I suppose I should "Pandora" to find others similar to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, but given I like their sound - can you 'humans' out there suggest any other acts I might like ? Also, wondering what the key attributes' Pandora uses to label their songs.

In an internet article, I though you guys might find this interesting:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/technology/08pandora.html?_r=0

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Pandora has 700,000 songs, each categorized by an employee based on 400 musical attributes, like whether the voice is breathy, like Charlotte Gainsbourg, or gravelly like Tom Waits. Listeners pick a song or musician they like, and Pandora serves up songs with similar qualities — Charlotte Gainsbourg to Feist to Viva Voce to Belle and Sebastian. Unlike other music services like MySpace Music or Spotify, now available in parts of Europe, listeners cannot request specific songs.




It would be an interesting approach to see if PG could gain some inspiration from these attributes for their existing and new styles and RT tracks.

Then again, on wikipedia, I found that:

Quote:


The full list of attributes for individual songs is not publicly released, and ostensibly constitutes a trade secret.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Genome_Project