Pandora is still around. They were acquired by SiriusXM, and a lot of the Pandora functionality was brought into the SXM app. Though I believe the standalone app is still available and working.
Well I’ll offer a positive feedback. I was curious how well it would accommodate my… sorta weird musical taste. Typed in an artist I didn’t expect to find (Mr Gnome): nope, again not surprising. Realized that was an unfair obscurity, picked another which is less obscure but still not very mainstream or likely to be highlighted in the demos (Toadies): immediately found a great song, and it wasn’t the predictable hit.
I don’t have much interest in radio/shuffle that’s not how I listen to music, but it was pleasantly surprising anyway.
I’ve had a jango account since 2006(?) maybe. I haven’t logged in or otherwise used it since about then either but I still get emails from them on occasion. Maybe I should check it out again and (shameless plug) stream some stupid American pig tracks
oh, so this is essentially turning a keyword-search into a playlist. neat!
it would be nice if each song being played would be added to the browser history so that one can go back to previously played songs or even bookmark the good ones.
This version does something like that. You can save your playlist in a text file and even the HTML file will still work if you save it. It doesn’t matter where on the net you link. Any MP3 will play.
> Music is not free but Jango is able to give you unlimited amounts of it for free thanks to ads. Still, we try our best to keep commercial interruptions down to a minimum. In fact, you get only one commercial per day if you connect your account with Facebook and, at the moment, we are showing none on our mobile apps!
> Jango may use the information you provide when signing in to show you ads that are more relevant to your age and gender. Making ads more effective helps us, and you, but you can edit or remove this information in your Edit Profile page.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 89.0 ms ] threadHere in Australia, pandora.com currently redirects to a 404 page (it has been this way for years)[1].
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25524801
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I don’t have much interest in radio/shuffle that’s not how I listen to music, but it was pleasantly surprising anyway.
https://www.locserendipity.com/PushPlay.html?q=gillespie
https://www.locserendipity.com/PushPlay.html?q=Armstrong
https://www.locserendipity.com/PushPlay.html?q=be-bop
https://www.locserendipity.com/PushPlay.html?q=Blues
https://www.locserendipity.com/PushPlay.html?q=Garland
https://www.locserendipity.com/PushPlay.html?q=Waltz
https://www.locserendipity.com/PushPlay.html?q=Jazz
Currently I paid a friend to make some lounge songs that come pre-installed and then will let the users upload their own mp3 music.
Did you understand what problem is solves when checking the site?
Example:
Locserendipity.com/PushPlay.html?q=Country
it would be nice if each song being played would be added to the browser history so that one can go back to previously played songs or even bookmark the good ones.
https://www.locserendipity.com/SongSearch.html
Want to remove static? This one has a low pass filter built in (but skipping tracks doesn’t work): https://www.locserendipity.com/Listen.html
> Unlimited, ad-free, customized radio
faq:
> Music is not free but Jango is able to give you unlimited amounts of it for free thanks to ads. Still, we try our best to keep commercial interruptions down to a minimum. In fact, you get only one commercial per day if you connect your account with Facebook and, at the moment, we are showing none on our mobile apps!
> Jango may use the information you provide when signing in to show you ads that are more relevant to your age and gender. Making ads more effective helps us, and you, but you can edit or remove this information in your Edit Profile page.
They're saying "it's free to you but we pay for it, because ads."
You know, like broadcast television, and a large chunk of the web.
> Unlimited, ad-free, customized radio
how is that not a lie?
Airsonic/Funkwhale appear to be self-hosted services for streaming your existing music collection.
0: https://anti-ad.net/easylist.txt