Wouldn’t it be great if you could find more songs and artists that play music similar to those you already like? With Pandora Internet Radio, it’s as easy as typing an artist name or song title.

Pandora was created by the Music Genome Project, which "set out to capture the essence of music at its most fundamental level."  Using this extensive music database, once you provide a starting point (an artist or a song), they can deliver similar music.

To get started, go to www.pandora.com and type a song or title in the text field and click "Create". For example, if you enjoyed Wabash’s spring national act Guster and want to find similar music, type Guster in the text field:

Pandora will create a Guster radio station for you and begin playing music:

As each song plays, you can fine-tune Pandora’s music delivery by giving each song a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down".

If you listen to more than a handful of songs you’ll have to register (it’s free). Once you register, you can save up to 100 "radio stations" that will each deliver a personal customized music stream. Pandora is free, but note it works like a radio–you can’t pick specific songs you’d like to listen to, and you can’t replay songs. However, if you hear something you really like, you can click a link to purchase that song from iTunes.

Give it a try, and enjoy your new musical discoveries!