Check out Pandora

Undertoad · 11-27-2005, 07:11 AM

At pandora.com you can listen to music that is similar to the music you like. Verrry interesting!

Sperlock · 11-27-2005, 10:43 AM

I tried it out, but it had a tendency to repeat the same songs I heard last time when I would start it up again, even after I ranked them, in the same order.

Another potential is last.fm, which while not perfect in what music it has available, it has some good music.

richlevy · 11-27-2005, 11:59 AM

I put in 'Bushes and Briars' and it picked The Carpenters, Fairport Convention, Sandy Dennis, and Frothingay. The last 3 were related since Sandy Dennis was in both groups.

It was interesting because it did list the elements that made up the song I input (chords, use of vocals, etc).

lumberjim · 07-06-2009, 10:17 AM

Pandora lets you create your own virtual radio station.

I've been running Pandora and refining a radio station of stuff i can tolerate and even enjoy at times. It does seem to be learning. Radio.com was cool too, but I kind of like Pandora's customization better and the way you can rate the songs with the little thumbs up/thumbs down thing. quick and easy.

If you want, send an email to my username at gmail dot com and I'll share this station with you.

...I had to do SOMETHING about the 80's music they are playing....it's been 2 years....I was getting urges to wear parachute pants to work, and tie bandanas arouns my knees.

lumberjim · 07-16-2009, 09:47 AM

I like this site more and more....
and my station keeps improving.....very infrequent that it plays something i actually dislike at this point.

http://broadcaster.pandora.com/t?r=9...32B1AB0F53015&

Pensive Monkey · 07-16-2009, 10:07 AM

I adore Pandora. It's unfortunate that you now have to listen to ads, but I get it. It's a free service so I can't complain.

lumberjim · 07-16-2009, 10:28 AM

pah, the ads are infrequent, and short....

Griff · 07-16-2009, 02:30 PM

http://www.pandora.com/#/stations/pl...11250931304860

love pandora. this is my current quikmix... if I did it correctly

Sperlock · 07-16-2009, 09:00 PM

Too bad free accounts will be limited to 40 hours a month. http://blog.pandora.com/pandora/arch...t_updat_1.html

lumberjim · 07-16-2009, 11:22 PM

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Specifically, we are going to begin limiting listening to 40 hours per month on the free version of Pandora. In any given month, a listener who hits this limit can then opt for unlimited listening for the remainder of that month for just $0.99. In essence, we're asking our heaviest users to put a dollar (well, almost a dollar) in the tip jar in any month in which they listen over 40 hours. We hope this is relatively painless and affordable--the same price as a single song download.

worth it, in my opinion....and if you're too cheap....switch to radio dot com for the rest of the month. still, beats the piss out of the alternative for me.

Beest · 07-17-2009, 08:12 AM

I have the Fire FM extension on Firefox as a menu bar, you can type in an artist and will mix a station based on similar stuff. You can do a lot with favourites on the site too.

Flint · 07-21-2009, 12:02 PM

I just upgraded my Pandora account. For $36 per year, now I have 192Kbps, it takes five hours to time out, no ads (were the ads all that bad, anyway?). Plus skins, mini-players, etc.

Considering that I listen all day long at work, does $3 a month, basically 10 cents a day, not sound like a good deal to you?

Upgrade. The 192Kbps sound quality is immediately noticable.

lumberjim · 07-21-2009, 02:15 PM

i like the idea of having it outside of a browser.

Master Cthulhu · 07-21-2009, 11:11 PM

Or you could just, you know, download the music.

lumberjim · 07-21-2009, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Master Cthulhu

Or you could just, you know, download the music.

not really the same thing. you'd have to have a shit ton of it, and set up some serious random lists to come near the variety. i've been discovering bands i like. The Black Keys.....never heard of them before...but i dig em.

11-27-2005, 07:11 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Check out Pandora At pandora.com you can listen to music that is similar to the music you like. Verrry interesting!

11-27-2005, 10:43 AM	#2
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	I tried it out, but it had a tendency to repeat the same songs I heard last time when I would start it up again, even after I ranked them, in the same order. Another potential is last.fm, which while not perfect in what music it has available, it has some good music. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

11-27-2005, 11:59 AM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I put in 'Bushes and Briars' and it picked The Carpenters, Fairport Convention, Sandy Dennis, and Frothingay. The last 3 were related since Sandy Dennis was in both groups. It was interesting because it did list the elements that made up the song I input (chords, use of vocals, etc). __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

07-06-2009, 10:17 AM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Pandora lets you create your own virtual radio station. I've been running Pandora and refining a radio station of stuff i can tolerate and even enjoy at times. It does seem to be learning. Radio.com was cool too, but I kind of like Pandora's customization better and the way you can rate the songs with the little thumbs up/thumbs down thing. quick and easy. If you want, send an email to my username at gmail dot com and I'll share this station with you. ...I had to do SOMETHING about the 80's music they are playing....it's been 2 years....I was getting urges to wear parachute pants to work, and tie bandanas arouns my knees. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-16-2009, 09:47 AM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I like this site more and more.... and my station keeps improving.....very infrequent that it plays something i actually dislike at this point. http://broadcaster.pandora.com/t?r=9...32B1AB0F53015& __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-16-2009, 10:07 AM	#6
Pensive Monkey Purveyor of Brilliance Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The dimpled chin of Illinois. Posts: 72	I adore Pandora. It's unfortunate that you now have to listen to ads, but I get it. It's a free service so I can't complain. __________________ *Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginitive.* ~ Oscar Wilde

07-16-2009, 10:28 AM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	pah, the ads are infrequent, and short.... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-16-2009, 02:30 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	http://www.pandora.com/#/stations/pl...11250931304860 love pandora. this is my current quikmix... if I did it correctly __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-16-2009, 09:00 PM	#9
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	Too bad free accounts will be limited to 40 hours a month. http://blog.pandora.com/pandora/arch...t_updat_1.html __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

07-17-2009, 08:12 AM	#11
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	I have the Fire FM extension on Firefox as a menu bar, you can type in an artist and will mix a station based on similar stuff. You can do a lot with favourites on the site too.

07-21-2009, 12:02 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I just upgraded my Pandora account. For $36 per year, now I have 192Kbps, it takes five hours to time out, no ads (were the ads all that bad, anyway?). Plus skins, mini-players, etc. Considering that I listen all day long at work, does $3 a month, basically 10 cents a day, not sound like a good deal to you? Upgrade. The 192Kbps sound quality is immediately noticable. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-21-2009, 02:15 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i like the idea of having it outside of a browser. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-21-2009, 11:11 PM	#14
Master Cthulhu Sentimental Sentient Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 38	Or you could just, you know, download the music.

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