Comments on: “…, minor key tonality and extensive vamping.” http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/ Random babblings from a few digitally inclined people Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:32:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: SnailPace http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1431 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:54:25 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1431 Of all the "music match" services out there, Pandora may be least likely to pigeonhole you. Pandora matches at the single song level instead of by artist (or worse, by popular opinion). If you are like me, hearing a good song leads me to seeking out the artist, which then exposes me to some great music. Anyway, this service is supposed to be analogous to radio stations. Unless you are listening to Morning Becomes Eclectic, standard radio is exposing you to a very small portion of the music spectrum. By staying true to the essence of particular songs, Pandora's distillation process brings you pure aural magic. Of all the “music match” services out there, Pandora may be least likely to pigeonhole you. Pandora matches at the single song level instead of by artist (or worse, by popular opinion). If you are like me, hearing a good song leads me to seeking out the artist, which then exposes me to some great music.

Anyway, this service is supposed to be analogous to radio stations. Unless you are listening to Morning Becomes Eclectic, standard radio is exposing you to a very small portion of the music spectrum. By staying true to the essence of particular songs, Pandora’s distillation process brings you pure aural magic.

]]> by: Kelmon http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1265 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:46:16 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1265 Well, just bare in mind that the service won't play a certain band or track "On Demand" but rather it will select tracks for you that share the same characteristics as the music that you have said that you liked. I think it plays your first track by the artist that you specified (well, it did for me) but after that the track played next depends on customisations made to your preferences (rating tracks played and/or adding new liked artists/tracks to your station). It's all pretty much random chance, although I am noting that some tracks return as I've had The Chemical Brother's "Hey Girl, Hey Boy" a few times recently. Well, just bare in mind that the service won’t play a certain band or track “On Demand” but rather it will select tracks for you that share the same characteristics as the music that you have said that you liked. I think it plays your first track by the artist that you specified (well, it did for me) but after that the track played next depends on customisations made to your preferences (rating tracks played and/or adding new liked artists/tracks to your station). It’s all pretty much random chance, although I am noting that some tracks return as I’ve had The Chemical Brother’s “Hey Girl, Hey Boy” a few times recently.

]]> by: MrHead! http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1264 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:41:43 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1264 I shall be trying this out tomorrow then. I absolutely love music and listening to new tracks is a bit of a drug to me. If the service is good I will gladly pay the $3 a month for it :) And John just wants this so he can play Papa Roach music all day =P I shall be trying this out tomorrow then. I absolutely love music and listening to new tracks is a bit of a drug to me. If the service is good I will gladly pay the $3 a month for it :)

And John just wants this so he can play Papa Roach music all day =P

]]> by: JohnDoe http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1262 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:15:15 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1262 this is really interesting. I've always thought there'd be something defining that made me like or dislike songs, but I'd never thought someone would actually research it (or even be able to). this is really interesting. I’ve always thought there’d be something defining that made me like or dislike songs, but I’d never thought someone would actually research it (or even be able to).

]]> by: Kelmon http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1261 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:52:07 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2005/08/%e2%80%9c%e2%80%a6-minor-key-tonality-and-extensive-vamping%e2%80%9d/#comment-1261 The best thing to do is to give it a try. But the service itself makes a playlist dynamically based on all the information that you have provided to it, both before and after you start playing it. You never actually see a playlist in terms of what is coming, mostly because it can completely change if you tell Pandora that you don't like what is playing at the moment, but you can see all the tracks that have been played before. On this subject I did drop a suggestion to the developers asking for the ability to export a simple list of the tracks that you'd listened to and said that you liked. Surprisingly I got an email back from the founder saying that he liked the idea and that they'd pass this onto the development group, which was nice. The best thing to do is to give it a try. But the service itself makes a playlist dynamically based on all the information that you have provided to it, both before and after you start playing it. You never actually see a playlist in terms of what is coming, mostly because it can completely change if you tell Pandora that you don’t like what is playing at the moment, but you can see all the tracks that have been played before.

On this subject I did drop a suggestion to the developers asking for the ability to export a simple list of the tracks that you’d listened to and said that you liked. Surprisingly I got an email back from the founder saying that he liked the idea and that they’d pass this onto the development group, which was nice.

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