Pandora

I just found a really cool site using stumble upon. It is called Pandora. I went to the home page of the site. They claim to be able to play any music that you want for free. This sounded cool so I typed in a song. To my surprise they played a slightly different song. Apparently, they can't play exactly what you ask for. They play something similar. The program is kind of like a radio. You tell the dj what kind of music you like, and he plays music similar to it.
I looked around the site to see how they do it. Apparently, a team of dudes sat down and listened to a whole lot of music. They categorized all of it. When you select a song, every song that is in that category will be played. They are able to play stuff that you will like because each song is in several categories. They simply play songs that match categorically to the one you select. Right now I am listening to ska music. I typed in "The impression that I get." They are playing me a bunch of different music by different ska bands that have a similar concept of sound. They have played some stuff by the bosstones, reel big fish, as well others. They all have really good horn sections. Give it a try with the music that you like.
Pandora