Ok, so I had to let everyone know about this website that I have been addicted to lately... it is called Pandora.

Basically, if you like music, of any kind, you will love this site... especially if you love finding new artists that you have never heard before. Think of it as a radio station that knows exactly what music you like and plays it...

Here is what they are all about:

"Together we set out to capture the essence of music at the most
fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical
attributes or "genes" into a very large Music Genome. Taken together
these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song -
everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation,
orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of
singing and vocal harmony. It's not about what a band looks like, or
what genre they supposedly belong to, or about who buys their records -
it's about what each individual song sounds like.

Over the past 5 years, we've carefully listened to the songs
of over 10,000 different artists - ranging from popular to obscure -
and analyzed the musical qualities of each song one attribute at a
time. This work continues each and every day as we endeavor to include
all the great new stuff coming out of studios, clubs and garages around
the world."

Seriously, try it out. First, select an artist or a song that you like, and the player will begin to play something you may like. If you like it, click the album art and give it a thumbs up, and if you don't, give it a thumbs down. The system will begin to learn what you like... not like, what artists are similar, but actually the "genetic" makeup of the song and why you like it. It may take a while to learn your tastes, but when it does, you WILL BE AMAZED as the player starts playing music that you REALLY like, but you never heard of before.

This is really one of the best websites I have ever found!

PANDORA