Have you heard of this site Pandora.com? If not, go there and check it out. They have suggestions of artists that are close to ones you give them. For instance, if you put in Pink Floyd, you get to hear songs from a bunch of different groups that sort of sound like ‘Floyd. After a few songs, though, they get off track because one group brings something to the table that the previous band might not have had. Generally, it’s cool. Here’s the basic flow:
- Enter the name of an artist that you like. Example: Pink Floyd
- They start you off with a song of this artist that exemplifies their general sound or artistic presence
- You can either listen to the song (that you’ve probably heard before) or skip to the next suggestion
- When you skip ahead, you’ll hear a group that matches closest to your original group
- I’ve found that three or four songs into their suggestions, things get a little out of sync and you’re hearing a group that sounds nothing like your original group. Not much you can do except start over.
- Along the way you can give a ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’ so that they can better quantify a match
Like I said, generally it is very cool and I’ve gotten a lot of new songs from groups that I would never have heard of otherwise. Sometimes they suggest songs you’ve never heard from artists that you may be familiar with – it just depends on your original selection.
Give it a whirl…