Music Genome Project

04.19.11

So the Music Genome Project that Pandora Radio runs off of is a really neat thing. My usual list of study music feels overplayed these days, with finals approaching and projects popping up left and right, so I decide to let Pandora compile a list for me. Out of curiosity, I typed in ‘Girls Generation’ (a South Korean pop group) into the “Create a Station” to test out Pandora’s foreign music capabilities and see how extensive their collection is. The results this time were pretty good in my opinion. The songs I got were generally up-beat (being dance songs, it’s kinda expected) but surprisingly easy to study to (or at least read a business textbook to). Pandora’s foreign music collection has improved from the last time I tried it...in 2010. xD

Some interesting songs that came up on the station today:

“Du Style” by Jena Lee --- the song was in French! Definitely the most intriguing song of the list. I think I’ll look into this artist more another day.

Apple And Cinnamon by Utada --- oddly catchy song in my opinion...

Baby Don’t Cry by Namie Amuro

Fix of Compromise by Dynamik

For A Lifetime by Melee 

It was a interesting introduction to contemporary songs from other countries. An education on world music in a (microscopic) nutshell?

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Pandora also flooded me with BoA on that playlist. Go figure right?