I was working a little late in the office tonight, so I turned on my Pandora station for some background music. I have several stations on Pandora (yes, I still use Pandora). Some are seeded by only one song or artist. A few are seeded by a mix of specific songs and favorite artists. Tonight’s selection was my station. The one I named “Stone Girl’s Tunes.” I created this station in February 2007. I listen to it all the time. Pandora reports that, through the years, I’ve “thumbed up” 602 songs and “thumbed down” 905 songs while listening to my station. Tonight, for the first time in a long while, I looked at the list of songs and artists I chose to seed my station. Like my blog introduction, I feel my Stone Girl station is still a fairly good representation of me. I’ve discovered some new now-favorite musical artists in the last few years. I’ve outgrown a few from my old list. But it’s a good list and a good station. And it is, perhaps, another good way to introduce myself to others and perhaps to learn more about you. What songs, which musical artists, seed the music station in your life?
My list, from 2007.
Artists:
- Imogen Heap
- Kosheen
- Lijie
- Art of Noise
- Fool’s Garden
- Maktub
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Paul Simon
- Tears for Fears
- Maura O’Connell
- Cause & Effect
- Rob Zombie
- David Lanz
- Delerium
- Sting
- Third Day
- Hungry Lucy
- Scorpions
Songs:
- Santa Cruz by Fatboy Slim
- Home by the Sea by Genesis
- (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
- Haunted by Poe
- No Mermaid by Sinead Lohan
- Fear by Sarah McLachlan
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I was actually just wondering the other month whether Pandora was still a thing or not (obviously I didn’t care enough to ask Google, but still, I’m glad to hear it’s still a going concern).
My wife and I were in the early-ish stage of dating when we discovered Pandora. It seemed fateful that, through our separate stations, we both discovered and liked the same band, and wanted to share the same song with each other because we each knew the other would like it. One of many signs that we were on the right track, anyway. So thanks for that, Pandora.