April 9-10, 2008 Analysis - My New BFF??

WOW!!!!

WOW!!!

WOW!!!!

So throughout the course of the semester I've been looking for the "PERFECT" listening session. I can finally report to you all that it happened!! Each and every song that played is a song that I enjoy!! Track after track, artist after artist...it was great!! I started at 11:04pm and my mood was exceptionally tired, its been a loooong week :-( Being candid, I listened more out of obligation than desire. Often times, I listen to music while I work but last night I just didnt want to hear anything but I did and to my amazement, I stumbled upon the perfect session!! Though I didn't hear any new material, I did hear tracks that I havent played in a long time and that was enticing! For a split second on way of my old fav's I found my energy swing slightly upward and thats something that I long for on those late working nights!! While I didnt listen for hours on end as I normally do, I did make it through 22 tracks and every single one of them were perfect! The interesting thing though is that I didnt give any song a thumbs up. Though I did hear a few favorites, I opted not to hand out any thumbs out to see what would happen to the station. I dont know if that is indeed the trick or not or maybe my Mary J Blige station, which is the same one I listened to last week, is finally learning me but either way I couldnt be happier!! Unexpecting the expected (yes I've reversed the common phrase-lol), I finally got it...I was too tired to bask in all its glory but this morning I woke up and played just a few more tracks to make sure it wasn't a fluke and I still had it.....a perfect session!!

Two strong weeks in a row!! Perhaps I was intially expecting too much out of the union and now I'm content with allowing things to progress as they may...the foundation of a solid BFF relationship. I'm even considering adding Pandora to my T-Mobile Fave 5 List!! LOL

March 30, 2008 Analysis: HOUSTON - We have lift off!!

So finally, FINALLY, i can report that Pandora and I had the best listening session to date. On Saturday, March 30, 2008 I decided to take a different approach. Normally, Pandora and I secretly meet in the wee hours of the evening and we often have our struggles about what Pandora wants me to hear vs what mood I'm in.....so I decided to start earlier. I opened Pandora at 4:47 pm and my mood at the time was content and peaceful...in other words, i left my critic hat in the closet! lol I decided to start with my Mary J. Blige station, seeing I am going to see her perform this weekend and we had an awesome run!! Out of 34 songs, I was overwhelmingly pleased with 26 of them. Of the remaining 8, 4 of them I liked somewhat so I allowed them to play in their entirety. Like a proud parent, I was ecstatic!! Way to rock Pandora!! While I did put a few songs to sleep, out of 34 there were only 2 songs that I just could not bare to listen to and thats a pretty awesome ratio!! I ended the first session around 6:23 and decided to pick it up again at 9:30pm, noting a relaxed and peaceful mood again. Still listening to my Mary station, I made it through 29 songs and to my amazement 25, yes TWENTY-FIVE songs were PERFECT!!! And the 4 songs that remain, I liked them somewhat so they weren't really bad suggestions!!! Pandora and I are officially BFF's for the moment ;-) I dont have a bad or constructive comment right now....We had an AMAZING run!!!

I dont know if it was my mood or the time of day or just the way the sun aligned with the moon but WE DID WELL!!!

KUDOS to Pandora!!!!