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DamanC
25-10-05, 14:39
Fancy finding yourself new music suitable to your tates then http://www.pandora.com/ is for you.

Simply put in a song or artist that you like and Pandora.com will quickly find a tune very similar or the same as the tune that you had entered and play it to you. Simple as that. God i sound like a salesman :no:

try it out, i was impressed

http://www.pandora.com/
mrsupra
25-10-05, 18:54
Fantastic find!!! using as i write this.
Got 3 stations at the mo: Nirvana / Mr.Scruff / Marilyn Manson. Will add some more soon.
Not sure that uk can sign up to it, as it says for US only in small print :(
Otherwise can only use for 10 hours then thats it :unfair: grrrrrr
Digsy
25-10-05, 19:33
Thats pretty cool. Its very good at finding songs that were musically very similar but I found that 90% of what it selected to play had annoyingly generic American rock style vocals (a'la NIckleback / Puddle of Mudd etc).

Good though :)
SteveR
25-10-05, 20:05
Absolutely brilliant!
This is going to cost me a lot of money in music purchases! :D
michael
25-10-05, 20:07
Awesome stuff, it's introduced me to loads of new bands today
mrsupra
25-10-05, 20:21
Just a note:
I sent Pandora an email if we can sign up to the service over here after the 10hour trial is up. They replied back with:

We are still working on getting Pandora to other countries. Its a matter of licensing. Audio content streaming over the internet is regulated differently from country to country. Europe is one of our main priorities in expanding right now. There is no set date as to when this will happen, but we are definitely aware of the high demand, so keep checking back!

Vic @ Pandora

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Thought this might be the case as MusicMatch has "Music On Demand" but thats only for US as well, booooooo :(
Darn UK regulations. :thumbdown
DamanC
25-10-05, 20:22
I am currently finding out how we can use it for more than 10 hours over here.......
mrsupra
25-10-05, 20:24
I am currently finding out how we can use it for more than 10 hours over here.......


As they said, we cant at the mo :( How crap is that :( Really enjoying it as well.
Todd
25-10-05, 21:11
This rates as one of the best things I've ever seen/heard on the net.....right after porn and car web sites ;)
SonicSoop
25-10-05, 21:13
Mine kept recommending Slayer.. hmmmm perhaps it's time to buy that 'South of Heaven' album I've been promising myself... for the last fifteen years...! :devil:
Jake
25-10-05, 21:14
How do they know where you are? What if you used a proxy?
JohnK
25-10-05, 21:24
They want a ZIP code where your credit card is registered.
Lucifer
25-10-05, 21:27
WOW! Great find
Jake
25-10-05, 21:29
They want a ZIP code where your credit card is registered.Oh, this is a PAY thing!

Urrrgh.
DamanC
26-10-05, 00:46
you get 10 hours free, there must be a way round it......
Gaz Walker
26-10-05, 10:00
This rates as one of the best things I've ever seen/heard on the net.....right after porn and car web sites ;)

:clap: Good way of putting it!

Gaz.
Ian R
26-10-05, 10:06
Cool
michael
03-05-07, 23:08
"slight" dusting off of an old thread but it's bad news for those of us still using it :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6619919.stm
Ian W
03-05-07, 23:10
dammit.

i always wondered how long it would take them to figure out that i don't live in hawaii :d
Tom
03-05-07, 23:31
wow nice link :)
michael
03-05-07, 23:44
It's madness on the part of the record companies, I've "discovered" loads of new groups through Pandora, it's a tool they should be supporting, not restricting, it helps sales but I guess they just see it as a means for people to listen to their music for free :(