As part of the world’s Web 2.0 efforts, Pandora is an online radio station that does more than just play music from specific genres. What it actually does is search for music from a “starting point” by letting you enter a name of a favorite band or artist. Afterwards, Pandora does the rest by playing songs from this artist and even other songs with more or less the same beat.

What’s also interesting is that the music being played also graduates with the beat. Say you do choose Dave Matthews, and it starts playing a more upbeat “What Would You Say.” Pandora will continue playing upbeat music with the same playing style and slowly graduate to a different style, say something more slow like a ballad, but by the same roster of artists chosen. You can then choose to scrap the song and Pandora will remember it.

And as a note, I’ve confirmed that when you try to add Queen to your radio station, Pandora will recommend Reo Speedwagon and Journey as songs that match your taste.

Hyuk hyuk.

[Thanks for the tip, Elber]