Project Pandora
Project Pandora, which is part of the Music Genome Project is one of the most amazing sites on the net.
Anyone who wants to listen to any song they want whenever they want FOR FREE,without getting arrested, will absolutly adore this website.
I had been having a problem lately with finding new bands that were like bands that I am in love with now. I needed more content. Purevolume doesn't cut it when you need reccomendations based on the music you already listen to, and we all know that you can't rely on genre. Secondly, any dead cat can get on Purevolume. If you're only interested in bands that are long dead and that no one has ever heard of, ever- This is not the solution for you. You should also face that there is little for you at all, when it comes to legal music solutions in the digital age.
Project Pandora is a flash based application. It is rediculously easy to use. My father really likes it. You start off by entering a band name and it will play content from that band, and content from similar bands. This also works with individual songs.
But don't expect your playlists to be completly correct either. While testing it out, I was listening to "He Is Legend". It creates a playlist of "He Is Legend" and similar bands. It ended up throwing Metallica in there which I wasn't too happy about.
But you see, this is where it really shines. Project Pandora is a community of listeners. In this new project, they grouped bands together for these playlists by genres and other wide factors. If you get some irrelivant results in with your playlist, all you have to do is vote it down and kick it out of that band's playlist. It will take it out of that playlist from now on, and other people wont hear it when they look for what you did. They then try to put it somewhere more appropriate. You can also add things to the playlists if you think a band is similair to another. It's an amazing system.
This little flash app has user accounts and a favorites system as well, so it isn't back to the drawing board each time you visit.
You're probably asking, "Corey, services like napster let you stream any music you like via their service for a minimal fee, how does pandora offer the same for free?"
Services like Napster have you pay for streaming to follow the copyright laws (along with collecting some revenue). At first glance, it looks like Pandora is illegal. In fact, it is barely legal.
According to a friend, The Music Genome project appeased the record companies by popping in links to allow the user to legally download and own the song you're listening to, through Itunes. Also, to avoid the legal controversy about on demand music retrevial, the project might not give you what you want as the first item on the playlist.
Just a hint, skip a few tracks forward. It's always there.
So please, check this website out. I'm not trying to sell you, and no they're not paying me. I think you'll be very pleased, and if you're at all worried about getting sued by thepitiful powerful RIAA, this is the solution (as of now) for you.
I'll be adding to the sidebar of the website for the future.
pandora.com
Anyone who wants to listen to any song they want whenever they want FOR FREE,without getting arrested, will absolutly adore this website.
I had been having a problem lately with finding new bands that were like bands that I am in love with now. I needed more content. Purevolume doesn't cut it when you need reccomendations based on the music you already listen to, and we all know that you can't rely on genre. Secondly, any dead cat can get on Purevolume. If you're only interested in bands that are long dead and that no one has ever heard of, ever- This is not the solution for you. You should also face that there is little for you at all, when it comes to legal music solutions in the digital age.
Project Pandora is a flash based application. It is rediculously easy to use. My father really likes it. You start off by entering a band name and it will play content from that band, and content from similar bands. This also works with individual songs.
But don't expect your playlists to be completly correct either. While testing it out, I was listening to "He Is Legend". It creates a playlist of "He Is Legend" and similar bands. It ended up throwing Metallica in there which I wasn't too happy about.
But you see, this is where it really shines. Project Pandora is a community of listeners. In this new project, they grouped bands together for these playlists by genres and other wide factors. If you get some irrelivant results in with your playlist, all you have to do is vote it down and kick it out of that band's playlist. It will take it out of that playlist from now on, and other people wont hear it when they look for what you did. They then try to put it somewhere more appropriate. You can also add things to the playlists if you think a band is similair to another. It's an amazing system.
This little flash app has user accounts and a favorites system as well, so it isn't back to the drawing board each time you visit.
You're probably asking, "Corey, services like napster let you stream any music you like via their service for a minimal fee, how does pandora offer the same for free?"
Services like Napster have you pay for streaming to follow the copyright laws (along with collecting some revenue). At first glance, it looks like Pandora is illegal. In fact, it is barely legal.
According to a friend, The Music Genome project appeased the record companies by popping in links to allow the user to legally download and own the song you're listening to, through Itunes. Also, to avoid the legal controversy about on demand music retrevial, the project might not give you what you want as the first item on the playlist.
Just a hint, skip a few tracks forward. It's always there.
So please, check this website out. I'm not trying to sell you, and no they're not paying me. I think you'll be very pleased, and if you're at all worried about getting sued by the
pandora.com
posted by Corey J. Butler at 5:37 AM
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Pandora is AWESOME.
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