Pandora Internet Radio

When was the last time you fell in love with a new artist or song? Those of you who have visited our Wxyz Lounge may be very familiar with our Aloft signature playlist. This collection of hip, contemporary music is now available on Pandora Internet Radio. This radio station is free to the public and is the latest trend among music lovers everywhere. Many fans of the Wxyz have often asked where they can get a copy of the Aloft signature CD. Due to popular demand, the CDs are currently not available at some of the Aloft Hotels but the songs can still be ... Read Full Story

Music apps abound in the Web 2.0 world. While I still have some questions about whether they are legal and strongly suggest that you use these apps to discover and listen to music for a future purchase online or in the music store, there is no denying that listening to these apps is fun and time-saving. I have discovered a number of new vocal artists I probably would not have listened to in the music store and I have purchased a lot more music since I started using these Web 2.0 music apps. Depending on the bandwidth and user policy in your in your ... Read Full Story

When was the last time you fell in love with a new artist or song? Those of you who have visited our Wxyz Lounge may be very familiar with our Aloft signature playlist. This collection of hip, contemporary music is now available on Pandora Internet Radio. This radio station is free to the public and is the latest trend among music lovers everywhere. Many fans of the Wxyz have often asked where they can get a copy of the Aloft signature CD. Due to popular demand, the CDs are currently not available at some of the Aloft Hotels but the songs can still be ... Read Full Story

Received a really cool email yesterday from Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora Radio . If you haven’t been to Pandora.com yet, omg. Those in the know rave about Pandora as the web’s most popular free online radio service. Why does it rock? Pandora allows you to custom-tune stations by your own musical preference. To geek out on you even more, Westergren et al. mapped 10,000 pop songs into the Music Genome Project , which classifies songs across genres by 150-500 subtleties (called genes), like “mild rhythm syncopation”, “minor key tonality”, or “twelve-eight time signature.” What that means in English is that when I ... Read Full Story

Saturday, Pandora founder Tim Westergren issued a " call to arms " to its listeners. He pleaded with fans and supporters of the popular music-streaming service to urge their State Representative to vote for the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008. This Act would give web radio broadcasters more time to negotiate outrageous royalty fees that have caused some to go out of business and put many more under the same pressure. A sigh of relief has been heard across the web, as that bill has been passed in the House. This means that Pandora gets a brief reprieve. The NAB dropped their efforts to ... Read Full Story