New Music - Pandora

So you like music eh? I know that some of the Crum brothers have spent many hours (and in Jon's case, days) writing about their favorite musicians and their favorite albums and their favorite "greatest hits" and their favorite everything else related to music. Well, as I'm sure many of you can attest also, my musical tastes have been strongly influenced by the music that was in our home growing up. Just look at Jon's top ten albums and you find, of course, the Beatles over and over again. The music player on this very blog is based on music that we would have listened to, or heard Pop sing, growing up. River of Dreams by Billy Joel is one of the first CDs I remember ever seeing, Michael Jackson is, of course, our favorite break-dance music, and the theme to many episodes of "The Race" was composed by David Lance on the Desert Vision album. So how have we gone from our roots to where we are now? How did Nate get hooked on Dave Matthews and Hip-Hop, how did Matt ever hear of the Postal Service, and why do we listen to Iron & Wine or Jack Johnson? Well, obviously we have other people influencing our tastes in addition to our family. So I want to offer this little tool to those who still may feel confined by the music that everyone else listens to, or simply wants a change of tune... I have posted this on my own blog, it's called Pandora. You really should check it out. I don't often come across something that I can't stop talking about, but I have been telling everyone about this. You pick a song or artist that you know you like, and Pandora finds other similar music - stuff I have never heard before but really like. Give it a try.

[how does Pandora work? FAQ here]