How to Create the Best Pandora Radio Station

People who like streaming radio will appreciate Pandora Radio, a site that uses the technology of the Music Genome Project to allow visitors to create and modify radio stations based on their favorite artists and songs. The following tips will help you to create the perfect Pandora Radio station.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Access to Pandora Radio's website

1. Think about when you are going to listen to this station the most. The kind of music you will want to play while you are working is probably very different than the kind of music you will want to play while exercising. Discerning the purpose of your station will help you pick the best seed song or artist.
2. Pick your seed song or artist carefully. Pandora uses the results of the Music Genome Project to decide what music to play. That means that it will play other songs that share characteristics with the song or artist you select. Particularly if you are using a seed song (versus an artist), you should make sure that this song typifies what you like about the artist's music. For example, if the artist generally plays more laid-back music, but has one high-intensity song, don't pick the high-intensity song as your seed song if you really want to listen to laid-back music.
3. Give feedback. Every time a song plays on your station, you have the option to say "I like it" or "I don't like it" (drag your mouse over the song box and "thumbs up" and a "thumbs down" icons will appear). This feature allows you to modify your station by influencing the choice of future songs.
4. Use the other editing functions to modify your station. If you click on the downward-facing arrow to the right of the station name, you can select "Edit This Station" and "Add More Music to This Station." Use these functions to review your "Thumbed-Up" songs, add other seeds and adjust your Pandora station in other ways.
5. Consider renaming your station. Unless you change the station name, it will remain named for the seed you chose. If this is not the best title for your station, particularly if you built it around somewhat dissimilar seeds, use the menu (that arrow to the right of the station name) to modify it to something more descriptive by clicking on "Rename This Station."