This recommends column/post thing is a lot harder to keep up on than I thought it was going to be. Not really for lack of suggestions, but more for lack of time to write such posts.I think its this new thing called work that get in the way of such activities. oh well, such is life.
Anyway, this time I would like to recommend the internet radio service, Pandora. Its a pretty sweet way to listen to music that you want too, rather than regular radio that serves up a mash of everything most of the time. Its as simple as typing in an artist or song title and Pandora will do a pretty good job at matching the styles and “genes” with others in the same genre.
So if you really like a certain artist then put that in and it will play songs of that artist interspersed with songs from others that are similar. For instance, I put in Coldplay and it plays Muse, Athlete, and Keane just to name a few. Of course, you may not like any of those, so what do you do? Hit the thumbs down on the slide for the song and Pandora will learn eventually what you like and do not like. I think its only with that particular artist/station you create.
If you get sick of a single artist type playing on your radio then you can either make another or add some variety by selecting the variety option. I’ve done this on occasion where I think 2 or more artist are alike but not really played by Pandora together. It can also make in more interesting of what streams through too.
Downer part of using Pandora is that you might run into the 40 hour/month limit of streamed music rather quickly if you like listening alot. If so, I think its a $1 a month for unlimited listening for the rest of the month.
Well I don’t know whats next for this recommends column, but I have a feeling it could happen sooner. I have an actual Christmas break coming up from work! A whole week to boot. Isn’t that a bit weird this day and age? I think so. But I will take it and should I be at Borisch next year then I will actually get paid for it too. Until next time!
