The Music Genome Project…A.K.A. Pandora

I stumbled across this website, and think it is a cool idea! It is based off the concept of music genre families, and creating stations based off of those individual groupings. For example I typed in Blue Oyster Cult, and now a new station called Blue Oyster Cult is formed. The music on the station will be a combination of the originating band’s music, and that of artists in the same genome.

There are quite a few user friendly features, that even include networking possibilities. You can bookmark favorite songs, artists, or other listeners. You can also alter the stations, adding to, or taking away from the current play list. Each song you can rate, as to whether you liked it or not. Of course, there is the option to purchase the music.

The basic membership is free, however, they do offer a premium service. For $36 a year, you can listen to your Pandora stations on select Sprint phones, or from a streaming music player from Sonos or Logitech. They also say your paid membership comes without ads, but I haven’t heard any as of yet with the free version.

Stop by and say hi to Pandora for me, I think you’ll like what she has to offer!
Blue Oyster Cult

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