Good-bye Pandora: Pandora, one of the most popular internet radio stations, is on the verge of collapse. And so may be others like it. The reason? Once again it's licensing fees. "We're approaching a pull-the-plug kind of decision," said Tim Westergren, who founded Pandora. "This is like a last stand for webcasting." Last year a federal panel increased the per-song performance royalty that web radio stations pay to performers and record companies. As for Pandora their revenue of estimated $25 million this year is mostly used to cover those licensing fees. Too much, assesses Westergreen, so Pandora Music Gen...

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the music?: I enjoy doing this writing the words putting the tunes together. I smile and laugh at myself for thinking up this weird stuff. it just keeps coming out that way. I think to myself sooner or later I am going to make a song that people like.." a hit maybe " I have taken 296 tries at it and nothing but these weird tunes has come out. maybe I should spend more time on them but that is a lot like work. and I get headaches doing that.. and it's a lot less fun don't get me wrong I like them I listen to them all the time "is that weird" I don't know. I only recently became a music guy. I do not e...