Bring on the Holiday Music with a Pandora Radio Station to Share with Family and Friends.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Whether your favorite version of "White Christmas A white Christmas, to most people in the Northern Hemisphere, refers to snowy weather on Christmas Day. This phenomenon is far more common in some countries than in others. " is by the Beach Boys or Vienna Boys Choir, now you can create a stream of holiday music on Pandora.com and share it with family and friends. Launched on August 29, 2005, Pandora is the first online music discovery service based on the Music Genome Project genome project 1 The Human Genome Project, see there 2. A general term for a coordinated research initiative for mapping and sequencing the genome of any organism , the most thorough analysis of popular music ever undertaken. Just enter the name of your favorite song or artist and Pandora does the rest -- creating a tailored stream of songs that share key musical traits. If you enter "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer reindeer, ruminant mammal, genus Rangifer, of the deer family, found in arctic and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America. It is the only deer in which both sexes have antlers. ," for example, Pandora will prompt you to choose from dozens of recordings of the song, including versions by the Supremes, John Denver John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s. , Burl Ives and Wings. Pick the one you love best and Pandora will create a radio station with holiday tunes in a similar style. Listening to holiday music need never be boring as you can create dozens of holiday music stations to match your mood. Email your stations to family and friends to send them your favorite sounds of the holidays. "There is so much wonderful holiday music out there, but very few people have the time, and resources to collect a large library of music that is only listened to for a couple of months out of the year," said Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora and its chief strategy officer. "With 49 different versions of 'Silent Night' and 37 of 'White Christmas,' everyone is bound to find a holiday song they love on Pandora, whether they prefer the Vienna Boys Choir or Boys II Men." About Pandora: Pandora is the leader in music navigation and discovery. The foundation of Pandora is the Music Genome Project(TM), the most sophisticated taxonomy taxonomy: see classification. taxonomy In biology, the classification of organisms into a hierarchy of groupings, from the general to the particular, that reflect evolutionary and usually morphological relationships: kingdom, phylum, class, order, of musical information ever collected. Each song in the massive database -- which includes Pop, Rock, Jazz, Electronica  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , Hip Hop hip-hop or hip hop n. 1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents. 2. Rap music. adj. , Country, Blues, R&B, old, new, big names, and small acts -- is analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. by trained musician analysts along 400 distinct musical attributes to capture not only the musical identity of a song, but also many significant qualities that are relevant to understanding the musical preferences of consumers. The Music Genome Project is updated on a continual basis with the latest releases, emerging artists, and an ever-deepening collection of catalogue titles. Founded in January 2000, Pandora's music discovery solutions are used by such leading music retailers and portals as Best Buy. The company's flagship consumer service, Pandora, was introduced on August 29, 2005. |
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