Have you ever discovered a song that you like so much that you wish you could find similar songs? I discovered the site Pandora through a friend, and I am hooked.Pandora is a free web-based program that allows you to input the name of an artist or song, and based on data linked to the artist or song, Pandora will find other music you may like. For example, one of my favorite songs is Untold Stories by Buju Banton. So, I created a radio station called ,"Untold Stories."
Pandora looks at the data for ,"Untold Stories," which includes, "a reggae feel, a subtle use of vocal harmony, acoustic sonority, repetitive melodic phrasing, extensive vamping, major key tonality, a gravelly male vocalist, acoustic rhythm guitars, prominent percussion, political lyrics" and finds other songs based on the same criteria. Pandora plays entire songs, which the user can give a thumbs up or thumbs down. Soon you have an entire list of songs populated based on your original seed song or artist. From my "Untold Stories" seed, I discovered artists such as Ekolu, Ka'au Crater Boys, Gyptian, Mishka, and even another version of the seed song performed by Sinéad O'Connor.
Oh, and if you really like the song, the site allows you to click on the album cover, select buy, and then the song will pop up in iTunes. I am starting my "Amos Lee" seed now.
