Comments on: Pandora v. Last.fm

By: Nicholas Barry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:45:20 +0000

Thanks for the great post. Do you have any idea whether Last.fm’s data collection includes how iTunes songs are rated? I have meticulously rated all my songs over time, and I would hope Last.fm makes use of this data. That would obviously allow more accurate suggestions than just looking at play counts, especially since I usually listen to my library on shuffle.

By: Celeb Gosip

Celeb Gosip — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:17:26 +0000

hmm i agree with you

By: Cerita Seks

Cerita Seks — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:16:28 +0000

I like to think of Pandora as the Yahoo model, with editors that are experts, and last.fm as the google model, distributed and emergent. I like the idea of pandora, but it doesn’t scale. There were a lot of songs that it just doesn’t have. I heard an interview with the guy who runs it, and they said it takes about 30 minutes to code each song. That’s just too long, especially as the market progresses to more and smaller artists.

By: مركز التحميل

مركز التحميل — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:26:42 +0000

I can’t really make last.fm work for me either and honestly got better results out of Launch than either of the others. Now, alas, my brilliant (to me) Launch station is no more. Ugh.

By: Scott Ryfun

Scott Ryfun — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:33:40 +0000

I can’t really make last.fm work for me either and honestly got better results out of Launch than either of the others. Now, alas, my brilliant (to me) Launch station is no more. Ugh.

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:36:23 +0000

As much as I like last.fm and I really do, the constant buffering annoys the beep off me. For some reason pandora never does that. Sometimes Pandora goes into a technical difficulty but once you refresh it, the problem seems to go away.

I wish last.fm would not be so unstable because I like it’s collection of songs better. last.fm has many artists that pandora does not have.

By: Snow Train Man

Snow Train Man — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:15:11 +0000

For pure pleasure at work, Pandora wins

By: the rugs don’t work - » Last.fm Desktop Generator - a must download

the rugs don’t work - » Last.fm Desktop Generator - a must download — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:28:21 +0000

[...] I’m a big fan of Last.fm and have been using the service for almost a year now. Last.fm’s downloadable Audioscrobbler has tracked more than 11000 tracks that I’ve played using iTunes, Windows Media Player and the Yahoo! Music Unlimited service. It is a social music application with groups, neighbours, friends, tagging, personal radio stations, and most importantly recommendations. Last.fm has many fans like Fred Wilson and Michael Arrington to name a few. It is a great way to “actively” find new music vs. the more “passive” Pandora. [...]

By: mahavishnu

mahavishnu — Sat, 20 May 2006 23:23:33 +0000

Pandora and Last.fm works in opposite ways. While Pandora streaming music you’ve chosen to your computer, Last.fm colects information about you are listening to in you media player (cd or mp3). Last.fm has a RadioPlayer too, but it isn’t his goal.

By: NorthSpace » Entering the Social Networked Music Scene

NorthSpace » Entering the Social Networked Music Scene — Tue, 09 May 2006 13:18:15 +0000

[...] I’ve seen regular references to Last.fm and Pandora in various blogs, online searches and the like. While they sounded interesting, they remained on my ‘to explore later’ list until I was prodded from an email from a friend. While Last.fm and Pandora cover a lot of the same area, they each have certain strengths (as outlined in numerous and varied comparisons). Basically Pandora is a bit better for getting exposed to new music, while Last.fm is better at cataloging your listening habits and creating a broad range of recommendations and social networking connections as a result. And thanks to a nice little online code mashup (via downloadsquad), you can have the best of both worlds: a Pandora player that submits its tracks to your Last.fm account. [...]

By: TechCrunch en français » Mise à jour sur le Mashup Pandora/Last.fm

TechCrunch en français » Mise à jour sur le Mashup Pandora/Last.fm — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:26:20 +0000

[...] Pour ceux qui sont fans de Pandora , Last.fm ou les deux vous allez aimer ce mashup créé par Gabe Kangas. Nous avons écrit un petit billet le mois dernier quand il s’agissait encore d’un hack bidouillé. Désormais Pandora supporte totalement cette initiative et a donné accès à son API afin de créer une application stable. [...]

By: TechCrunch » Update on Pandora/Last.fm Mashup

TechCrunch » Update on Pandora/Last.fm Mashup — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:56:32 +0000

[...] For those of you who are fans of Pandora, Last.fm or both, you’ll like this mashup by Gabe Kangas. I wrote about it last month, when it was a bit of a hack. Now, Pandora is fully supporting the effort and has even given Gabe access to the Pandora API to create a more stable application. [...]

By: oBeattie » Pandora and Last.fm Together…sort of

oBeattie » Pandora and Last.fm Together…sort of — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:56:51 +0000

[...] People who love music seems to either be Pandora folks or Last.fm folks, and the two groups often disagree (see, for example, the comments to this post).Quite frankly, the two services each do different things very well, although there is some overlap. Pandora is great for discovering new music based on what you like. Last.fm is also good at music discovery, but you can’t stream music directly from their site. [...]

By: yonghwee

yonghwee — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:58:04 +0000

so if Pandora is more “machine” like, and Last.fm more “human”, is this a good case for Turing Test?

if i get recommendations from both sides and can’t tell which is better, does that mean Pandora has passed the Turing test?

By: TechCrunch en français » Pandora et Last.fm réunis (enfin presque)

TechCrunch en français » Pandora et Last.fm réunis (enfin presque) — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:37:57 +0000

[...] Les gens qui comme moi aiment la musique sont soit des fans de Pandora soit de Last.fm et pour des raisons différentes; ce qui donnent souvent l’occasion à des polémiques sur le meilleur service (lisez les commentaires de ce billet par exemple). [...]

By: TechCrunch » Pandora and Last.fm Together…sort of

TechCrunch » Pandora and Last.fm Together…sort of — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:51:46 +0000

[...] People who love music seems to either be Pandora folks or Last.fm folks, and the two groups often disagree (see, for example, the comments to this post). [...]

By: molgar

molgar — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:47:52 +0000

There’s no vs. anymore: http://www.real...ty.com/pandora/

By: LVV Music

LVV Music — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:38:42 +0000

In answer to Joe, Pandora is apparently built on human analysis (with a checklist). I’ve found I get more interesting recommendations on a wider group of artists via last.fm. I’ve also found the sound quality a little better.

In that area, neither are particularly good.

By: TechCrunch en français » Pandora propose des fonctions de partage

TechCrunch en français » Pandora propose des fonctions de partage — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:08:40 +0000

[...] Pandora, qui a fait l’objet récemment de nombreuses analyses comparatives avec son concurrent Last.fm vient de lancer de nouvelles fonctionnalités destinées au partage. [...]

By: oscar

oscar — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:51:35 +0000

Here’s another music recommendation service which I think its worth to mention it, its called ‘Foafing the Music’ http://foafing-...sic.iua.upf.edu

And it uses the audioscrobbler/last.fm data to track user listening habits!

By: TechCrunch » Pandora Releases Sharing Features

TechCrunch » Pandora Releases Sharing Features — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:51:55 +0000

[...] Pandora, which has lately been the subject of intense comparisons to competitor Last.fm, will release a number of new features aimed at sharing tonight. [...]

By: Mashable* - Pete Cashmore on Web2.0 » Last.fm versus Pandora (Continued)

Mashable* - Pete Cashmore on Web2.0 » Last.fm versus Pandora (Continued) — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:37:07 +0000

[...] Fred Wilson have also compared Last.fm and Pandora recently. Add to Del.icio.us | Cosmos | Digg It! | Slashdot [...]

By: Mashable*

Mashable* — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:34:25 +0000

Last.fm versus Pandora (Continued)…

Steve Krause has contributed to the ongoing Last.fm vs Pandora discussion with an excellent and in-depth post. He writes:
Algorithmically, Pandora versus Last.fm is something like the nature versus nurture debate. Taking the nature side, Pandora…

By: jog

jog — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:28:35 +0000

Is anyone aware of how pandora determines the attributes of a particular song before it recommends it?

Are they manually tagged by a human ‘expert’ or is there any automated algorithm that analyses the music?

By: Steve Krause : Blog

Steve Krause : Blog — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:18:22 +0000

Pandora and Last.fm: Nature vs. Nurture in Music Recommenders…

Over the past week, there has been some blog talk (Fred Wilson, TechCrunch, David Porter) comparing music-recommendation services Pandora and Last.fm. I’ve been using both for the past couple months, making notes along the way with the idea that I’d…