Monday, February 06, 2006

The Music Genome Project

I’m trying a new form of Internet radio that was recommended to me by Adam Pivonka. It’s different in that rather than selecting a station by the musical genera (i.e. Alternative, Dance, Electronica, or Hip-hop) you enter in one or more favorite artists or songs. Based on cataloged characteristics of the artists that you input as your “favorite” the player then automatically selects songs that are cataloged as similar. Typically the music they play is obscure enough that you may not have heard it yet - well hopefully. I've had to make a list sence I started listening to it of new artists CDs to look out for next time in a record store.

I encourage everyone looking to hear some new music that you’ll probably like to give it a spin. Visit: http://www.pandora.com

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