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Pandora is pretty cool
September 10, 2008
Just been listening to my own custom radio station on Pandora. I was looking for some “old school trance” and stumbled onto this site, although I’d heard of it before. I actually just typed in “trance,” selected one of the random albums that popped up, and now I’ve got an endless virtual station of that type of music. And the reliability is high; unlike many real radio stations that stream online, the signal hasn’t dropped once in several hours.
Two drawbacks. One, I had to provide an email address and sign-up info after pausing the audio once. Obviously, they want to get people to register. It’s still free though.
The other drawback is that you can’t actually listen to a specific song or album; that’s the nature of how Pandora’s licensing works with the record labels. And I’m not sure how these guys are going to make real money, since the page doesn’t show ads, and once the music is playing you don’t have to look at the page anyway (and there are no audio commercials, either). Anyway, I’m a fan - hope it lasts.
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