Author Topic: Cool Website: Pandora.com (Read 2505 times)

Modifiedbrowning · « **on:** January 21, 2006, 05:24:02 PM »

I thought you might like this website. You put in a song or artist that you like and the site creates a "radio station" of similar music. I now have about 10 new cds that I have to buy. Hope you enjoy.
www.pandora.com

Felonious Monk/Fignozzle · « **Reply #1 on:** January 21, 2006, 06:11:23 PM »

Just what I needed. More internet crack cocaine. rolleyes

Seriously, I love it.
Thanks,
Fig

esheato · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2006, 11:50:30 AM »

Whoa...sweet

Ed

Iain · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2006, 01:50:14 PM »

That is so much better than crack.

Crack is going to be an easier habit to shift too.

Guest · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2006, 02:14:42 PM »

It's good for rock of various sorts, in my experience it's a bit brain-dead where country is concerned.

With rock, you can select a band that's fairly unusual, say...Joe Satriani, and it'll do a pretty good job of finding similar.

But it thinks Charlie Daniels and Steve Earle are similar to various crooning Nashville idiots. No sense of how they're different from the norm.

esheato · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2006, 02:22:45 PM »

Mine is rotating between BB, Eric and SRV....it doesn't get much better than this.

Ed

Iain · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2006, 02:33:48 PM »

I was searching for stuff similar to Django, and got Punchdrunk by Bela Fleck. Bit different to maybe what I was expecting, twas fun though.

Felonious Monk/Fignozzle · « **Reply #7 on:** January 22, 2006, 03:20:34 PM »

I think part of their mission is to introduce listeners to OTHER new music they may like, based on your stated preferences, thus making it a business model that the record companies will support. Not sure how much of that is 'fishing' for record purchasers and how much is to give you an enjoyable listening experience.

Spot-on:
>Smooth jazz (enter Norman Brown and you get offerings from Boney James, Everette Harp, Rippingtons, et al)
>Reggae, (enter Black Uhuru and you get Inner Circle, Burning Spear, Julian Marley, UB40)
>Funk (Parliament gets you Gap Band, ConFunkShun, Rick James, Bootsy Collins and even the Bertha Butt Boogie by the Jimmy Castor Bunch!)

There are DEFINITELY some serious problems with the country genre, bunch of old Buck Owens-type dregs.
My Hendrix channel is also a little convoluted, too. Strange, incongruous stuff offered. Guess I need to keep rating stuff.

I AM getting a whole new appreciation for Stevie Ray, though. The guy just had the juice.

...has left the building. · « **Reply #8 on:** January 22, 2006, 03:51:21 PM »

Thanks, that website is amazing!

Modifiedbrowning · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2006, 05:14:33 PM »

Felonius Fig, I agree that there are some issues with the music choices. I have a station set up for The Fields of the Nephilim, which is an 80's Goth band and Pandora tried to play a ZZ Top song! Still I have heard a lot of new music that I enjoy. Also, I think their catalog is limited in some areas as after listening for a while songs can begin to repeat. Although, it is the best kind of music, free.

SpookyPistolero · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2006, 05:41:07 PM »

Free and good quality. Totally rad, thanks for the link.

esheato · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2006, 05:52:21 PM »

Ohh...We can email each other our created stations....

If anyone wants my Blues channel, let me know by PM and I'll email you the invite.

Totally cool

Ed

Mabs2 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2006, 09:52:07 AM »

Very cool.
Here's a similar website: http://www.liveplasma.com/
This one doesn't play the songs for you...but it does show you a BUNCH of related artists.
It's a bit odd sometimes though.

charby · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2006, 09:58:49 AM »

friggin awesome... I can play 60-70's country... One happy charby here and a few irritated coworkers..

Felonious Monk/Fignozzle · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2006, 12:35:16 PM »

Heads up --
I sent them a nice, complimentary email with some new artist suggestions and a couple of ways to restructure Reggae specifically to include subgenres of dancehall, ska, roots and dub.

They replied with a nice email and an offer of a T-shirt or Hat (my choice).

Might wanna do the same, in your preferred music area.
Fig

SADShooter · « **Reply #15 on:** January 25, 2006, 12:53:38 PM »

Fantastic! MSN Radio can kiss my @#$, %$^&* Polak ***(edited for disturbing visual) goodbye.

Lo.Com.Denom · « **Reply #16 on:** January 25, 2006, 02:10:12 PM »

Pretty cool, but like everyone says, it's a bit limited... I started out with Firewater, but it chose a cover as an example of their sound. A Beatles cover. I hate the ******* Beatles!

Mabs2 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 25, 2006, 04:18:17 PM »

Quote from: charby

friggin awesome... I can play 60-70's country... One happy charby here and a few irritated coworkers..

Ditto.
I punched in Bob Seger and it played a bunch of good tunes for me!
And best of all: All these songs don't take up my HD space.

By the way, what kind of shirt did they offer you? Grin

Felonious Monk/Fignozzle · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2006, 05:29:39 PM »

Pandora logo shirt. I took the hat.

DJJ · « **Reply #19 on:** January 25, 2006, 05:45:12 PM »

Has anyone been a free user long enough to get the "ramped up" advertising they promise?

Listening to Chuck Berry's "London Berry Blues" right now... Cheesy

Felonious Monk/Fignozzle · « **Reply #20 on:** January 25, 2006, 06:35:53 PM »

Not sure. I get a vertical 3" by 1" pane in the window that changes every few seconds.
Funky Flashback as I listen to the Brother's Johnson "Get the Funk Out Ma Face", Ohio Players' "Fire" and the Commodore's "Brick House".

Where's my 4" platform shoes and my elephant bellbottoms? Cheesy

...and yes, in the mid to late '70's, we white guys listened to stanky chocolate funk.

Felonious Monk/Fignozzle · « **Reply #21 on:** January 25, 2006, 07:02:30 PM »

I have another channel I named Hendrix for obvious reasons. It just gave me SRV doing VooDoo Chile (slight return) and I was pretty excited. Segue'd into Rick Derringer's RockNRoll Hoochie Koo.

Oh, lord. I'm 'bout to get my Flying V out...
(it's a black 1980 Dean, once owned by both Kerry Livgren and Mylon LeFevre).

client32 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 02, 2007, 12:33:27 PM »

Digging up old threads.

I am starting to dislike Pandora. There are people/bands that I have devoted myself to hating. I probably made these decisions several years ago (5-10). They are still making music and finding their way into my playlist. Either the style has changed or my tastes have changed.

Mabs2 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 02, 2007, 01:30:40 PM »

Yep, Pandora is cool.
I stopped using it when I put in Blackfoot and it'd give me crappy emo music.
Oh well.
Edit: Wait a tic, this thread is 30 years old!
Had a total "WTF" moment reading that old post of mine I don't remember posting a minute ago. Cheesy

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