pandora
Pandora is a very slick little flash application created by the Music Genome Project used to suggest new music to you based on songs or artists that you like. The app uses the attributes known by the genome project about each song and creates a profile that it can match against other songs. The Genome project “captures the essence of music at the most fundamental level” – “everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony.” Then you can go through and listen to all the recommendations, giving them thumbs up and thumbs down as you go. It’s a really great idea, that needs a little work, that could really revolutionize the way we all find new music we like, instead of the crap we have to tolerate on mainstream radio.
