I'm not sure why it took me so long to discover Pandora, but this site is amazing. Simply enter an artist or even a song title and it will play similar songs based on the characteristics of the artist or songs entered.
You can join for free and it will remember your preferences and stream the songs using the flash player for free.
The comparison of songs is different than what Amazon.com or iTunes does, in fact is kicks their ass in that regard. By having many attributes of the song available (chromatic harmony, meandering melodic phrasing, major/minor key tonality, etc.) it can amazingly find similar songs to your liking.
And, it simply works. I found new artists that I would never have found in iTunes using Pandora.
Posted by drake at November 1, 2006 10:02 AM