In just a few minutes of trying out Pandora this morning, I’ve discovered three artists I like. I had never heard of any of them before. I’ve been able to do the same on Last.FM, but only within a more popular circle of artists. Last.FM, being a social recommender, is bound to be biased toward more popular artists, in comparison to Pandora. I was skeptical of the music genome project upon first learning of it, but so far, it’s been working well for me. Also, Pandora allows me to listen to a whole song, not just a few seconds of it. I’m going to continue to use both Last.FM and Pandora, but right now, I’m more excited about Pandora. Soon, I’ll add a Pandora blog widget to Squirrel Tao.