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Re: More quickly refine a station

I should add; I would have no problem paying to have this feature.  I am hesitant, however, to pay for a screening process which I don’t understand and that seems arbitrary and inefficient  ... View more
by in My Collection
‎05-09-2020 07:38 PM

Re: More quickly refine a station

Hi Tanner; It sounds good in theory, but in practice seems sloppy.   If I 'thumbs down' Kiss "Rock and Roll All Night" (a song I like) because it is the live version - will Pandora know I don't like it because it is the live version or will Pandora think I don't like the song?  Or Kiss?  Or 70s metal bands?   How many 'live' songs will I need to thumbs down before Pandora catches on?  Even worse - how many irrelevant - or even damaging - exclusions might manifest while Pandora tries to figure this out? What if it plays 'Beth' - a love ballad - and I thumbs down that one.  Is that two strikes against Kiss?  How soon will Pandora figure out that I detest ballads?  How many more damaging exclusions might happen along the way? If I thumbs down Blues Traveler will it know that the harmonica solos are painful to me or will it start excluding *all* blues?   It just seems like a long, tedious, and sloppy way to indicate my preferences.   ... View more
by in My Collection
‎05-09-2020 02:19 PM

More quickly refine a station

Hi:   I am looking for tips to fine tune my stations. I have tried thumbs up/thumbs down or with no success. I am wishing I could access their criteria myself. The thumbs up/thumbs down criteria feels like a big game of twenty questions in trying to tell it what songs I prefer. Here is my personal preference: For my party mix I start with good old fashioned rock and roll. Any band from Van Halen to Theory of a Deadman. Then I want to screen new additions by; 1) No ballads - ever 2) No 'live' versions - ever (especially when the artist 'talks the song in' - groan!) 3) I dislike 90% of songs with harmonica 4) I dislike 99% of songs with flute 5) If the song lyrics complain or whine about anything I probably don't like it. That's it. That screen would eliminate 85% of the music I don't want to hear, yet I have been unable to get there even after a profound amount of 'thumbs-up/down -ing'.  Any suggestions? ... View more
by in My Collection
‎05-09-2020 08:31 AM
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