Pandora on the iPhone is awesome. If you have a iPhone.. its a great app to have.
Pandora is an online music streaming service based on the Music Genome Project. Basically a bunch of guys tagged everything they could about loads of songs..Add a massive algorithm on that and put it on the net. Result - Pandora.
So now when you search for an artist, Pandora can look up similar music for you and play it. Initially you need to tweak your stream by thumbs-downing or thumbs-uping certain tracks, but it gets better the longer you use it. It also has a nifty feature where it tells you why pandora chose that song..
We’re playing this track because it features basic rock song structures, a subtle use of vocal harmony, acoustic rhythm piano, major key tonality, electric guitar riffs, a breathy male vocalist, prominent use of synth and many other similarities…
Yes.. they know what they’re doing.