05
03
06
Pandora
There is a great new web startup company called Pandora that you really have to check out. It’s like an Internet radio station, except that you create your own stations by telling it what songs or artists you like. It takes those songs or artists and starts playing music that is similar. As you hear songs you can train your station by giving a thumbs up or thumbs down to the songs it plays.
I have been rocking out all morning to my latest station, which I have dubbed Hard as Nails Bitch, that features the finest in modern hard rock and classic screaming guitar 80s metal.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:14 pm
I’ve been listening to Pandora for well over a year now. Mostly I use it to find new artists that are similar to my taste – they play tons of stuff that’s pretty obscure. Definitely a worthy evolution to internet radio.
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:20 pm
If you try Pandora and you listen to 5 songs, it will ask you to register to listen to more. You “must” live in the US to listen for licensing reasons, so you’ll be asked to enter in a ZIP code as proof you’re an American. A ZIP code is just any 5-digit number, which is all you should need to know to keep listening.
May 3rd, 2006 at 3:48 pm
I put 90210 – and now I’m rocking out like I was Ian Zering.
Very cool! I’ll email you my station.