{insert68luretopictitle} or "the great leap forward" pt. 2

brittleblood

i was at a buddy's house and he was excited to explain how pandora was a windfall to a guy like him. mind you his stereo system is not much more than a laptop + speakers, but in most regards he's a thoughtful guy.

the combination of kids, work and travel have, at 47, left him with about 27 cd's as his library collection - half are hannah montana.

so, to him, pandora is the great leap forward. he doesn't have to buy a single cd to get hip...he urged "tell me the name of a band i'd like!" - try "arcade fire, everyone loves arcade fire" - sure enough (and YOU knew it'd be there!) he's now spinning arcade fire..."ANOTHER ONE!" he shouts. "the acorn." voila. acorn. "ONE MORE!!!" "nalle."

we could go on and on, but the point is - at least to me - is this is a crystallized case of who the digital services want to capture.

the lure is "you can have music for all y'er tinny little devices without having to put an ounce of thought into it - just suck off the gibberish of y'er one music cronie!"

to be continued...

Daniel, Esq.

bah. i have pandora, but i have no use for it.

Brighternow

I've got a friend who owns Pandoras Jukebox.

thomnottom

Pandora is perfect for someone like my wife who really gets into only a few artists, and just about everything else she'd rather have on shuffle like a radio station. I would suspect that describes 85-90% of music listeners.

Germanprof

I've occasionally used Pandora simply as a recommendation engine, just to put something in and see if it comes up with something interesting to check out, rather than as something to actually listen to. Found a couple of things that way. Humans are still better at it, though.

Doofy

Pandora was fun for a couple of months. It was pretty hinky when I was using it, I imagine it's better now. Next time this comes up I'd recommend sniffing a little bit and muttering under your breath, "So 2006..."

Hannah Montana radio