station based on that, you get to hear songs by a lot of artists you've never heard of or probably never would have heard of who have similar music which is just as great as the original artist.
My husband would love this. What is up with the random comments?
cool I'll have to check it out!
That is too cool,I'm going to check that out. I forgot all about A-Ha, they were good, at least I thought they were.
I'm totally going to check that out!
I have heard this mentioned before but never in good detail. I'll check it out!
I'd never even heard of this site before. Thanks!
P.S. You might want to delete those spam comments. :)