Reaching Millions with a Smile

Allow me to introduce you to Pandora.com – The Music Genome Project, my new Best Friend.

Pandora.com is “The Music Genome Project”. The project was started in 2000 and is “the most comprehensive analysis of music ever undertaken”. You are able to create and customize your own radio “stations” based on a particular genre or sound that you like and specify. You simply enter an artist or song of your choice and not only will the site play that song, but will play similar and related musical material that you’ve never heard of and may instantly fall in love with!

It’s quite similar to buying a book from Amazon.com and then upon checkout, being presented with 5-10 choices that you might also like based on your purchase preference. The difference is that Pandora serves you with the only cost being your email address to activate a login. Also, you are able to say, “Yes I like this song” or “No I don’t like this song” and so the Project adjusts the musical selections that are presented to you when you press “Play” or … “Fast Forward”. You can actually “Fast Forward” through up to 6 songs per hour that you do not prefer. How nice is that?!

Did I mention that you can also “Pause” you radio stations? Yes, it’s true. You can listen to hours of commercial-free music AND “Pause” the online music stream while you go tell your friend or co-worker about the coolest online radio site. Then when you get back to your computer, you simply press play and your song and station picks up right where it left off without a glitch. Amazing!

From the site: www.pandora.com where the music magic happens, “The name Pandora means “all gifted” in Greek. In ancient Greek mythology, Pandora received many gifts from the Gods, including the gift of music, from Apollo. She was also, as we all know, very curious. Unlike those Gods of old, however, we celebrate that virtue and have made it our mission to reward the musically curious among us with a never-ending experience of music discovery.”

~Mirada~