joining me today on "studio 1.0," pandora founder tim westergren. tim, thank you so much for joining us, so great to have you. what is on your playlist these days? tim: the center of my musical bull's-eye is ben folds. piano player, great songwriter. i find other artists i like on his station. a big font of discovery. i have jazz, punk, folk, country. emily: i was happy to find the "frozen" station, the toddler radio station. those are favorites in our house. tim: very popular. emily: when did you discover your own musical talent? tim: i began playing piano when i was seven, living in france, and learned enough about chord structures and improvisation to allow me to get around the keyboard. after that, i fell in love with it. after i graduated, i spent the first five years after school playing piano nine hours a day. emily: where did you play? tim: my living room. emily: but how did you support yourself? i know you played at a holiday inn. tim: i did a bunch of gigs i would like to forget, but i was a nanny after college about five years. i took car

pandora overpaid for this deal. ticket fly provides ticketing for events like burning man. joining us now, tim westergren founderpandora. and still with us, chamath. tim, you know, stuff you have been talking about for a long time, which is getting into the live events business. but why does this make say and -- makes sense, and why was the price tag the way it was? tim: it was the center of the bull's-eye for us. our company is set up to connect fans. if you are musician, the place you like your money is in my performance. that is a huge problem for musicians. the great problem for artist is how do i get people to see me when i'm not being played on broadcast radio? pandora has a gigantic audience of people about whom we know a lot. we have a sense of their location. it is really the perfect final -- funnel to bring people to live events. just aligns perfectly with our mission. emily: it is a completely different business for you, though. michael packer came out saying we see little value add for pandora beyond promoting artists and pandora has limited experience in hosting concerts. tim: it is not a different