hi red flayer -
Thought I'd respond to a very important issue you're raising. You're certainly right that we don't have near enough musicians to analyze everything - this lack of 'scalability' was something I was endlessly piloried for from the venture community. Our focus has just been to do as much great stuff as we can handle. Aside from the major charts (music we need to have because that's the stuff people know, and use to launch stations), we primarily do indie music - no matter how small the audience, if an artist has resonated with someone, somewhere, we want to find it. I was in indie bands for most of my adult life, so this is near and dear to my heart. Pandora will NEVER lose that focus.
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hi red flayer - Thought I'd respond to a very important issue you're raising. You're certainly right that we don't have near enough musicians to analyze everything - this lack of 'scalability' was something I was endlessly piloried for from the venture community. Our focus has just been to do as much great stuff as we can handle. Aside from the major charts (music we need to have because that's the stuff people know, and use to launch stations), we primarily do indie music - no matter how small the audience, if an artist has resonated with someone, somewhere, we want to find it. I was in indie bands for most of my adult life, so this is near and dear to my heart. Pandora will NEVER lose that focus.