wicked cool

internet radio station (FOR FREE) pandora

you can create your own 'stations'. i typed in van morrison and i'm getting a nice bunch of tunes. everything from of course van to otis redding and an occasional stones tune, allman brothers, fiona apple, bob dylan (stuck inside of mobile is playing RIGHT NOW) and on and on. when something comes on you don' t like (let's say u2, whom i dislike with my whole heart and soul, you can nix the tune). give it a try, really!

(update: hey rick, i just created a buffy station! piney wood hills just came up. we'll see who else and what else plays)

................The Music Genome Project®
On January 6, 2000 a group of musicians and music-loving technologists came together with the idea of creating the most comprehensive analysis of music ever.
Together we set out to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical attributes or "genes" into a very large Music Genome. Taken together these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song - everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony. 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.
Since we started back in 2000, we've carefully listened to the songs of tens of thousands of different artists - ranging from popular to obscure - and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a time. This work continues each and every day as we endeavor to include all the great new stuff coming out of studios, clubs and garages around the world.
It has been quite an adventure, you could say a little crazy - but now that we've created this extraordinary collection of music analysis, we think we can help be your guide as you explore your favorite parts of the music universe.
We hope you enjoy the journey.
Tim Westergren
Founder
The Music Genome Project ...................