In The Smoking Room
Posted by trevor Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:59:40 GMT
Note: there’s cussing in this post – you’ve been warned. And yes, I have shamelessly lifted from Daring Fireball.
Read more...pandora.com is uncanny
Posted by trevor Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:24:00 GMT
I’m not sure how much I buy into the whole Pandora Music Genome Project thing.
Still, this morning I gave it a try and I have to say, it’s uncannily accurate at figuring out my tastes – it’s been quite a few songs since I had to click “I don’t like it”.
What’s even better is that apart from my starting point (Iron and Wine by the way) all but one of the tracks played were from acts I’d never heard before.
And whether I buy into it or not, it’s pretty interesting to click “Why did you play this song?”
Based on what you’ve told us so far, we’re playing this track because if features mellow rock instrumentation, a subtle use of vocal harmony, mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation, a vocal aesthetic and a minor key tonality.
Seriously? Not because 734 other people who bought ‘Woman King’ also bought this album? Go figure.
