[TwistedLefty]

I was just reintroduced to this and i thought i would share it with you all here, it's a great way to discover new artists/music.
Enjoy

The Music Genome Project

"On January 6, 2000 a group of musicians and music-loving technologists came together with the idea of creating the most comprehensive analysis of music ever.

Together we set out to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical attributes or "genes" into a very large Music Genome. Taken together these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song - everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony. It's not about what a band looks like, or what genre they supposedly belong to, or about who buys their records - it's about what each individual song sounds like.

Over the past 6 years, we've carefully listened to the songs of over 10,000 different artists - ranging from popular to obscure - and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time. This work continues each and every day as we endeavor to include all the great new stuff coming out of studios, clubs and garages around the world.

It has been quite an adventure, you could say a little crazy - but now that we've created this extraordinary collection of music analysis, we think we can help be your guide as you explore your favorite parts of the music universe."

We hope you enjoy the journey.

Tim Westergren
Founder
The Music Genome Project




Pandora

Ever since we started the Music Genome Project, our friends would ask:
Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?
Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs. We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.

http://www.pandora.com/

[Stratrat]

Pandora is pretty cool. I learned about it from another thread here. You can "shape" your internet radio stations by choosing artists you like, then rating 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' on songs as they play, and it will fine-tune itself to your preferences. I often have it running in the background on my computer.

[knight46]

Lefty this is pretty cool, I have it running right now, thanks.

[eddiez152]

Twisted,

Thanks for the post, maked it in my favorites. Look interesting

[pamelody]

A million thanks Lefty this is a great find

[skinnybloke]

This looked like it was going to be a great find, but all I get is>>>

"Dear Pandora Visitor,

We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for most listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative.

We believe that you are in Australia, your IP address appears to be ... ... ..."

Apparently, not available outside the US.
Dang!!

[TwistedLefty]

Originally Posted by skinnybloke

Apparently, not available outside the US.
Dang!!

sorry, i had no idea.

[cshude]

Very cool- have to bookmark this one.

[TwistedLefty]

note to all non US residents, try entering a US zip code when registering.
here is a handy tool for finding US zip codes
http://www.us-zip.org/

[Sano]

Great find and like others I've bookmarked it into favourites.

Thanks TwistedLefty for the US Zip codes.

Shh, I'm in (not so) sunny Scotland

[TwistedLefty]

Originally Posted by Sano

Great find and like others I've bookmarked it into favourites.

Thanks TwistedLefty for the US Zip codes.

Shh, I'm in (not so) sunny Scotland

unfortunatly the US zipcode dodge does not seem to be working for some, maybe those that try it should give a thumbs up if it works.
it seems that they may be able to detect you if you are "down under" Skinnybloke is going to give ip masking a shot, also you may want to try deleting your temp files and cookies before registering.