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[jrgen]

I dislike Pandora because it only recommends music that has no similarities with the band you choose.

[Bert]

No, I chose Nas and it gave me Nas.
Also AZ is a freaking awsome MC, check him out ^_^

[Rainecloud]

Artists I can recommend that I enjoy listening to are Our Lady Peace, Vanessa-Mae, Katie Melua, Clannad, David Bowie, The Corrs, and the simply awesome Lene Marlin.

[Xander]

Going on the stuff you like, Nightmare of you are very good. Also hellogoodbye.

Also go to http://www.last.fm and you can use the similar artists thing if you want to find similar artists. There's a million bands I'd recommend but I don't know if you'd like them!

[Jack]

Throwing Muses and any related bands.

Trust me, you'll thank me later.

[-N-]

In no way do Pandora and last.fm even come close to solving the "Find me new music I like" question. The databases are incompletely indexed and the algorithms aren't robust enough. As a wise man from another forum once said, "Everyone gets a giant boner over this site the first time they are on it - then they realize its like having a really annoying roommate who owns the stereo."

A mapping site like http://www.liveplasma.com/ would serve you better the more eclectic your taste in music becomes. It's not that much better, but it's more thorough in terms of mapping and indexing, and is a lot more complete than Pandora since it isn't trying to be a radio station.

[Xander]

Originally Posted by Neel Hates Clout's Guts ^

In no way do Pandora and last.fm even come close to solving the "Find me new music I like" question. The databases are incompletely indexed and the algorithms aren't robust enough. As a wise man from another forum once said, "Everyone gets a giant boner over this site the first time they are on it - then they realize its like having a really annoying roommate who owns the stereo."

Speak for yourself, I found absolutely loads of new bands I now love thanks to LastFm along with a whole bunch of people who can recommend you stuff, and communities. It's not all about a database, though I would say that about Pandora maybe. LastFM is a community which can really expand your music tastes.

[DK]

Originally Posted by Xander ^

Speak for yourself, I found absolutely loads of new bands I now love thanks to LastFm along with a whole bunch of people who can recommend you stuff, and communities. It's not all about a database, though I would say that about Pandora maybe. LastFM is a community which can really expand your music tastes.

QFT. :D

Although most of the tags on Last.Fm are smurfing stupid, it's still a good site.