That's cool, other than the fact that my "home stereo" is connected to my computer anyhow. Seeing as how i write music all the time, my computer has studio monitors and a 5.1 system already attached. No need for me to upgrade just yet... but i am glad that the NYTimes of all papers covered you guys, awesome.

-genewitch

I just finished reading Pogue's article in the NYTimes. The SqueezeBox sounds amazing. To be able to play your music files in anywhere in range of your WiFi network from a relatively inexpensive and high quality receiver. Many have tried and failed to deliver on this promise.

But then, I was floored when I found that my favorite music site was going to be playable thru this neat gadget!

It sounds like a perfect combination of elegant ideas. Squeezebox3 and Pandora.

Where's my credit card!?!?!?!

Best of luck (as if you need it!)
Gregg

this is amazing news; a friend just told me about pandora and I have spent the last hour creating my favorite radio station ...

as a squeezebox user too I was thinking 'it would
be great if this was available for the squeezebox' and I was about to post on the squeezebox discussion lists when I checked the blog only to discover that my wish has come true!

thanks guys!

Sounds like the perfect addition to the SqueezeBox.

Yet another thing I can't afford.

Are there actually plans for a standalone EXE player for Pandora?

It would be great if you would offer the same hookup through D-Link's Media Lounge.

Great news, now skip the list of hardware players and make a software plugin for XP MCE so I can play pandora on my HTPC using the remote...

/Martin

hi, great radio invent!!! i really love your genome!! i love your web, im adiccted... you are the Dj! jajaj bye!

My friend got me a Squeezebox a few weeks ago and I ignored it, after all I had Pandora... Then he set it up Tuesday, and I said "Gee if only it could connect directly to Pandora".

He woke me up this morning "Did you see the paper?"

I'm one very happy camper!

You guys rock!!!

!!! music genome project/pandora - great! wonderful! blows my mind! people can do positive things! like this! thank you!

i think you should be able to make mixed cd's to send to your friends or loved ones based on your favorites or songs you like from your radio stations - how can this be done ? i want pandora to make valentines day cd's for me . . . please . . .
i love this site . . .

The device looks neat, but the remote looks way too complicated for me :)

Sam (wonders when Pandora will be available in Europe)

This is one awesome concept. Caught the article in the NYT where it mentioned the site and I was up until the wee hours checking in out. I experimented with some Foreign music and did not have as much success but this is a very briliant and novel idea.

Other than the top twenty most shared stations, how does one find others with similar music tastes.

Please implement some kind of way to publicize one's own station here, you know just a list or something like that. It would be really nice to surf all (publicized) stations out there not just the top 20.

And when one gives out an url of one's station it would be really nice if it would take the station's name as an argument so it would look like

pandora.com/?station=fancymusicstation

instead of

pandora.com/?sh=sc987345683987

plain text legible..

And if you could provide some "seeds" for starting.. for example I would love to learn to know brazilian music better but I have no place where to start none at all. I don't even know what their music styles are called. Yet when I hear it, like on tv from rio carneval on ftv, I love it.

Ok I am ignorant but help people out a little will you? Let the good vibes roll and we'll love it!

I set my brother up with an iBook and an airport express. He loves sending his iTunes wirelessly to his stereo, but he was disappointed when I told him that it wouldn't work with Pandora. Then I found a little app called Airfoil. It can send any audio on your Mac to your airport express.
I like the idea of squeezebox, but unfortunately it doesn't support iTMS purchased music. So for now I'll stick with my express and airfoil solution.

How about talking to Tivo about doing the same thing with them?

Any posibility of getting the Roku line of products to support Pandora?

There are a bunch of Roku users out there that would love to have the ability to stream Pandora on their Roku Soundbridges. I would even be willing to pay up to $9.99 per month for this service if it worked with Roku. Until that day comes (if it ever comes)I will have to keep my Rhapsody subscription.

I did a test run of this when it was pretty early in development and loved it, but I live in Canada and had to stop. With all these updates, how long till Pandora's available to us Canucks?

Thank you for the gift of which you have given. Now I no longer must look for a site like napster used to be since here is something better. You may not follow me so I'll SPEAK UP FOR YOU. With your creation I am introduced to music I would never heare on the commercial stations and thus my mind has became enlightened and so has my inner being from some of these songs as well. Thank you for making there be a outlet that is different than going insane every freakin day. I'd rather get crazy in the room with___________or a rockin session or beat session at times of stress. Thank you agian for your gift. I am stuck in-between jobs and your gift is helping me pass some of the free time I have after doing online resumes and some out door searchs though most things are online now. Thank you all at pandora.

I've just spent the weekend discovering Pandora. It's fantastic. And, as a Slim Devices user since 2001, I think you guys have definitely made the right move enabling streaming to the Squeezebox. There is no better or more elegant digital music device than the Squeezebox. One big reason: it does one task really, really well--music playback. No video interface, no pictures, no other extraneous gack. Plus, Slimserver software is a real triumph of the open-source model.

I can't wait to subscribe in March! Thanks!

Steve Terry

Wish I could subscribe... when is this service going to be available to Canadians?

Amazing . . . simply amazing . . . ask the user about his musical taste and then find compositions and artists that match . . . an incredible concept. Now I have to get decent speakers for my laptop.

You evidently have most of the jazz and pop bases covered; I would appreciate a classical selection as well.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Just discovered the magical world of the music genome project; haven't left my computer since. You people are a blessing to music. This is exactly what I have wished for.

Liking it, loving it, cherishing it!!

Thanks so much for the work!!

Greetings from Holland

I've been using Pandora for over a month now and it's become the first thing I click if I want to hear music.. not Winamp, not my music folder which i've gone through a few times. Awesome collection of reggae and hip-hop, underground and mainstream, I've hooked at least five of my friends to this thing and they can't get enough of it. So it makes me glad that you guys are getting recognition since you've become DJ Pandora in the mix... best of luck.

Congratulations to have created the Pandora. She is one of the utilities that more use in Internet. And as it shows, this small tribute in my Web:

http://www.lacoctelera.com/figio/post/2006/01/22/pandora-com

Wonderful idea, might be enough for me to get a subscription. Once again, great concept. Keep up the great ideas.

Not to discourage subscriptions (I'll subscribe just as a fan), but I'm having great success broadcasting anything on my computer--including Pandora--via a $70 FM transmitter to receivers all over the house. Unlike some FM transmitters, this one has been getting generally good reviews from knowledgeable users (a boost-ranging tip from reviewer NC at Amazon may come in handy). The transmitter plugs into any source that has a headphone jack. It's sold by C. C. Crane at www.ccrane.com. Look for the FM transmitter on the home page, or search for it. (I have no connection with the company except as a satisfied customer.) Meanwhile, Pandora rocks. Thanks!

Squeezebox looks pretty darn neat, but I'd have to get a new job before I could afford it. Not that it's too expensive - I'm just too poor.

Pandora is fantastic....my life saver. I work in an office inside a metal building that's located inside another metal building. Radio reception is nonexistent. After several days of online radio stations, I was ready to give up, then I heard about Pandora (don't remember how, maybe a newspaper article?) I've been cultivating stations for a couple weeks now, and rarely have to "thumbs down" anything anymore. But as my moods change, I can change the station and know that the music I like will be there. It's the best thing I've ever found online!

....Not to mention a few bands that have been added to my collection - I never would have heard them otherwise.

Thank you Pandora guys!!!!

Jay

I have been listening to Pandora and I am loving it. It feels like it was made for each one of us individually. I have been introduced to so much new music. I guess one of the reasons we like it is at this point we are getting music without something we disdain, advertising. Even though abhor subscriptions, I'm going to sign up for a Pandora subscription.

I have a Squeezebox and I can say it has far exceeded my expectations. I can't wait for the Pandora and Squeezebox integration. (I agree with other posts that this was an excellent move for Pandora.)

Great job to the Pandora team.

It's a hot solution, but I can't find what the audio rate is going to be anywhere?

I love Pandora's ability to select, but the 128kbit stream sounds like junk on my high end stereo. In fact, Pandora's often selected albums I already own and so I've been able to compare CD to streaming back to back and it's harsh. You can't compress Metal this much and expect it to sound clear.

The Squeezebox looks great(!), and might even make a subscriber out of me, but it all hinges on the sound quality. If it's supplied by the same stream as Pandora on the browser, it's not happening. GIGO.

Hey, don't think I'm interested in the whole sueezebox thing, but I just wanted to let you guys know that I read about Pandora in my local newspaper, The Winston-Salem Journal, in the weekly hip section (called the Relish) and they had a wonderful write up about pandora.com. As soon as I could I logged on tried it, loved it, and subscribed. I have spent hours listening to it over the past 3 days, I absolutely love it, it plays almost exactly what I want, and if it doesn't I can just skip to the next song. Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

pandora is the greatest new internet invention i've discovered in ages!! thank you guys for excellent service!hadn't heard about squeezebox before, but sounds pretty cool too.

i want really to thank you fr this great effort , i send this comment from the land of pyramids ,nile , and handsome people , and i invite all the crew of pandora to stay a week under the sun of egypt .. thanks so much . i'd like to download such music , can i is it allowed ?
hosam fouad
2020123218886
hosamfouad2005@yahoo.com

Introduced to Pandora yesterday and while I'll be dragged kicking and screeming into satallite radio, I suspect I'll soon be buying my music selections from Pandora for the latest, greatest i-pod that is supposed to debut at NAB in May.

I think this is a great idea, BUT....

We have too many devices trying to "enter" our living rooms already. It would be wiser and easier for Pandora to squeeze their way into the living room by writing software for other devices that already have internet connectivity and are already heavily deployed in our living rooms. Like TiVo, all of the Net capable game consoles, Media Centers, and any of the various Home Theater PC (HTPC) front end applications like Windows MCE, SnapStream BeyondMedia or BeyondTV, RageTV, MythTV, etc.

With these sorts of devices it is common for a plugin architecture to allow home users to develop their own plugins to support additional support such as something like Pandora. If Pandora had an published public interface that other developers could develop to, it could be a huge boon for new subscribers.

Please contact me for futher information on this if you'd like to discuss how this can be done to preserve Pandora's intent and control over their service, will enabling a broader range of support and deployment options.

Cheers,
Scott Lindner

I just want pandora to work with my RSS on my psp id pay 36 a year for that shizzle

Pandora is the only streaming music station on the web that doesn't cut out for me. Good work. Quality is very nice on the laptop speakers.

gah. More technology that I look at from afar. but it sounds cool. people will be able to enjoy the most awesome radio in this world.

Pandora is THE way to go for the eclectic listener.

I just saw David Pogue's Squeezebox/Pandora online video and read the NYTimes article! That's how I linked to your site. What a great concept! So far I am hooked!

I found Pandora through the NYT article too--what a boon to society you guys are. I've turned on at least five grateful friends, and my itunes files are languishing in their little beds because I only have ears for the new music I'm discovering through Pandora.

What I love about your service the most is that I'm discovering music and musicians that aren't even ON itunes or for sale on amazon (forget Limewire)--I suspect that soon I will be haunting the old vinyl shops and digging my dad's turntable out of the attic.

Btw, whoever thought of the musical genome project is a genius, and whoever is putting in those hours categorizing each and every song should be canonized. If only you were publicly traded--I would buy tons of your stock. Please let your faithful fans know first if you decide to do an IPO, or whatever it's called.

Oh and as far as squeezebox goes--coolio--it's on my list and will answer my prayer requests for an integrated music system. Is one coming soon that will integrate my computer and my car stereo? With Pandora? My world would be complete. :-)

Thanks again and keep up the good work!
Melissa

Pandora is the way I was waiting for listening music, it's a simply great idea. Good sound, no cuts and fabulous concept. I started my Pandora's adventure today and don't want to stop.

You're doing great guys!!!

thanks to the guy who recommend it me ;)

Thanks Pandora! Worlds better than any other internet radio (if you can even be put in the same category...) I'm normally a radio person, but here in Korea my options are limited. You're my lifeline for quality music variety!

Sorry to you Canadian friends for whom Pandora doesn't work... Maybe you should move to Korea?

Greetings and salutions to all at Pandora! I have been a devoted listener to Pandora.com for several months now. I was tired of all the trouble and virus's that came with online radio and so was my company's chief computer tech... one day he mentioned this awesome site... now it's the first thing i turn on when i get to work and the last thing i turn off when i leave. I have 15 stations i have been playing with to locate the music i never knew.......

All my life i have been trying unsuccessfully to find "my" music, now, i have turned my office into a big boom box! I like a combination of rock and vocal hard trance/electronica, but don't know what to call it, where to get it, or how to stay informed of this type of music industry since there are no clubs that play this within an hour's drive in any direction and no radio station's that play electronica/ hard vocal dance /trance/ hard vocal trance (i don't care for disco which is the only thing out there). Pandora is a life saver!!! I can now honestly point and say "that is what i like!"! I don't know how i survived without this! It's like waking up from being the living dead...

I have recomended Pandora to several friends and all have been vigorously thanking me for introducing them to the best music connection on the planet! Even a global traveling DJ friend of mine is impressed with the available selections and is addicted to Pandora!

I LOVE ALL YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE 50 NELLY USHER EMINEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i like it

Would be cool if we could set the up a pandora radio channel in itunes...

I second the iTunes radio concept

Ok, Well... But We want support in other countries than U.S.

Really...

This would be even cooler if you guys could release a satelite radio version of this for cars since that would be perfect to have, I never got into that satelite stuff but its really cool but having this set up to it would be 10 times better. I know it probably wont happen since its a whole lot harder and completly different from what this is but thats what im waiting for.

pandora.com rocks. i am a new convert-but a dedicated one. keep up the great work. one question-my 13 month old daughter wants to rock too, however her taste is more to the sesame street genre. do you have any tips to find kids music?(i have no clue as to artists, and song names tend to pop up jazz-i like the jazz but it isn`t what miya is looking for.)

Did you know that Pandora was reviewed by "Veja", Brazil's most important magazine? Pretty cool.

I already have a my Tivo /Stereo System hooked up to my home network and enjoy shoutcast radio, video, pictures, etc but I would love to listen to Pandora! I just need a way to use Pandora via this working setup (no need for Slimbox). Someone want to write something? :-)

I've been on PANDORA for 10 hrs. STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and in 14 hrs. i have to get off

I've been on PANDORA for 10 hrs. STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and in 14 hrs. i have to get off

This is incredibly exciting! I can't wait to try it.

However, as someone who just spent >$500 having his squeezebox modified for better sound quality, I have to second Dan's comments about the 128kbps limit. Many squeezeboxes will be connected to audio systems that really require a higher bit-rate to sound decent. Please tell me you're working on that, because pandora would instantly become the ONLY internet radio worth listening to.

nice n cool,keep it up

i love pandora i was just searching the web for free music i found this and i fell in love GO PANDORA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok i might seem lame but thats how i like it if u like spice girls say i like spice if u do u rock if u don't like spice girls well..U SUCK!!!

I'm loving this online radio station! I just don't fully understand how to use it yet, at least not to it's full potential. Is there a way to review/play songs that I've selected that I like and want to keep? Also I'd like to play other songs from CD's of artist' which I selected to be a part of my station. How do I do this? I'd also like to skip as many songs that I don't like as I want to, and only play/listen to the songs/artist' I want to hear. Any suggestions? Anyone, anyone?

Just got Pandora, FANTASTIC I have it on all the time and its great to find artists that I would otherwise never have heard of. I love it and am recomending it to all my freinds, thanks guys. I have it on my Powerbook 15 and using Airfoil from www.rogueamoeba.com/ so that I can play it to my Airport Express conected to my HiFi and also the speakers in the Kitchen.

I have been hearing pandora and its the best there ever been

Domonick, the answers to all of your questions are in the FAQs.
http://blog.pandora.com/faq
When you add a song to one of your stations, it becomes part of its (very large) playlist. Your station will eventually play the songs you add, but you can't cause Pandora to immediately play them, even if you "skip as many songs that [you] don't like as [you] want to, and only play/listen to the songs/artist' [you] want to hear":
http://blog.pandora.com/faq/index.html#25
Just add "other songs from CD's of artists which [you] selected to be a part of [your] station."
Then just keep working the thumbs up and thumbs down until you like what your station is playing.

Whoa! Dang, "Why Not" by Hilary Duff really needs to have its volume adjusted!

I LOVE Pandora, its my life-blood during my work day.

Anyone else just have one channel that they keep adding bands/songs too? Im refining one channel into the perfect station.

Is there a way to put a short-cut on my desktop so I can click on it and the radio will start playing?

I LOVE Pandorra!

David,

The following works in Windows 98.

Drag the icon, that's immediately to the left of whatever URL is in the address field of your browser, and drop it onto your desktop. That should create a desktop icon with [someURL]. (Tip: You may have to resize the window your browser's in, so that you can see your browser and your desktop simultaneously.)

Subscribe to the listener-specific RSS feed of your own station. (Tip: Mozilla's Firefox and Thunderbird are two applications that support subscription to RSS feeds.) Here is a Web page with a simple tool for generating your Pandora station's feed:
http://www.pandora.com/feeds
In the section named, "A Listener's Stations," put the email address that you associated with your Pandora account.

After subscribing, open your station and you will find its URL in a hyperlink. Copy that (to the clipboard).

Show your desktop. Right-click on the desktop icon you created and edit its properties so that the icon's URL is the URL you got from the RSS feed.

Note: The URL in the hyperlink, named Bob-Tuba, that's under this post is a station hyperlink.

Let us know how you make out.

Bob

i really like pandora!!! this is the best station that i have found on the enternet but sometimes it playes music that i dont want it to play. pandora is so much better that yahoo

I have been listening to Pandora, since I read about it
a couple of days ago - and I really love it!

How about xbmc (http://www.xboxmediacenter.de/) it has the capacity to connect to null soft shout cast, so it should in theory be able to connect to pandora personal web radios.

What would it take for you guys to "enable this"

Regards
barbas

HOLY SWEETNESS

pandora rocks and it would be cool if you could input multiple tracks or artists for stations

i.e. instead of just creating a bright eyes station you could type "bright eyes" and "third eye blind" to get a mix with the best characteristics of both!!

like selective breeding maybe! lol

thanks 4 making the coolest thing

I'm still waiting on Pandora coming to your car stereo. Truly customized radio :D

I listen to Pandora everyday at work. It really rocks! Better than any other online radio.

If you guys could hook into the XM network I'd pay for a subscription... I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard to strike a deal with them... They'd be more than happy to expand their stations; especially if they don't have to maintain them.

-Nate

****** ATTENTION ALL ROKU USERS ******

It is possible to use the Squeezenetwork on your Roku devices. I have set it up in the past and it worked. However, I haven't tested it yet now that Pandora has been added. Here is the link if you want to read up on it. Hope it helps. Thanks.

http://www.rokulabs.com/support/slimtips.php

Recently bought Logitech's Wireless Music System for PC - this seems to runs on Bluetooth - transmitter plugs into USB on my laptop and receiver is plugged into stereo. This works for all music stored on, attached to or streamed via my computer. Cost $100

More convenient to be able to see what's playing on my machine than have to go to the stereo and look. Can't see how Squeezebox would be worth paying an additional $150?

Since you're already involved with Apple and iTunes, why not make Pandora (one of the greatest things I've yet seen to hit the net) work with Airtunes and Airport Express to stream wirelessly to a home stereo?

Squeezbox sounds cool, but I've already got an airport and airtunes set up between computer and stereo...

You can use AirFoil (http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/) to deliver Pandora to your stereo via Airtunes/Airport Express.

Tom
CTO @ Pandora

I need to get my music on Pandora!! Does anyone on this blog know how to go about doing so? I would greatly appreciate any info available.
Thanks so much...
J9

Let me know when it get's less expensive than satalite radio. Does that slim box play network Xbox games on come Hong Kong or what?

This is way to good to be true. Whens it gunna end? It will end or get expensive I just know it...I was also wondering why someone mentioned Candians can,t get it? I live on the border of Michigan and I used my American address I have over there. It certainly seems to have worked. What are the consequences of this?

It would be great if I could listen to my stations in my car. Will this ever happen? I would even pay for it...

;-)

Congratulations to have created the Pandora.
Thanks Pandora!!!!

its cool??w8 how can i share this site to my friends or how can my freind list listen to my site?

i think this sounds awesome

Hey thats totally awsome!
Im glad you guys are getting recognition!
How can i buy stock on that?
Whats URL?

Zac
age 17
Portland OR.

i really like every things and i wanna 2 say hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 2 pondora &to every badi

This website is amazing. I've always wanted to be introduced to new music and this website allows me to do so. You guys are simply a genius. Hats off to you!

Hi! Good news! I would love to listen to Pandoras selectec Music using my brandnew Noxon Audio2. Hope you will consider to have streams for that player available, too.
J

I know it's possible to listen to Pandora using Airfoil to connect to my Airport, but I'd like to second (third? fourth?) the motion to integrate Pandora right into iTunes. That would *rock* because then all my music would be in one place. :-)

thanks for the song; i could never find this song anywhere, or a person who had heard of it except the local college radio station.

All we need now is an MP3 player that connects directly to Pandora anywhere, without the need for a computer or nearby port of any kind.
To be able to have Pandora on an MP3 player anyplace, anytime... I'd buy that in a flash, wouldn't you?

I haven't listened to anything but talk radio for years. I love contemporary jazz and stuff from the 80's and 90's like Chick Corea and The Rippingtons, Joe Zawinul, etc. No local stations play 'the good stuff' anymore. Now i can listen to NEW artists and NEW music by familiar artists who's cd's i'd like to sample before i buy. And i can create an 'oldies' station with the Yardbirds, Cream, etc. I'm in the process of making my own 'Screaming Blues' station. I am in Music Heaven!
Insanely Unbelieveavle! Best on the Net!!!

Additionally;
You say there's 10,000 artists and 300,000 tunes. if you can find stuff i like (and you have!) you must have way more that that! Fess Up! How much music do you REALLY have!

I'm going to link your site to my high-end stereo somehow soon. Maybe the quality isn't as good as the original, but at least i'll be introduced to new tunes that i can buy!!!

Haya Peeps Wazaaaaaaaaaaa!!!???
Just Wanting 2 Know... Will The Free Version Of Pandora Still Be Available?
I Luv Wat U'z Have Done. Best Of Luck.

metal on a HDF stereo is kinda like pumping shit into the water fountain at the louvre.

I really like this station ,it is so hard to find good music

i wouldlike to listen mary j
blige beyonce and lot more artist

Dude,I love this station. Some songs I wish I could download on to my MP3player their so good!!!

thanks for your exelent music.sinatra is the vocalist of all thimes.

hi, I m not geting clear repcetion

Hi SalfshaH,

Audio reception problems can happen if your connection is generally slow (for example, if you access via a modem) or if your LAN or Internet connection is congested or is at capacity. Pandora requires connection speed of at least 500 Kbps to stream our high quality audio content. While listening, you may need to avoid bandwidth consuming activities like large file downloads and online gaming to ensure smooth playback. For a rough estimate of the performance of your connection you can use this website:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

The results should look something like this:

2005-10-20 18:19:09 EST: *2562 / 452*
Your download speed : 2562 kbps or 320.3 KB/sec.
Your upload speed : 452 kbps or 56.5 KB/sec.

Geography can also play a role in audio playback quality. Due to licensing restrictions, Pandora is currently only offered to users in the United States. As a result, all of our audio servers are in the US. If you are attempting to access Pandora from outside the US, the distance that the audio must travel (and the number of network "hops" from our servers to your machine) can be a very real issue. We'll be rolling out local servers when we launch our international services.

Audio problems can also occur when you use an older versions of the Flash player. You can download the latest version here:

http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

Your computer's speed could be an issue. If you are using an older machine, there may not be enough memory or CPU resources to properly buffer and play back streaming audio while running a Flash applet. If you are using an older machine, you may need to keep other resource-intensive applications to a minimum when using Pandora.

If you're listening from work, sometimes IT departments decide to limit their user's access to music streaming services like Pandora. If you're having problems with audio breakup when you listen from the office, you may want to check with your IT department to make sure that they haven't blocked your access to streaming services.

Tom
CTO @ Pandora

Hi!
Greetings from the comoros.It's seem hard for me to tell you how much I enjoy listening to this station.You know,in my country we listen to local time which is being dictated by our borring local radios.guess what?I feel myself in heaven rounded by all angels.so far I'd like to know more about where this station is .

I quite like Pandora, but I don't see why you'd need to pay for something to send the music stream to the stereo. If it only works within wireless range(I'd say 100 feet?), what's the point? I could hear it from my computer 100 feet away. Or, as I have a laptop, simply carry it around with me. The laptop has a greater range anyway...

I prefer to just take my laptop and connect it to a cheap standard mini to RCA composite cable. Then adjust settings on the laptop to flat. With the volume midrange, now I just adjust volume etc via stereo. All for less than $10. ;)

But the squeezebox is just more fun ;) Stylish design, very good display, very good ir reception, tons of plugins... (Last.fm, MusicMagic, MoodLogic, ...)

Audio quality is far better than with most soundcards. And for comparable soundcards you'd pay almost as much as for the whole squeezebox.

+ digital outs +++ ... etc.

No, I'm not from slimdevices - I'm just a happy customer ;) And I already HAVE my PC connected to my stereo ;)

BTW, Pandora is great! Thank you guys! Pleeeaaase get licenses for Europe!

WOW(ser) that would be really neat. And I LOVE Pandora. Thanks to everyone that was involved. I wouldn't be able to spend as much as ten hours on it , anyway. It there a contest for that?

hallo
I am Tanzanian youth and i am try to create my account and i receave a message that its for us people only so how can i listen and i am like it and also i i am already member
thank you

Songs keep on breaking

I know this has been said about 1000 times before (and I asked you some 6+ months ago in a n email) but i'll ask again - would you please convince Apple to integrate Pandora into iTunes pretty please? The Pandora-player is a sorry example of Macromedia's lousy Flash engine.

I took the leap and have to say the squeezebox is awesome and I can't wait to try it out with Pandora!

Cool, but a bit expensive for this little piece of hardware, isn't it?

I'd love to use my PDA with PANDORA!!! Any ideas? It's running Windows Mobile 5 (Dell AXIM 51).

I don't know where i am exactically, but i am trying to listen to Be My Wscape by Relient K and all I know is it will play for 2 or 3 secs. then not play for 5 or....10 and there's no whrere on these sites I can click to fix it or wait till it's loaded to listen to it and it's making me really mad. Thank you for your time and you should be thanking me for waisting my time writing this because you aren't even gonna read this, and, if you do, you're not giong to do anything about it- so, whatever. I'm gonna try and go find another site. No, better yetm, I have the CD, I'll put it in my Disc Drive and listen to it there.

Hi Kristin,

Sorry to hear that you're having audio trouble. There's a lot of things that might causing that. I'll send you an email and we'll see if we can't improve the situation.

Tom
CTO @ Pandora

hey sometimes i like the music but sometimes i dont i have the artists andsong thing of tenperature and i have not heard that exact song at all.

Well I don't know squat about squeezebox but I am on my to find out, because I would love to play this site through my stereo. I too am addicted to this site and have been faithfully passing on the word to all my friends . . . even though in the end it will most likely end up costing me>>>
Regardless this really is a very cool site and I appreciate the time I have already spent here. My deepest thanks for putting something usefull on the web!!! (: Peace

jon

I've been waiting for a long time to buy the squeezebox 2, this pushes me over the edge. Thank you Pandora! :D

i don't know if anyone has said this yet, but pandora should have mobile capabilities...i would pay for that for sure...as long as the quality is as good as it online, no xm quality junk.

yo you need to get this station straight man, i asked for them to play Run It! By Chris Brown and they gave me a stpid cuss word song man!

i want it to play normal,i dont like the way its not playing long,always cutting off it picing me off.

well i dont think so...almost my request hir at pandora not exactly play..pls follow up.. i cant play my favorite song..because if i search that artist or song not exactly out

Hi Joeyboy,

Under our music licensing terms we're not able to play "song on demand" -- we can play songs that are similar to the one that your suggest; and we can eventually play your requested song. We just can't play it right away.

Tom
CTO @ Pandora

i love this song

Uma idea inovadora este site pandora, sempre que estou no net me logo no site e ouço o que há de melhor.

Pandora is very good!!!!!

For the guy asking for brazilian music: look for words like samba, pagode, martinho da vila, zeca pagodinho, tom jobim, chico buarque, marisa monte. There are many others keywords you can find at google typing "mpb".
However, what you do not find here in pandora, you will find at edonkey.

Is it possible to use plug-ins to enhance the quality of sound on pandora?
I mean it sounds a bit hollow and echoy all by itself, probably because of my crappy computer. Sorry if this is a stupid question, but if anyone can help me, I would really appreciate it.
Pandora rocks!

Squeezebox through home stereo is easy. I have an antique pc with a soundblaster auduio card. A pair of rca type audio cable and a stereo mini-plug adaptor straight into the auxiliary input. I din't have a cd burner, don't want one. I funnel through a sony stereo vcr if I want to tape for my own use. Exactly the same as it has always been. 6 hrs of tape at high enough quality for me. I am old enough to remember 45's. Quality is fine for me.

This is the most amazing program that I have ever encountered, hands down. amazing.
thanks!

somebody please put pandora in my car...

PANDORA is the BEST and GREATEST station on the INTERNET. I LOVE IT !!!

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o my gosh i love this station it let's you type up what ever you want to hear and that's what i need in my life because all of those songs the regular stations play i really don't like hearing all the time so thanks to pandora.com i love you guys thanks alot i really mean it.

-laterreia-

Any ideas of making Pandora + Sonos?

WHEN CAN I GET PANDORA FOR MY CAR STEREO? GET ON IT! MOVE! NOW!!!

this is an awsome site!
keep up the good work!

im lost with all this talk about squeezebox what is it?

I think that this is waaaay cool but there's not quite enough information on it. But i think that you should still make a pandora.exe program or something cuz that would be waaaaaay cool. pandora is awesome, it'd be even better as a program though.

um...i'm a free pandora user, and the squeezebox thingy sounds great, but i'm just wondering, will pandora not have the free potion anymore? I know there will be ads incorporated in the future, but it sounds like the free version of Pandora is going to be, well, gone. I hope this isn't true because I use the free version

Nope, the free version of Pandora isn't going anywhere. It's just that for devices like the Squeezebox we can't run a full compliment of ads so we have to require a paid subscription.

Tom
CTO @ Pandora

you guys need to have a product where there isnt a mounthly bill then ill buy it

Got the latest PC mag with the Bill Machrone article on you, what a great concept, signed up immediately! Now I can really use the sound system on my computer. ELP, Yes and Rage Against the Machine sound great. I'll be telling my friends...

I found Pandora out of pure luck, I have an office at work all hidden in the corner, I was burning CD to lisen to in my music box but after a while it got boring. Then Pandora put some light to my 8-5 job. I love the music and I think its great that you do it for free because since im a full time mom,wife and student there's not much money left =) there is only one small favor, you guys should really look into getting more spanish music I bet you would get a whole lot of people hooked liked me. well better get back to work before they fire me, then Ill be lisening to you on the street =) - thanks again nana

Any progress in making Pandora available for car radios?

re:car radio, Excelent idea, if you can start transmitting via sat, we should be able to receive transmission via mobile home, car, etc...

Yeah man...thanks to Pandora!Its a big up fi me.How does one listen to de chosen favourites?Am havin alil problem wit tryin to access em rhymes that i chose.Help someone?Keep Pandora burnin n Blazin! RESPECT!

Pandora really rocks!!!!!It is Really nice!!!!ho!!!!

This is cool. Some of the songs are the bomb.I only found out about it about a month ago and everyday I have it on. It is really nice.....

I think they deserve a highfive.

**HighFive**

Just needed to give a big shout out to the Pandora guys.... Very very nice!

oh, I really love good music, good music is hard to find! Bless Pandora!

Tarald

Pandora you Rock!!!!!!!
you're No.1
you keep me going the whole day at work
Go on Pandora Go on>>>>>>

Felicitaciones, gran idea!!!
los escucho desde Costa Rica.....
Es bueno tener la opcion de hacer su propia radio, al gusto de cada quien!!!

Alguien sabe si hay forma de pasar los datos al Ipod?

Congratulations, great idea!!!
I hear u in Costa Rica....
Its cool to have the chance to meke our own radio, like eachone likes!!!

Do you knoe if is there any way to use pandora in an Ipod??

e-mail me....if you want to share good heavy metal music.

quieros tener acceso a esta emisora

nagyon kiraly!

before pandora i used a related program made by yahoo that could be used for free by signing up with their email service. It was pretty easy to get out of signing up for the eamil though. Anyone, i read about pandora in an Entertainment Magazine I was reading in a waiting room, and this is now my main source for music, even more than iTunes, i love pandora, wish it worked with iPods

this site is fantastic!thnks..

DEATH METAL FOREVER!!!

hello,

I just discovered this site after reading the May 28th edition of Entertainment Weekly. Of the 25 reviewed music websites, Pandora was rated #3(iTunes and emusic were #1 and #2). I like rock, house, ska and hiphop. This site lets me create some rocking music stations.

Keep up the good work!!

Hi, Pandora is fantastics!!!. In now revolution for our in my office.

I listen from Santiago de Chile.

Best Regards !!!

Pandora is fantastic, a mile better than any other internet radio - thanks!

its good to hear pretty thing like that...im so impressed of your station the way you treating me like a VIP..more power with you guys!thanx!

how come we cant replay a song that we just listened to ? or how come when i put a song into my favorites, i cant go back and listen to it. if its my favorite, i should be able to listen to it again. or maybe there is a way but i just havent found out yet. can someone enlighten me please?

I really like the product. Please market to me when it's available for the Roku products.

Pandora is awesome!!! now i don't even need music share software!! and i love how you can bookmark songs! (but is it possible to listen to the whole song that's bookmarked, not just a sample??)
Pandora's Genome is absolute genius!
love from Aus.

I forward a motion, Pandora is ace! ...
All in favour, say I.

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motion carried...
this site is quality guys, well done!

Pandora is great, does pandora work with with sonos? Any experience ?

If you gave Pandora the ability to be played on car stereos and receivers from satellite, I would buy it instantly- even if it were expensive. I would scrape for pennies in the couch to buy it if I had to.

This puts mainstream radio, XM, Sirius, and just about every other form of music broadcasting to shame. Eat your heart out, MTV. Finally- a radio that listens to us.

You are geniuses. The layout of your webpage and the way it interacts with the user is phenominal. I simply cannot say enough.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

Music industry is changing, and you guys are one of the most important parts of this. Is the hardware going to be available in Argentina?. I want one.

Make it work with cellphones and take over the world!

Enjoy your success
-Antonio

hey,
pandora is excellent! i love listening to fresh new music and finding out about cool bands with similar music tastes to my fave bands :)
is there a way of putting my radio station on myspace?
also, the car radio idea is a good one, i'd be up for that!

ally :)

hey,
the squeezebox is pretty hot, but u guys should make pandora available through other home entertainment systems....because the squeezebox is just one more neat gadget i can't afford....help!?

Pandora is great! Now that I'm on crutches I can't carry much to work...but making my own radio station and not having to carry anything makes up for my shortcommings. Thanx!!

I connect to my home receivers from my wireless VIAO portable with an inexpensive FM retransmitter on the USB port. The FM retransmitter sounds better than direct audio, since it bypasses the lousy laptop audio processor. For 128 bit streaming, it doesn't seem worth it to pay big bucks for high-end audio. I suspect that all kinds of inexpensive USB audio amps will be coming out over the next couple of years to take advantage of the great 24-bit DACS now available.

For headphones, consider the Plantronics USB gaming headphones which cost about $80 and have excellent audio for the price -not quite as good as my Grados on a high quality receiver - but surprisingly good, and a lot cheaper than buying a high-end USB headphone amp.

Thanks to Pandora for a great product - and I like the new Backstage too. I can always block the adds with my firewall, but I'm more than willing to pay Pandora $35 bucks a year to keep this service going.

hazzard cool as hell pandora ,love it!

hazzard cool as hell pandora ,love it!

this pandora kind of sucks because it almost everytime freezes and I hate it because make me want to bluger

some time i like they songs

sergawea

very very good
but mamby jou cout make downloading song,s for free no i-tunes and if they want the whole cd den pay a little

I,m sorry that my writing is now good i,m no englishman

that sounds great! but, how about something like that for the car? that would be the ultimate radio choice (way better than satellite radio...)

Sweet. Pandora AND Squeezebox? What could go wrong? Even better: What could be better?

My Tivo is already wired into my home network and plays my mp3, internet radio, Live365, video, photos, etc. Why would I want to invest more money in a Slim device that would cost more and do less??

I just need for somebody to write a Pandora hack that will allow it to play on my Tivo!

looking for song smoke on the water

I would like to pile on to the idea of Pandora on Tivo. Pandora has jaded me from normal radio and I either listen to Pandora on my PC or my own collection through the Tivo music player for my stereos and TVs through out the house. I would very much like to use Pandora on the Tivos also to get more variety. AND WOULD PAY for an upgrade or no add subscription!

i am interested in instrument music like kennyg
and james lost play for me

thanks for your atonce attention
louisraj

este programa es muy bueno sobre todo la mucica

Hey Pandora, negotiate me a discount for a squeezebox and I'll subscribe at the same time. Over to you.

Hey, i like out that idea but for me out here in Africa(East Africa) am always geting crach with the sound and i don`t know if you could do some thing about it.thnaks.

i love that this became like itunes but just without choosing alot of songs

I only get a short portion of the song,then silence and then another short burst about 3 seconds of music then 5 seconds of silence. What can be done about this. Thank You

I love pandora all except that it keeps skipping for some reason.I'm trying to listen to evanecense.I really wish it would work.But, other than that pandora is the best free music that I've ever found.

ROCK MUSIC IS THE BOMB!!!!!!!!
METALLICA IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE PANDORA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is a sweet product!!

If I can sum up enough money between parents and school, I would absolutely love to get it. IT is a great idea that will help people discover this site.

THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!

I know this is incrediably lame, but alot of my friends don't know about this, a great way to get it out there would be to make an embedded player for myspace....just a thought.

I just hope that this website will hold up for you all

I just love Pandora - play it whenever I am at PC at home and often at work - I can use more my more sedate stations at work, and whatever at home. My son in college told me about your site - we both use it a lot. We email each other with bands or songs we think each other would like. This has opened up a whole new world of music to me - whoever thought I'd love roots reggae, and roots blues/rock - never heard 'em on "regular" radio. Thanks. I am going to check out Squeezebox - already have the house wireless.

Thanks for such a great way to listen to my favorite songs. This is the best thing that could have ever been invented. SOOOOO COOOL!

Pandora is a godsend!! I love it. Its the first thing that I start up when I get to work every morning. Simply an awesome program!

Hey! This I love Pandora and would love to listen to it in the living room. The only problem is that without paying the $36 a year, this device would suddenly become an expensive paperweight. Now, I know that $36 is not a lot, but as a college student I live from paycheck to paycheck. There are many times when I simply cannot afford any luxuries. I'm not saying just offer your hard-worked-for technology for nothing, but I would totally be into this even if you offered the streaming station over it for free but had audio commericals. Just my 2 cents... meanwhile, I'll keep streaming it into my living room with a very long stereo cable. :)

So, what do the artists get out of Pandora? Is it merely the publicity that benefits them? Then, people will buy their CDs?

I'm liking this, ok more than liking. I'm on an aircard and no clicks or pops, stops and starts-better than Serius or Delphi way loads. Bowie to Johnny Cash or Toots & the Maytals wahoo.

Exelente, Me encanta esta pagina
saludos a todos

I have never had an opportunity like this before.
You guys are simply put innovative. Keep it up.Thumbs up for you guys out there.Kaybee in Ghana West Africa.

Once again your Genome Project is succeding in all possible way's. Everyone @ Pandora is doing a great job @ making me one out of many happy listeners/guinea pig :-) Seriously though as soon as i get some serious cash flow, i'm subscribing and buying one of those Squeezybox thing. I dont really know what it is but let me know where i can get it and i'm down

i too am a fan of pandora!
everyday! all day! i have it on.
wish you could make a cd of the stations.
would love to listen to this in the car.
would never listen to radio.
i am forever a fan.
keep me posted on new developments.

great!! kudos to Pandora!

great!! kudos to Pandora!

You are simply the best! I cannot believe that from one single piece of music,u r able to offer the same styles... I have it 4 one month streaming all the time when i'm at home. I no longer listen 2 my favourite radio stations cauz I'm all yours :) It suits my needs/moods any time of the day. I'll subscribe to u soon. The price if goes a little bit below 30 USD/yr, would suit much more people i guess.

im 13 and i love pandora!!! its alot better than radio, and i just wanted to say "thanks."

i don't know what in the bloo jeebus a squeezebox is but pandora rules.
i have bought so many albums i would never have heard
it rocks all socks on all blocks

I think that Pandora radio should come out with a device that allows you to listen to Pandora inside your car. I think that would open alot of peoples eyes for Pandora.

keep on rocking, i love the hard rock playlists, its great to listen to at school... much better than any math assaignments im supposed to be doing right now :P

This is a godsend for radio listeners today....and custom too. I love it. thank you for creating this.

Pandora is the best free online radio I' ve ever heard. I'm Glad I found it.

This is great I can't believe I am just finding Pandora I love the selections. And I love the fact that you can choose what you want to listen to. I will have it on everyday from now on at work it is so soothing to the soul. Thanks Pandora!

Great site. I can get almost every song I wish to listen. Thank a lot.

hey i think this is a cool thing just like me ya u know it im cool lol haha booo hahah i scared u ha can the squeezbox squeez oranges to make orange juice, well i dont know but give it some though ok bye

I am so grateful for this service. I have told so many about it, and will continue to.

Where else can I have THE ROOTS, BILAL, MILES DAVIS and MARLEY Radio in one spot.

Life is good!! Pandora box is finally open - and I will not be closing it! Keep up the great work!!

One suggestion, assuming you capture the postal codes for a reason. You may wish to update your zip/postal code area - so those outside the US don't have to make up arbitrary zips to enjoy this good ish.

Thank you for increasing the music consciousness of the planet.
ONE!!

So...for $250 its not worth it....i dont see why sitting at your couch and listening to your stereo and sitting in your desk chair is so much differnt...

When the design somthin for the car i'll invest the $250 though.....

I subscribe to Pandora and listen via 5 squeezeboxes in my home. Radio??...what the hell is that?!? Pandora is IT!!!!

how come you guys dont play reggeaton artist like fito blako?

I've beeb trying to get on but everytime I put in an artist name, I get a null. What's going on?
Thanks,
Vern

your station allways breaking up and I cant lisen at work and home please giveme a tip wath I can do with it to stop

I use an inexpensive wireless speaker system plugged into the headphone jack. I have the speakers in the kitchen and living room. So I have to walk to the computer for a thumbs down or to check on an artist, I can use the exercise. Free is good.

I enjoy Pandora and all its features. Love being able to mix my "stations" and I've bought music I've heard from iTunes that I would never have known about. Thanks!

I love your station and really hope that I can buy that hook-up for my regular radio system. Would like to subscribe to it anyway I can....God Bless You and have A BLESSED LIFE.....Lil-Rick

Pleaze make a great plugin for paying pandora users on MCE. It could be great using the remote just as those using the Squeezebox. I shouldn't have to have both in my livingroom - right?

Ditto the comment someone made about XM MCE and D-Link MediaCenter. The latter is not the greatest device but at least I can connect to any UpNP service, which Rhapsody and Napster are. Anyone have any tricks?

blinding! absolutely blinding! i'd love to see an XBMC (xbox media center) plugin enabling pandora through my stereo!

Hey this is my favorite site by far! Would absolutely love XBMC support!

xbmc (xbox media center) support would be awesome!

To echo all the other comments on XBMC... PLEASE provide support for xbox media center!

I'd love to see Pandora for xbmc too. That would be truly awesome.

Last FM is already on XBMC...
Please port Pandora to XBMC

We've got last.fm on Tivo (http://apps.tv/).

We've got last.fm on Pandora (http://pandorafm.real-ity.com/).

Can Pandora on Tivo be far behind?

I just started enjoying Pandora. Once I figured out the benefits, I immediately thought how cool this would be on my Tivo at home. The concept of themed stations is perfect for parties and entertaining. It has to happen! Please!

I'd like to second (or N'th) the request for Tivo Pandora!

Thanks for the tip way above on Airfoil - I am in the midst of converting over to using my iMac for my primary stereo source (feeding it over wirelessly to my now very small stereo unit) and knew eventually I would find a way to get Pandora over the airwaves. That was the only KEY component I was missing. Since Pandora is the best thing since sliced bread...

Is it possible to get pandora unto dlink media center? Will that ever be an option? I just purchased the dlink and can't afford to go get a squeezebox and I do use the photo sharing so not really an option to switch and no way the wife would allow me to have two! Let me know if there is a reason why it will never happen or if it is a possibility?

Just another shout for XBMC support. How cool would that be?!! You could enable the album artwork and even show ads on the tv screen, you guys should jump on that.

I love it! So much that I have been missing by trying to find music myself or by feeding the garbage mainstream FM radio stations out there or trying to listen to the repetitive satellite radios.

PLEASE find a way for this to work in the car! I will pay for a monthly subscription with a huge smile on my face!

Here's another wish for Pandora on XBMC!

XBMC support would be awesome! I was just looking around to see if this existed yet, but I guess not.

Another request for Pandora on Tivo.

Yet another vote for XBMC support. Pleeeeeeze?!?!?

XBMC support, puh-puh-puh-pleeeeeeease!

pandora really needs to either make a client or help someone make a client for XBMC as it would be the absolute perfect addition!

xbmc + pandora = unbeatable combo. PLEASE! :)

now i can listen to the music i like, i would love to take it on the road. when will there be Pandora for the car? because i can not take anymore bland R&B, stupid rap songs about nothing, bad cover of classic songs and wannabes.

Whenever I'm in the car, and I hear a good song on the radio, I'm always looking for the "thumbs up" button. Whoever gets the Pandora for the car rolling deserves a Nobel Peace Prize!

Yes, another XMBC support request!!

Another vote for Pandora on XBMC.

Can I listen to Pandora on my stereo if I use my neighbor's wireless (I don't have a modem or router of my own...)?

Pandora for XBMC!!!, I'm sure we would all be willing to pay for this! Also..Pandora should join the CCIA (ccianet.org) and help combat the RIAA and MPAA lobbyists and lawyers!