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Ever since we started the Music Genome Project (http://www.pandora.com/mgp.shtml), our friends would ask:

Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?

Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs. We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.Thanks to another forum I visit for this site, I haven't heard a dud yet from any of my saved stations and I've even written down some new bands to look for their music online.

The Music Genome Project explained:



The Music Genome Project

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.

Over the past 5 years, we've carefully listened to the songs of over 10,000 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

The internet is funny. This site has been posted on 4 different sites within the last 24 hours. Cool site.

The internet is funny. This site has been posted on 4 different sites within the last 24 hours. Cool site.


1 minute. Man you are good. A music thread pops up and BAM! all over it. It's like me with van sex.

The internet is funny. This site has been posted on 4 different sites within the last 24 hours. Cool site.
I've seen many people posting on these internets.

Found this a few weeks ago, getting lots of use out of it.

Thanks for the link. Where else can a young man on the move find the Enuff Z' Nuff Radio Station?

I love me some Senator.

I couldn't it to actually play anything. I mean, it was playing something (theoretically) & I could skip a track & see the next song come up, etc ... but I wasn't getting any audio at all. The volume on the player set high, everything looked right (my speakers were working fine just moments before & after trying this), but I'm stumped as to why I couldn't actually hear anything? Flash version compatability problem maybe? I checked the FAQ didn't see anything like this mentioned, so ???

I've been using this for a month or so and it's a great idea. The music selection is questionable at best, but for free can you really complain?

This is pretty flippin' sweet.

This is cool so far. The real test is whether I'm still using it in a few hours. My guess is I will be.

My question is how is it legal? We're not paying to use these songs...do their ads really cover their overhead?

My question is how is it legal? We're not paying to use these songs...do their ads really cover their overhead?

I'm pretty sure they're working with the record companies here. Plus, they've got advertising on their site.

I put in a pretty obscure experimental rock band in am now listening to 3 Doors Down, Audiovent, and Puddle of Mudd. Yippie.

I'm pretty sure they're working with the record companies here. Plus, they've got advertising on their site.

I put in a pretty obscure experimental rock band in am now listening to 3 Doors Down, Audiovent, and Puddle of Mudd. Yippie.

I don't think obscurity is one of their criteria--I guess you're just a Puddle of Mudd fan with delusions of taste.

I like the way you smack my ass.

This site is pretty cool. Got any other good music sites?

Help! About an hour after adding Modest Mouse, Bon Jovi's The Hardest Part Is the Night started playing.

OK this site was great until I got the message: Unfortunately, due to our licensing agreements, we must limit the number of times you can skip a song per session so sit back and enjoy the music! (or something like that). Yeah, it was Dionne Warwick. Nice try. Back to itunes.

Dionne Warwick

lol

Yeah, it was Dionne Warwick. Nice try. Back to itunes.

You don't find her music similar to the group you wanted to listen to
- GWAR?

Dionne GWARwick?

OK this site was great until I got the message: Unfortunately, due to our licensing agreements, we must limit the number of times you can skip a song per session so sit back and enjoy the music! (or something like that). Yeah, it was Dionne Warwick. Nice try. Back to itunes.
You know you love her!

Dionne GWARwick?

Hmmmm...Dionne dressed like GWAR? *shudder* Nevermind....

Cheers!

OK this site was great until I got the message: Unfortunately, due to our licensing agreements, we must limit the number of times you can skip a song per session so sit back and enjoy the music! (or something like that). Yeah, it was Dionne Warwick. Nice try. Back to itunes.

Just recreate the station you were listening to. I think that worked for me. You can also click "I don't like this" when ever anything shitty comes on.

Anyway, it's supposed to be like a tailored radio station, introducing you to new stuff and whatever. You're not going to love everything--If you're so picky about your playlist that you have to skip more than 10 times an hour it's probably not for you.

great site, thanks for sharing!

Wasn't that what launch.com was doing at first, or some similar site? Also wasn't there another project called something like "firefly" in the mid 90's that used to refer you to albums based on what you'd rated...

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Help! About an hour after adding Modest Mouse, Bon Jovi's The Hardest Part Is the Night started playing. you should hang with bsak

JIf you're so picky about your playlist that you have to skip more than 10 times an hour it's probably not for you.
Bingo. Thus, my decision.

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I hope he likes Modest Mouse.

Still enjoying it. I like that I put about 4 or 5 different groups on my station as bands I like, and every once in a while it pulls up a group/song that I really like that I hadn't told it about. Pretty cool.

It's kinda fun playing "Stump the Band".

Found any stumpers yet?

You mean trying to build a station for a band they don't have in the database? I tried Thought Industry, and they gave me a bunch of choices that wasn't them.

Yeah, that's what I mean.

I tried "Deltron 3030", and it just said "sorry, we don't have that one but will look into them... try again."

Yeah, that's what I mean.

I tried "Deltron 3030", and it just said "sorry, we don't have that one but will look into them... try again."

Try Del Tha Funkee Homosapien or Handsome Boy Modeling School.

They didn't have Black Sheep in the database.

By the way, should I be worried that pretty much any song I seem to like, from a variety of different music genres, all seem to include the phrase "extensive vamping" in the description? Do I even want to know what that means?

The greatest thing is ever would be if Quik created a station and it started playing He Who Should Not Be Named.

The greatest thing is ever would be if Quik created a station and it started playing He Who Should Not Be Named.
Actually, there's something tremendously satisifying about hearing the first few notes of a song you don't like and then hitting the "I don't like it" button right away and watching it be replaced by a new song.

My Nine Inch Nails station just played a song by Bronson Arroyo.

This is completely unacceptable.

Okay, I'm fairly impressed. Got hits on Robert Earl Keen, Roger Creager, Kevin Fowler, Jason Boland, Reckless Kelly, and Cory Morrow. Struck out on Buster Jiggs and Randy Rogers.