A Playlist Of Music You Will (Probably) Like

by Jason Faulkner on Jun 6, 2009 | 8 comments

When you first visit Pandora, you will notice are prompted to enter a song or artist along with the site’s tagline:

Stations that play only music you like

Pandora is a unique approach to customizing a playlist to your liking. You can read the long winded description, but in a nutshell the songs which are played sound similar to the artist or song you specify.

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.

I have been listing to Pandora for the past couple of weeks and am quite impressed. It really does a great job in matching the similarities and playing new stuff which I do like.

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RAY SMITH
I have been using Pandora for quite some time and agree 100%. If it does happen to play a song you dont like there is a little tag you can push and it not only stopps the song, but never plays it again. You have to be careful tho, if you have limited download (like me ) it can eat it up in a hurrie.
David
This program is censored here in Australia and we are unable to access it. Sounds good though.
Sharron Field
In the UK we fet this message: -
“Dear Pandora Visitor,
We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for 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. ”
Is there some hidden reason why the USA get almost total exclusivity on a large number of US websites? It seems that, to everyone else, it’s the World Wide Web: To Americans it’s the United States Wide Web.

Sharron Field
Please forgive the double-posting.
Donny
I’m in Canada and can’t use it either. I use http://www.last.fm and it seems to be similar…but it’s free (with limitations, you can pay for a full membership).

Sharron Field
In the UK we get this message: -
“Dear Pandora Visitor,
We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for 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. ”
Is there some hidden reason why the USA get almost total exclusivity on a large number of US websites? It seems that, to everyone else, it’s the World Wide Web: To Americans it’s the United States Wide Web.
mr quake
For those in England and Australia might want to try Jango,com It is similar to Pandora. I listen to it here in the States and find it has more of a global reach.
kidd
Sharron, I feel your pain for the ‘USWW’, only reversed. Because of a change gambling laws a few years ago, I lost access to some of my favorite poker sites. The majority stayed open, but closed their doors to US customers. Doyles room and pacific poker are the two that come to mind. Rumor is that Doyles room is back open to US players (i haven’t had the time to try) after 3 years. Maybe pandora will do the same in (hopefully) less time.