I'm usually an emotional wreck
I'm usually an emotional wreck, so I was really excited when I heard about a new website called pandora.com. Read on (excepts without permission) from Media Matters @ Mennonite Media
InternetPosted: 5/5/2006 Pandora Website by Matthew Kauffman Smith
Pandora.com, a streaming Internet radio station (available on broadband connections only), houses many diverse musical combinations...In 2005, Pandora emerged as the product of five years of brainstorming and planning by the Music Genome Project, a group of musicians and computer-savvy music fans. The Project broke down songs into genetic matter. "Taken together," the Web site explains, "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."
Pandora's premise is simple: type in the name of a musician or song and see where it leads. Based on the selection, the Web site then builds a play list of songs and artists that contain similar characteristics. The song selection is based on the qualities of the individual song and does not take into account how record stores and radio stations would label the music. The result is a venture into an infinitely enlightening musical universe.
So cool!
Pandora.com, a streaming Internet radio station (available on broadband connections only), houses many diverse musical combinations...In 2005, Pandora emerged as the product of five years of brainstorming and planning by the Music Genome Project, a group of musicians and computer-savvy music fans. The Project broke down songs into genetic matter. "Taken together," the Web site explains, "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."
Pandora's premise is simple: type in the name of a musician or song and see where it leads. Based on the selection, the Web site then builds a play list of songs and artists that contain similar characteristics. The song selection is based on the qualities of the individual song and does not take into account how record stores and radio stations would label the music. The result is a venture into an infinitely enlightening musical universe.
So cool!
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