Your Mom In A Box...
...Should Come With Me
The first week of October's going to be chock full of cool music stuff for you to go to. On Wednesday, October 4th there's my gig at Kennedy's Midtown, but the day before that there's a "town hall meeting" that Pandora is hosting. There have been several print and online articles written about Pandora -- too many to link to here -- but for those not in the know, it's a streaming music service that is totally free and customizable, playing songs based on recommendations that you give it. I've written to the Pandora developers before, and they're very good with responding to user inquiries and suggestions (a hell of a lot better than Blogger's tech support!), and they employ dozens of actual musicians to provide the "search engine" for Pandora, so to speak.
All of which leads me to believe this is going to be a very interesting discussion of technology and musicology. Email me if you'd like to come with. (If it sucks, there's always Middlesex down the street.)
Here's the original invite from Pandora:
...And please feel free to comment here about Pandora in general if you've already tried it. I've noticed people tend to have very strong opinions about it for some reason, which is another reason I'm going to the forum.
The first week of October's going to be chock full of cool music stuff for you to go to. On Wednesday, October 4th there's my gig at Kennedy's Midtown, but the day before that there's a "town hall meeting" that Pandora is hosting. There have been several print and online articles written about Pandora -- too many to link to here -- but for those not in the know, it's a streaming music service that is totally free and customizable, playing songs based on recommendations that you give it. I've written to the Pandora developers before, and they're very good with responding to user inquiries and suggestions (a hell of a lot better than Blogger's tech support!), and they employ dozens of actual musicians to provide the "search engine" for Pandora, so to speak.
All of which leads me to believe this is going to be a very interesting discussion of technology and musicology. Email me if you'd like to come with. (If it sucks, there's always Middlesex down the street.)
Here's the original invite from Pandora:
WHAT: PANDORA AND THE FUTURE OF MUSIC
WHEN: Tuesday, October 3rd at 6 pm
WHERE: MIT Campus: Building 26, Room 100
General campus address is 77 Massachusetts Avenue, access to Building 26 is via 60 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
http://dbm.pandora.com/t?r=927&ctl=14057DC:2433E532BCB6416373 D2BAB91AFDBA0D050542759970026E
RSVP: Reply to this email [ tour@pandora.com]
Among the questions we hope to tackle:
-How is technology changing the nature of radio?
-How important are community and peers when it comes to discovering music online? What's the best way to foster community?
-Can services like Pandora help create a larger middle class of artists who aren't superstars, but have enough of an audience to support themselves through their music? Do music lovers want more music discovery?
...And please feel free to comment here about Pandora in general if you've already tried it. I've noticed people tend to have very strong opinions about it for some reason, which is another reason I'm going to the forum.
posted by Ian at 9/20/2006 08:53:00 PM
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