http://www.candiedpop.com/2006/03/20/pandora/ Reviews and news about independent artists and labels. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:49:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.candiedpop.com/2006/03/20/pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-2663 Pandora at elwoodicious Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:02:25 +0000 http://www.candiedpop.com/2006/03/20/pandora/#comment-2663 [...] My buddy Scott had written about Pandora over at Candied Pop almost a month ago and I finally got around to playing with it. You provide it with an artist or a song and it will construct a playlist of tracks that it “thinks” are similar to your initial request based on a wide number of parameters but all grounded in the musical construction of the song. For example, I typed in DJ Shadow and so far Pandora has returned Ming & FS, Duuster, and Total Science stating that the commonality between them is the use of Modal Harmonies, Synth Riffs, and prevalence of groove. Yes, the “prevalence of groove”. It does this by drawing upon the knowledge built into the Music Genome Project, which cataloged the “genes” of a song into discrete components: “everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony.” [...] [...] My buddy Scott had written about Pandora over at Candied Pop almost a month ago and I finally got around to playing with it. You provide it with an artist or a song and it will construct a playlist of tracks that it “thinks” are similar to your initial request based on a wide number of parameters but all grounded in the musical construction of the song. For example, I typed in DJ Shadow and so far Pandora has returned Ming & FS, Duuster, and Total Science stating that the commonality between them is the use of Modal Harmonies, Synth Riffs, and prevalence of groove. Yes, the “prevalence of groove”. It does this by drawing upon the knowledge built into the Music Genome Project, which cataloged the “genes” of a song into discrete components: “everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony.” [...]

]]> http://www.candiedpop.com/2006/03/20/pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Candied Pop » Blog Archive » Saturday Play List (4/8) Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:09:12 +0000 http://www.candiedpop.com/2006/03/20/pandora/#comment-37 [...] Saxon Shores - Luck Will Not Save Us From A Jackpot Of Nothing (2005) This one is a Pandora discovery. Despite its bitter sounding title, plenty of hope rings through these five tranquil, atmospheric instrumental songs. They feel both naturalistic and futuristic, like maybe watching the sun rise over the smooth glass surface of a lake surrounded by mountains, thankful to have survived the alien invasion. [...] [...] Saxon Shores – Luck Will Not Save Us From A Jackpot Of Nothing (2005) This one is a Pandora discovery. Despite its bitter sounding title, plenty of hope rings through these five tranquil, atmospheric instrumental songs. They feel both naturalistic and futuristic, like maybe watching the sun rise over the smooth glass surface of a lake surrounded by mountains, thankful to have survived the alien invasion. [...]

]]> http://www.candiedpop.com/2006/03/20/pandora/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Mike Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:59:49 +0000 http://www.candiedpop.com/2006/03/20/pandora/#comment-30 Yeah, pandora's great. Now if I can just get Radio Nobody (http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh16589266) to stop playing Journey, I'll be set! Yeah, pandora’s great. Now if I can just get Radio Nobody (http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh16589266) to stop playing Journey, I’ll be set!

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