Pandora

lately i've been using this free music streaming service called Pandora. it works by asking you for an example for music you like, and providing you with similar pieces of music. by similar i mean having similar traits, not by the same artist. it's called the music genome project and it's fueled by a ton of people listening to music and tagging it for its attributes. there are other free music streamers out there that work automatically by comparing your listening preferences to those of people listening to similar stuff (obtained through monitoring their players). there are dynamic considerations that might support any of those very different models. bottom line is i like the pandora interface and performance. most of the time they manage to surprise me with nice new stuff. if you try it out and like it, i can send you my stations as well.