Music In Social Media

How Different Music Sites Relate To Social Media

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When was the last time you fell in love with a new artist or song?

At Pandora, they have a single mission: To play only music you'll love.

They believe that each individual has a unique relationship with music - no one else has tastes exactly like yours. So delivering a great radio experience to each and every listener requires an incredibly broad and deep understanding of music.

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The Music Genome Project is updated on a continual basis with the latest releases, emerging artists, and an ever-deepening collection of catalogue titles.

By utilizing the wealth of musicological information stored in the Music Genome Project, Pandora recognizes and responds to each individual's tastes. The result is a much more personalized radio experience - stations that play music you'll love - and nothing else.

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How It Works

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With Pandora you can explore this vast trove of music to your heart's content. 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. Then sit back and enjoy as it creates a listening experience full of current and soon-to-be favorite songs for you.

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You can create up to 100 unique "stations." And you can even refine them. If it's not quite right you can tell it so and it will get better for you.

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How is Pandora social media?

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Social Media is about the user being in control and being able interact with the sites. With Pandora the user is in Control and is able to pick and choose what songs he/she likes just by typing in your favorite song or artists. From that point on its all up to you on which direction you head.

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If you find a song you really like then you can Tweet directly from Pandora, or you can send a Facebook notification to all your friends saying you found something you really like.

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Last.fm.com

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Every track you play will tell your Last.fm profile something about what you like. It can connect you to other people who like what you like - and recommend songs from their music collections and yours too.

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When you recommend some music to a friend, or you tag it, or you write about it - even just listening to it - you shift the song's importance on the site. It'll be recommended to different people, because you've listened to it. It'll move up our music charts and maybe more people will hear it because you thought it was good.

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iTunes

iTunes iTunes is a free application

for your Mac or PC. It organizes and plays your digital music and video on your computer. It syncs all your media with your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it’s a store on your computer, iPod touch, iPhone, and Apple TV that has everything you need to be entertained. Anywhere. Anytime.

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Now, Everyone knows about itunes but how is it social media? You can rate all the music and videos and send comments to the bands. Your comments also help other people find music they like. All you need is a user profile, which is free.