Here’s a great interview on CNET with the founder of Pandora, the music Ai service. Nifty. Pandora observes what you listen to and then suggests more songs that sound similar. In essence, you end up making your own radio station. Neat.
One of the crazier aspects of the interview is how the founder did 348 roadshows before landing his first round venture. Now, that’s persistence!
Linking off to Jonathan Coulton’s blog post reply about the NY Times Magazine article discussing musicians, culture, fame, and how the internet changes the relationship between artist and audience. Coulton is featured as one of a new wave of musicians embodying who represent this trend. His post about making it up as he goes along and taking advantage of the situations he finds himself in is really inspiring.
I’m also linking off to it because he mentions my boy Dave Slusher. Yay! I’m still recovering from the bachelor party of one Brendan Gramer. I hope he’s still breathing.
A few cool sites to waste some time over the holidaze: Magic Whistle (thanks Brendan for the link), Demain5 (I love “When I am King”), and The Sound Opinions Best of 2006 List from Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis.
DeRogatis is, frankly, annoying, but the show is good at covering a variety of genres, not just sticking with indy rock. That is the thing about these lists that are cool, as well. Gift ideas for everyone you know under 40.
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