Thanks to the rec from my sister-in-law, I have just discovered www.pandora.com. I’ll let Pandora explain what they are:

At Pandora, we have a single mission: To play music you’ll love – and nothing else. Just drop the name of one of your favorite songs or artists into Pandora and let the Genome Project go. It will quickly scan its entire world of analyzed music, almost a century of popular recordings – new and old, well known and completely obscure – to find songs with interesting musical similarities to your choice. You can create as many “stations” as you want. And you can even refine them. If it’s not quite right you can tell it so and it will get better for you.

Why am I excited about this?
* It’s free. Of course they have a paid version, but the free one is pretty darn good. Simple set up process too.
* Because it’s free, you guessed it, they have ads. However, their ads are only graphic, not pops us, and use flash right on your Pandora page. So, if you are not on that page, you don’t see the ads. Also, the ones I have seen are done in good taste. So far, no Vic’s Secret or alcohol ads or anything close. And, there are no music interruptions like previous internet radio sites I have used!
* Great sound and no trouble streaming. It has not slowed my computer down nor has it “skipped”.
* The way it customizes your music is incredible. There is nothing worse than wanting upbeat music when your playlist somehow has an incredibly slow song mixed in. For your analytical types, check out their brief description of The Music Genome Project. Also, you still maintain control to edit your stations as you see fit.
* For you networking types and itunes fanatics, you can share your stations, use it on facebook, bookmark songs for later or purchase immediately from itunes. Did I mention you can have as many stations as you want?

For someone like me, whose husband rules the itunes library and organization of it, this is a great way to enjoy a variety of music, old and new, and discover new artists that I might not know about. Here’s to another day with Pandora!

The LBD Dual Significance: What I feed my mind is so important. Also, music affects me a lot. The genre, lyrics, etc., totally affect my mood and what I think about. So, I want to use music to my advantage as much as possible. If I need to get things done quickly, you better believe it is upbeat country music. If I’m just enjoying the day and happy about life, I’m in a Dave Barnes sort of mood. If I’m pensive, humbled, or grateful because of Christ, I’m listening to worship music. You get the idea.

Try it out and tell me what you think or expose me to something new that you’ve discovered! Thanks Andréa for the great rec!