"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"
Comments
I have been listening to Pandora for about 6 months now. It is pretty amazing how it figures out exactly what the music you like has in common then finds more songs like it. I have noticed it can't figure out if there is a particular band you hate (Def Leppard) even though like that genre of music. Very cool site.
Posted by: Bob | November 21, 2008 7:47 AM
You have it on your iphone right?
My one set is T-bone burnett only and it's a ton of cool music..
Posted by: squeak | November 21, 2008 8:01 AM
Pandora is a great music service.I listen to it when I'm on the computer.And I'm on it ALOT.
Posted by: Bill Conway | November 22, 2008 3:23 PM
I've just now discovered this and so far it's very nice. I've got my own Bo Diddley station! Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: M Fats | November 28, 2008 1:02 PM