Pandora=MY NEW OBSESSION

If you have yet to discover Pandora, please discover it. Right this minute. It's amazing. It's this FREE online radio created by the Music Genome Project. Here's some info about the Music Genome Project from the Pandora website:

"On January 6, 2000 a group of musicians and music-loving technologists came together with the idea of creating the most comprehensive analysis of music ever.

Together we set out to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical attributes or "genes" into a very large Music Genome. Taken together these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song - everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony. It's not about what a band looks like, or what genre they supposedly belong to, or about who buys their records - it's about what each individual song sounds like.

Since we started back in 2000, we've carefully listened to the songs of tens of thousands of different artists - ranging from popular to obscure - and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time. This work continues each and every day as we endeavor to include all the great new stuff coming out of studios, clubs and garages around the world.

It has been quite an adventure, you could say a little crazy - but now that we've created this extraordinary collection of music analysis, we think we can help be your guide as you explore your favorite parts of the music universe.

We hope you enjoy the journey.

Tim Westergren
Founder
The Music Genome Project"

So, how Pandora works is you create a free account and then you can create radio stations. You create the radio station by entering the name of an artist you like. For instance, the first artist I entered was Jack Johnson. The program then creates a "Jack Johnson Station" which plays Jack Johnson songs as well as tons of other songs by artists whose music is similar to Jack's or music that the Music Genome Project people think you would like if you like Jack. You can create as many stations as you like! It's a great way to learn about artists you don't know yet and to listen to only music you like, all the time, for free. You can also vote whether you like the song it is playing. If you don't like it, it'll skip to the next song and it won't play that song again. You can also do a "quick mix" which mixes all the stations together and you get an array of stuff. It's so much fun! Seriously, check it out! It's 100% free and I am all about free music. :)
ENJOY!
Later, gators!