Mercora - Music Search
another nice net radio :) - http://www.mercora.com

I still prefer Pandora's slick interface over this one.. but Mercora gives me what I've always missed in Pandora - searching for and listening to specific tunes :)

Mercora gives you a nice interface too :) but not as slick.. and it has a Mercora Music Matrix, which's a blogthing you can put up on your blog.. haven't explored it completely..

there sure are other music search services like SingingFish.. but I happen to prefer Mercora..

one big downer for Mercora is that it requires you to install an extra plugin which plays Mercora music on the browser.. (they want to prevent you from downloading songs :P ).. but proabably that's still kinda okay since 'tis not that heavy..

if only somone could combine Pandora and Mercora :) that'd be great..
but even now, Pandora to discover music n Mercora for specific tunes is probably okay :)

[psst.. do u think it's a coincidence that both the music services I like have rhyming names?! Pandora, Mercora.. and even the same string lengths! hmm..]

Pandora - discover music
this one's a nice music service.. similar to any other radio station.. but works differently..
give it a song/artist to start off frm n it plays other songs similar in musical qualities to that song/similar to the typical style of that artist..
go to http://www.pandora.com n discover it urself..

this reminds me of moodlogic.. moodlogic does a similar thing, but it sorts music based on ur mood n plays songs based on ur current mood.. only difference here being other ppl have already sorted out n grouped songs based on their type, so u don't have to categorize songs as in moodlogic..

the homepage says it belongs to a bigger project called Music Genome Project. sounds impressive.. even the songs it plays seem to hold its claim.. they're very similar to the intitial song.. if u can start wit a song typical to some mood, u can use it just like moodlogic..

one thing I dont like is that it's a radio.. :( i.e. I can't go back n play a song that's already played :( apart frm that, this service is really good..

I had an idea for an application which'd automatically analyze a song n categorize it under various labels.. then there needn't be any human intervention while rating music.. but it'd be a very complex application.. involving all sorts of intelligence.. DSP to start wit.. that'd b more like teachin computer to listen n analyze (enjoy?!) music.. that's the major reason why I've deferred startin on it.. other reason is the time factor.. but wud like to start it off some day..

n btw, I guess it's been written using Open Laszlo, but dunno for sure.. just guessin.. coz even I'm plannin to use Open Laszlo for my personal site n for a site being designed for my school..