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Gazoo

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Music Discovery and Tastemaking on the Net
« on: February 17, 2008, 11:20:44 AM »
Finally playing with Last.fm after hearing about it for months.  I told it I wanted to hear stuff that sounded like the Grass Roots.  Got some predictables along with a few great surprises: the Four Seasons' "Wall Street Village Day" and Joe Dolan's "Sometimes a Man Just Has to Cry."  At some point I'd love to compile everything I've gleaned from these discovery and tastemaking engines - it's an angle of interest to me as the music industry drastically changes shape.  Anyone have any success stories to share?
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Re: Music Discovery and Tastemaking on the Net
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2008, 01:07:15 PM »
hey - i'm glad you mentioned this! i haven't been able to log onto pandora in forever, since i have a spanish ip address.
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Re: Music Discovery and Tastemaking on the Net
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2008, 11:01:33 AM »
Quote from: princessofcairo on February 17, 2008, 01:07:15 PM
hey - i'm glad you mentioned this! i haven't been able to log onto pandora in forever, since i have a spanish ip address.
A couple months ago at a store or some event I struck up a music conversation with a guy who turned out to be the COO of Pandora, Etienne Handman; gave me his card.
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Re: Music Discovery and Tastemaking on the Net
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2008, 12:06:23 PM »
Quote from: Wayback on February 18, 2008, 11:01:33 AM
Quote from: princessofcairo on February 17, 2008, 01:07:15 PM
hey - i'm glad you mentioned this! i haven't been able to log onto pandora in forever, since i have a spanish ip address.
A couple months ago at a store or some event I struck up a music conversation with a guy who turned out to be the COO of Pandora, Etienne Handman; gave me his card.

you should give him a call and have him hook me back up. :)
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Re: Music Discovery and Tastemaking on the Net
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2008, 12:09:02 PM »
Good timing to have started this thread:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2260560,00.asp
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Re: Music Discovery and Tastemaking on the Net
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2008, 11:08:25 AM »
Trying out Jango right now. Fun. So far so good.
In the mix, Sylvester, Chic, Trammps, KC, 4 tops, Abba, BGs, Donna, Diana, Supes, GD and ABB.
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