Pandora Radio - Loading PageThere have been many streaming internet radio stations on the internet for years now.  So, by no means is Pandora new to the online music business.  Pandora is just leading the industry, as far as we here at MusiBlog can tell.

In the past Yahoo’s “Launch.com” was looking to be the leader as they has sponsored in studio exclusives with the newest bands, but through time they have ether lost sponsorship or just lost many of the great track they used to have available.  Launch.com also has so many commercials it is ridiculous.  Pandora does not interrupt your music to play advertisements.  The do have advertising on the site but it is completely unobtrusive to your ability to listen to your music.

The Pandora website is running what they call the “Music Genome Project“.  This is essentially making a mind map of users musical interests to make a better automated play list for anyone.  There musical genre selection really is the best we have ever tested.  Launch used to let you rank song, artist, and album but it did not seem to really focus in on your interests, it seemed more like they played what was new and most likely what they were getting paid to promote.  The Pandora Radio is not like this at all.   When you create your own station based on an artist, song, or musical genre the site only plays stuff that you are going to love.

Pandora Radio Player

The player shows a list of song you have hears and you can use this to give a thumbs up or down to all the music that has been played.  You can skip tracks, you can share your stations, and even get all the info on any band you want here.  You can of course buy albums and songs here, as this is there main income stream but as a free service it is still hard to beat.

I think this is one of the best free music services out there and is definitely worth a look.

So visit the Pandor Radio now.