Is Pandora the best music site ever?

dazedcola · 04.21.2009, 08:59 PM

Where has this site been all my life. A friend turned me onto it last week and Ive fallen in love. The site works like this, you create a radio station on there by a certain genre or artist. They'll then play a song and you vote wether u like it or not. If you like it they use what they call "the music genome project" to find other music you may like based on the qualities of the songs you gave the thumbs up to. It works vice versa too where if u vote against a certain song they wont play anything that has qualities like that in a song. I've discovered so much new music with this station.

Check it out right now if you havent already
http://pandora.com/

atsonicpark · 04.21.2009, 09:09 PM

Sounds like a crappier last.fm. But whatever works for ya.

wellcharge · 04.21.2009, 09:14 PM

last.fm is the best music site ever

StevOK · 04.21.2009, 09:18 PM

I made a station a couple of weeks ago. I need to start telling it what I don't like.

What is last.fm like? I've never tried it.

wellcharge · 04.21.2009, 09:26 PM

you can listen to radio like pandora, but you can also have yr cds,mp3s etc. added to yr profile when you listen to them. you get charts, comments,can make/join groups(basically you can do anything that facebook or myspace does) you can upload galleries and bios for artist pages, and leave comments on the artist or their pictures. so it's like internet radio,social network,forum and basically everything all on one site,and it's not usa only like pandora

o'connor · 04.21.2009, 09:31 PM

yeah but last fm is so unorganized. i found my band's first cd on there and none of us ever even put it on there. and the titles of songs were all jacked up.

wellcharge · 04.21.2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by o'connor

yeah but last fm is so unorganized. i found my band's first cd on there and none of us ever even put it on there. and the titles of songs were all jacked up.

you don't have to put it there, it gets put up when people listen to it, and it's also usually people's fault if the titles are wrong, it's about as organized as you can realistically expect user generated content from millions of people to be

SuperCreep · 04.21.2009, 10:25 PM

I never liked Pandora. It usually plays stuff I already know or shit that wasn't even remotely similar to what I was looking for.

I'll stick to last.fm and RYM for music recs.

summer · 04.21.2009, 10:30 PM

Yeeeah Pandora sucks, go with last.fm.
Just listen to some stuff, and then listen to your "My Recommendations" or "My Neighborhood" channel and you'll get stuff you like guaranteed.

automatic bzooty · 04.21.2009, 11:59 PM

yeah, as mentioned: last.fm >>>>>>> pandora.

This Is Not Here · 04.22.2009, 03:25 AM

Pandora's rubbish, and last. fm isn't a lot better. Essentially if you use it for a long time you'll notice the same tracks repeating, which are clearly the only ones they could buy rights to play. It didn't help me one bit, and the mentality behind having a machine pick out music which is 'identical' to that which you've already heard has always been somewhat beyond me.

summer · 04.22.2009, 03:29 AM

I don't think in the case of last.fm it's a machine at all, it's likely the process of some zany mathematical process where it compares who listens to what, and how high on the charts they are, and how similar your charts are to every other chart, and thus forming an opinion on which band is highest that you haven't already listened to.
...or...something like that.

terminal pharmacy · 04.22.2009, 05:48 AM

Yeah it is a fantastic site, they call the software music dna typing. Anyway I haven't been able to access it for the last couple of years because of legal issues with what they were doinmg, i shall have to check again and see if i can regain access.

atsonicpark · 04.22.2009, 07:23 AM

As SuperCreep said: Last.fm and RYM. Nothing else is needed.

SuperCreep · 04.22.2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here

Pandora's rubbish, and last. fm isn't a lot better. Essentially if you use it for a long time you'll notice the same tracks repeating, which are clearly the only ones they could buy rights to play. It didn't help me one bit, and the mentality behind having a machine pick out music which is 'identical' to that which you've already heard has always been somewhat beyond me.

I've only used the "Recommended radio" thing once, and yeah, I agree that it sucks. I was thinking something more along the lines of checking all of yr top neighbors and/or friends profiles, searching through their top artists lists, and finding stuff you've heard very little of or never listened to before.

afterthefact · 04.22.2009, 09:45 AM

Pandora can be good, except sometimes its whole "genome" thing gets out of whack. You might be jamming to some good punk, and then it throws in a Johnny Thunders acoustic song, and about three more songs down the line you are listening to Damien Rice.

pbradley · 04.22.2009, 10:41 AM

Pandora is fine and all for parties, but I'm far more picky when it comes to personal listening.

04.21.2009, 08:59 PM	#1
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	Where has this site been all my life. A friend turned me onto it last week and Ive fallen in love. The site works like this, you create a radio station on there by a certain genre or artist. They'll then play a song and you vote wether u like it or not. If you like it they use what they call "the music genome project" to find other music you may like based on the qualities of the songs you gave the thumbs up to. It works vice versa too where if u vote against a certain song they wont play anything that has qualities like that in a song. I've discovered so much new music with this station. Check it out right now if you havent already http://pandora.com/ __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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04.21.2009, 09:09 PM	#2
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Sounds like a crappier last.fm. But whatever works for ya. __________________
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04.21.2009, 09:14 PM	#3
wellcharge expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cold and boring kanada Posts: 1,297	last.fm is the best music site ever
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04.21.2009, 09:18 PM	#4
StevOK expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Henrietta, TX Posts: 2,412	I made a station a couple of weeks ago. I need to start telling it what I don't like. What is last.fm like? I've never tried it. __________________ Follow me! Soundcloud Tumblr Facebook
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04.21.2009, 09:26 PM	#5
wellcharge expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cold and boring kanada Posts: 1,297	you can listen to radio like pandora, but you can also have yr cds,mp3s etc. added to yr profile when you listen to them. you get charts, comments,can make/join groups(basically you can do anything that facebook or myspace does) you can upload galleries and bios for artist pages, and leave comments on the artist or their pictures. so it's like internet radio,social network,forum and basically everything all on one site,and it's not usa only like pandora
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04.21.2009, 09:31 PM	#6
o'connor expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Tx. Posts: 1,365	yeah but last fm is so unorganized. i found my band's first cd on there and none of us ever even put it on there. and the titles of songs were all jacked up. __________________ My name is Jonathon http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001798646886 - Personal http://soundcloud.com/j-o-c-o - JoCo (Music) http://soundcloud.com/driftera - Drift Era (Music)
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04.21.2009, 10:25 PM	#8
SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	I never liked Pandora. It usually plays stuff I already know or shit that wasn't even remotely similar to what I was looking for. I'll stick to last.fm and RYM for music recs. __________________
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04.21.2009, 10:30 PM	#9
summer stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 540	Yeeeah Pandora sucks, go with last.fm. Just listen to some stuff, and then listen to your "My Recommendations" or "My Neighborhood" channel and you'll get stuff you like guaranteed. __________________
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04.21.2009, 11:59 PM	#10
automatic bzooty invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,859	yeah, as mentioned: last.fm >>>>>>> pandora.
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04.22.2009, 03:25 AM	#11
This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	Pandora's rubbish, and last. fm isn't a lot better. Essentially if you use it for a long time you'll notice the same tracks repeating, which are clearly the only ones they could buy rights to play. It didn't help me one bit, and the mentality behind having a machine pick out music which is 'identical' to that which you've already heard has always been somewhat beyond me. __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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04.22.2009, 03:29 AM	#12
summer stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 540	I don't think in the case of last.fm it's a machine at all, it's likely the process of some zany mathematical process where it compares who listens to what, and how high on the charts they are, and how similar your charts are to every other chart, and thus forming an opinion on which band is highest that you haven't already listened to. ...or...something like that. __________________
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04.22.2009, 05:48 AM	#13
terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	Yeah it is a fantastic site, they call the software music dna typing. Anyway I haven't been able to access it for the last couple of years because of legal issues with what they were doinmg, i shall have to check again and see if i can regain access.
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04.22.2009, 07:23 AM	#14
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	As SuperCreep said: Last.fm and RYM. Nothing else is needed. __________________
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04.22.2009, 09:45 AM	#16
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Pandora can be good, except sometimes its whole "genome" thing gets out of whack. You might be jamming to some good punk, and then it throws in a Johnny Thunders acoustic song, and about three more songs down the line you are listening to Damien Rice. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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04.22.2009, 10:41 AM	#17
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Pandora is fine and all for parties, but I'm far more picky when it comes to personal listening.
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