You guys have to check this out...very cool.

Graham Lathrop · Post by **Graham Lathrop** » 16 Dec 2005 7:29 am

It is a program from a group called The Music Genome Project. You type in an artist or song you like and it makes a "radio station" out of your selection...one that introduces you to similar artists. It is all done with Flash.
www.pandora.com

I played around with it for an hour last night...post your thoughts back here.

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 16 Dec 2005 8:01 am

I punched in the named of Cannonball Adderley. It played a great tune that made me remember just how good he was. Then they played Dexter Gorden, Ben Webster and the Jazz Messengers. At that point , they asked me to register. It was then I found out that only US ctizens can register. Still, thank you for a lovely morning listening present.[This message was edited by Andy Greatrix on 16 December 2005 at 08:03 AM.][This message was edited by Andy Greatrix on 16 December 2005 at 08:22 AM.][This message was edited by Andy Greatrix on 16 December 2005 at 08:24 AM.]

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Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 16 Dec 2005 8:21 am

Cool!!!

I tried the name "Lloyd Green" (what else did you expect from me?

) and it started playing "Sweet Cheeks" and "Little Darlin". I'll have to do some more searched!!!!

Kind Regards, Walter

www.lloydgreentribute.com
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 16 Dec 2005 9:20 am

I typed in "Buddy Emmons",& it didn't have ANYTHING by "E". I,then,typed in "Maurice Anderson",& it came back with,"Which "Maurice Anderson" do you mean, Sunshine Anderson,or Laurie Anderson?"

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Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 16 Dec 2005 9:49 am

I guess it'd have to be "Sunshine" then.

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 16 Dec 2005 10:39 am

Singers vs. Steelers. I rest my case.

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Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 16 Dec 2005 1:43 pm

It's got the Campbell Brothers in there.

It is also very good for main stream jazz.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 16 Dec 2005 2:19 pm

Singers vs. Steelers. I rest my case

Well, they did put ONE steeler in the list.

Herman Visser · Post by **Herman Visser** » 16 Dec 2005 2:26 pm

I tried pete Drake got No where, It shut Down I quess too Hot!!!!

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 16 Dec 2005 2:36 pm

It's actually a really cool idea. They just don't have enough steel guitar music in it yet.

I combined "Friends of Dean Martinez", "Lloyd Green", "Campbell Brothers" and "Bill Frisell". It's been finding some pretty cool stuff, including a Jerry Douglas/Derek Trucks track I'd never heard.[This message was edited by b0b on 16 December 2005 at 02:38 PM.]

Charles French · Post by **Charles French** » 16 Dec 2005 4:53 pm

Doggone that tooooo cool. I'm ah liking it! http://www.pandora.com/

Gary Spaeth · Post by **Gary Spaeth** » 17 Dec 2005 7:50 am

"Singers vs. Steelers. I rest my case." what do you mean b0b, jerry garcia's on that list.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 17 Dec 2005 11:24 am

I punched in Lloyd Green. It played a Lloyd Green tune and later in the line up I got a Speedy West tune, one by Noel Boggs, another by Jerry Douglas, followed by another Speedy West tune.

Pretty fun!

Lee, from South Texas

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 17 Dec 2005 12:08 pm

I am using Replay Radio on my PC, so I also can record the songs and store them as MP3 files...

Kind Regards, Walter

www.lloydgreentribute.com
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 17 Dec 2005 12:09 pm

It definitely has a pedal steel/slide category. The trick is to create a station and carefully monitor what it plays. I started with a Campbell brothers song and it said it was playing it because it had pedal steel. I just said I dislike any song that didn't have that as a criteria. Now I'm getting Daniel Lanois, Sonny Landreth, Friends of Dean Martinez, and some folks I never heard of. Very cool. [This message was edited by Bill McCloskey on 17 December 2005 at 12:13 PM.]

Ian Finlay · Post by **Ian Finlay** » 17 Dec 2005 1:40 pm

No Spade Cooley or Leon McAuliffe. It did find Bob Wills of course....

Ian

Colm Chomicky · Post by **Colm Chomicky** » 17 Dec 2005 2:12 pm

I typed in Dale Watson, and it worked great.
.. then added some NPRS, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Iris DeMent, Commander Cody, Laura Cantrell, etc.etc. to see what kind of DNA would brew.

Its kicked back some yound country stuff but I told it not to play so its hit me up with some Junior Brown, Buck Owens, and Marty Robbins for the last couple of tunes all with great steel.
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Bruce Meyer · Post by **Bruce Meyer** » 17 Dec 2005 3:47 pm

It's great. but almost a little scary. Think, the technology didn't exist less than 10 years ago.

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 18 Dec 2005 2:14 am

After three days of listening I can't get in anymore w/o registering - but I can't register because I am not a U.S. resident. Over for me!

Kind Regards, Walter

www.lloydgreentribute.com
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 18 Dec 2005 10:20 am

Walter - There is probably a "cookie" on your computor that needs to be deleted.

Lee, from South Texas

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 18 Dec 2005 12:01 pm

Lee,

No cookies, looks like you can't access after a trial period w/o registering.

Here's the message I get:

"We hope you now have a pretty good idea what Pandora is all about and that you've enjoyed it so far. To continue to listen for free, we just ask that you register."

No way for me!

Kind Regards, Walter

www.lloydgreentribute.com
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 18 Dec 2005 5:48 pm

burrito bros begat
steve earl
gary stewart
moe bandy

i'm buyin

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 19 Dec 2005 8:31 am

I'm glad to see everyone outside the US is so honorable, but why not just make up a Zip code?

10001 is a good one.

Michael Garnett · Post by **Michael Garnett** » 19 Dec 2005 8:43 am

Bill's got the idea.

Make up an address, they're just trying to get some demographics.

My favorite:

Asdf Ghjkl
1060 West Addison
Chicago, IL
12345

Any Blues Brothers fans out there?

for E-mail addresses, they're just going to send you spam. Make up something like asdf@ghjkl.com, or just set up a yahoo account to get the registration code and cancel it.

-MG