June 25, 2009
Richmond Town Hall - Monday, June 29th
I'm coming to Richmond, VA next week for a Pandora Town Hall on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. Here's the info:
Where: the Grace Street Theater on the VCU Campus in Richmond
When: Monday, June 29th, 2009 @ 7:00 PM
Where: Grace Street Theater -- VCU campus
934 West Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia
Here's more info about the location.
Look forward to meeting some local Pandora listeners. Will share history and latest news of Pandora - would love to hear what's on your mind. There will be some cool swag too!
See you there.
Cheers. Tim (Founder)
Posted by Tim Westergren at 02:21 PM | Comments (21)
June 24, 2009
Pandora's improved desktop app
Check out a demo of our new desktop application, eh!:
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Here's how to upgrade to Pandora One, which includes the improved Pandora desktop application.
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June 22, 2009
A trip hop titan, Tricky, takes the stage
The UK town of Bristol, across the water from Wales,
brought trip hop to the world. Portishead, Massive
Attack, and this week's guest -- Tricky -- all
sprang from that small city's vibrant music scene.
Tricky's most recent album, Knowle West Boy,
is a visceral take on working-class England,
and is an autobiographical account of his childhood
in the housing projects of Bristol.
"Girls"
"Overcome"
Posted by Kevin Seal at 02:23 PM | Comments (3)
June 17, 2009
Deerhoof live on Pandora this week
While being one of the most imaginative and inventive groups mining the rock idiom, Deerhoof is also one of the most prolific. 10 albums in a dozen years is a considerable feat. In this series co-presented with the Bay Bridged and New, Improved Recording, Deerhoof explores songs from Milk Man and Holdypaws, and exhumes a 1967 film score composition by Mikis Theodorakis.
This four-parter gives us a rare look at true recording-studio workmanship as well, as the N,IR crew works with drummer Greg Saunier and the rest of Deerhoof to dial in their signature tones.
"Milking"
Posted by Kevin Seal at 10:17 AM | Comments (13)
June 15, 2009
Viewer Mail - What is Pandora doing to promote musicians?
In our ninth Viewer Mail installment, we take on a question about the artists and creators of the music you hear:
WHAT IS PANDORA DOING TO PROMOTE MUSICIANS?
If you have any questions that you'd like to have answered, just flip on your webcam or other video camera, tell us your name and where you're from, and then record yourself asking the question. Then, send us that video file and we'll do our best to answer your question on-camera.
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Here are some of the previous Viewer Mail videos: Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
We're also pleased to announced our new Pandora channel on YouTube. Here's how you can subscribe for free.
Cheers. Tim (Founder)
Posted by Tim Westergren at 02:11 PM | Comments (9)
June 11, 2009
John Wesley Harding serenades Pandora
It's best to let this witty Englishman speak for himself:
"It's strange singing to a whole company called Pandora, 'Just give in, you can't win,' but so it must be... that's how it fell down. I could change it into a more chipper company song: 'You're so great, no one's late, Pandora...'"
"Congratulations (On Your Hallucinations)"
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June 08, 2009
Announcing Pandora for Palm Pre
One of the great things about my job is that every once and a while I get to see some cool new phone or gadget before its been announced or released. Back in December 08, the team at Palm invited us to come to their offices in Sunnyvale for a sneak peek at their new OS and phone. I went in with modest expectations and was blown away by all they had achieved. I remember leaving the building excited about the chance to help them launch their new phone and to act as an early design partner for their development SDK.
Fast forward 6 months and the Palm Pre is now in the hands of real live users and people are starting to listen to Pandora from their new phones. We're really excited about the results. Pandora on the Pre is a great listening experience - a fluid user interface with all the standard Pandora features you've come to expect on the web. It even runs in the background where it presents a mini playback control panel in the Pre's dashboard area.
To learn more about Pandora for Palm Pre, click here.
If you've haven't seen the great commercial Palm is running to announce the Pre, click here to get a look - and keep your eyes peeled for a Pandora mention toward the end.
I'm really happy to add the Palm Pre alongside the other Pandora smartphone implementations on iPhone, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. Covering the entire smartphone space is a big task and we're not done yet, but we're devoted to bringing Pandora to every smartphone platform where our listeners want us to be. Yes Android users that means we've heard you loud and clear - you're next!
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