SurferBill
Joined: Dec 20, 2009
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Jax, FL
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Posted on Jun 06 2010 11:58 AM
I stumbled upon an internet radio site called Pandora.com
http://www.pandora.com/#/
What's cool about it is that it creates a radio station based on the kind of music you like. You input a band/artist, and it creates the station. I input Dick Dale and it played DD, Junior Brown (who was playin this guitar/slide guitar combo contraption, The Mono Men, Davie Allan & The Arrows, The Pyramids, etc.... could listen all day.
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Icetech
Joined: Dec 16, 2006
Posts: 892
Macomb Mich
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Posted on Jun 06 2010 12:22 PM
i like pandora as a alternative to like aolradio, since aol seems to play the same stuff over and over... i just wish you didnt have to pay for pandora after 40 hours or whatever it is:(
BTW... making a johnny cash station will get nice results:)
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jun 06 2010 12:28 PM
See also http://www.last.fm/
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2753
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Jun 06 2010 10:46 PM
see also human DJs 
I'm being a jerk but I do want to point out that Last.fm and Pandora won't go out of their way to bring you something unique; there's really only a certain depth and breadth it will get to and since there's nobody there monitoring what you're hearing they won't work to improve that. So while they've gotten very good at accuracy, they'll never bring you something obscure or out of print, and naturally they'll never give you any hint of personality
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SurferBill
Joined: Dec 20, 2009
Posts: 611
Jax, FL
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 06:32 AM
ElMonstroPorFavor
see also human DJs
they'll never bring you something obscure or out of print, and naturally they'll never give you any hint of personality
After I listened awhile began to wonder about that...although The Mono Men and Dave Allan and the Arrows were kinda new to me (ducking from pillows).
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Shoot The Pier on Facebook
We are on Instagram under "@shootthepiersurfband"
My Country EP ... Florida Dirt Fire
https://floridadirtfire.bandcamp.com/album/florida-dirt-fire
My French Love Songs ... I really needed a change...
www.lonelyrose.bandcamp.com
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Icetech
Joined: Dec 16, 2006
Posts: 892
Macomb Mich
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 07:22 AM
Was listening to pandora on my iphone last night and heard mono-men for the first time also:)
And while a human DJ might help you learn new stuff or hear odd stuff.. its nice to have options that are there 24/7 instead of maybe weekly if lucky
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kkamphaus
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 134
Omaha, Nebraska
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 09:06 AM
I have been on Pandora quite a while and have a farely thorough Surf station...have found a few new bands of interest (Verbal and Fugazi's instro stuff) but it took some time to get the station tweaked to where I have gotten it.
http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh33347547721586894
Kevin
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surferXmatt
Joined: Aug 27, 2008
Posts: 1570
New York
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 09:29 AM
Attention: Blackberry users.. there is a free downloadable app for Pandora radio as well. I have been using it for about a year now and it works really well. Awesome!!! 
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 09:46 AM
Almost everything is new to someone, and Pandora is a decent way to find out about some things. I have run into things there that were new to me, though not Davie Allan. I think they have more music in the surf vein now than they did initially, too.
However, they do offer you a fair amount of horrible stuff over time, too, and their vaunted parametric scheme is missing all kinds of obvious parameters from the instrumental rock point of view, like instrumental. They should have talked to Phil Dirt or someone ...
However, all things considered, I find that I do better just buying CDs and the occasional record, sticking them in the computer, and programming them myself. Of course, that way I still miss the personality thing that someone pointed out.
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morphball
Joined: Dec 23, 2008
Posts: 3324
Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 10:50 AM
I used Pandora (iphone) until about a year ago, but then they started to limit the amount of times you could skip a track, and that was it for me. I don't know if they still do that, but just that fact that I had to frequently skip tracks should have been reason enough to remove it anyway... last.fm however has my tastes pretty nailed, doesn't care if I skip tracks, and keeps records of my listening habits. (Good if I'm driving and have no business looking at a track's title.)
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SurferBill
Joined: Dec 20, 2009
Posts: 611
Jax, FL
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 10:55 AM
Pandora played a nice surf medley by Junior Brown, and showed this guitar-slide-thing...
http://www.landninc.com/images/large/Junior%20Brown.jpg
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Shoot The Pier on Facebook
We are on Instagram under "@shootthepiersurfband"
My Country EP ... Florida Dirt Fire
https://floridadirtfire.bandcamp.com/album/florida-dirt-fire
My French Love Songs ... I really needed a change...
www.lonelyrose.bandcamp.com
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surferXmatt
Joined: Aug 27, 2008
Posts: 1570
New York
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 11:05 AM
Morph: They limit it to 6 skips per stations. I have found a couple loopholes though.. first, if you close the Pandora app and go back in it resets the count of skips OR you can make multiple stations of different similar artists, or their actual songs as station names. This will bring up more of the same/similar bands and you can skip to your hearts content.
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LHR
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
Posts: 2123
The jungle
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 04:20 PM
Love Pandora, especially on the Droid. I have recently discovered grooveshark.com, though. Not so much surf, but pretty nice!
— SSIV
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P2gee
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
Posts: 264
Waco Texas
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Posted on Jun 07 2010 09:46 PM
ElMonstroPorFavor
..........they'll never bring you something obscure or out of print, and naturally they'll never give you any hint of personality
....and human dj's do???
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WhorehayRFB
Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Posts: 3331
Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted on Jun 08 2010 11:28 AM
P2gee
ElMonstroPorFavor
..........they'll never bring you something obscure or out of print, and naturally they'll never give you any hint of personality
....and human dj's do???
Naw. Never.
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2753
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Jun 08 2010 05:18 PM
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11077
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Aug 13 2010 11:38 AM
It has been recently suggested to me that Pandora needs more surf music on it's playlists. I was told that each band has to personally upload their own music to the website. Seeing how it's free, it can't hurt and it may get you some new fans. Here's what they want and a link to more info.
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The Basics: How to Submit
To submit music to Pandora, you'll need these items:
1) a CD of your music
2) a unique UPC code for that CD*
3) this CD to be available through Amazon as a physical CD (and not just as MP3s)**
4) the legal rights to your music
5) a standard free Pandora account, based on a valid email address, that will be associated with this submission
6) MP3 files for two of the songs from your CD
Once you have all of these items ready to go, you can submit your music to Pandora for consideration here: http://submitmusic.pandora.com/.
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For more info:
http://blog.pandora.com/faq/contents/31.html
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GaryPlanets
Joined: Jun 22, 2010
Posts: 120
Durham, NC
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Posted on Aug 13 2010 01:47 PM
The big problem is actually having the pandora folks process the submissions. One of my former bands with a modicum of success submitted tunes two years ago, and we're still not in there!
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11077
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Aug 13 2010 01:52 PM
Did you follow up with them Gary? Maybe they made a mistake or you didn't fill out something correctly?
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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GaryPlanets
Joined: Jun 22, 2010
Posts: 120
Durham, NC
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Posted on Aug 13 2010 07:35 PM
No, and you're correct that it could've been any number of things. The leader of the group submitted everything. So, in their defense, other than being told everything had been submitted and confirmation received, I don't know what else may or may not have occured!
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