It's more than just a playlist randomizer; it's based on the
music genome project:
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...an effort founded by Will Glaser, Jon Kraft, and Tim Westergren to "capture the essence of music at the fundamental level" using almost 400 attributes to describe songs and a complex mathematical algorithm to organize them.
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Today I am using the browser-independent Pandora application . One (minor) drawback: although you can view your stations, it doesn't highlight the station that the song currently being played is on. I use a quickmix of 11 distinct stations (so that I can cultivate each one and toggle by genre):
- 2112: I/II/III
- Classic Psychedelic
- New Age Electronic
- Avant Garde/Free Jazz
- Drum'n'Bass
- Motown Custom
- Smooth Jazz
- Bebop/Combo Jazz
- Rock/Pop Setups
- Instrumental Hip Hop
- Electronica Custom
Once again, I have to mention that the 192Kbps sound quality makes a huge difference. The enriched experience is well worth approximately 10 cents a day, as is the expanded five-hour timeout window. I wish I would have done this a long time ago.