Kevins Tips

There are several ways to listen to music online.  Many radio stations have their own website and you can listen to their station over the Internet.  There is software that let’s you tap into hundreds of online radio stations, catagorized by Genre.

One of the most unique sites I’ve seen in this arena is Pandora.  This has been around for awhile now, and is a fun way to listen to music.  Basically what you do is create a FREE account.  Then enter a song you like.  It takes that song and finds similar songs that you might like as well.  The behind the scenes of how it does this is a bit complicated, but in general it works pretty well.

The result is a playlist of sorts.  If you don’t like one of the songs it returns, you just tell it and it won’t play that song again.  You can also rate a song, so it will play songs you like more frequently.

What does Pandora Mean?  The name Pandora means “all gifted” in Greek. In ancient Greek mythology, Pandora received many gifts from the Gods, including the gift of music, from Apollo. She was also, as we all know, insatiably curious.

Website: Pandora