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Welcome to the Creators Community! Come Introduce Yourself

ChrisPandora — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:57:07 GMT

Greetings and welcome to the Pandora for Creators Community! This is a space to learn about AMP tools, connect with other creators and get support.

My name is Chris and I am one of the Moderators and a Lead Support Specialist on the AMP team 🙂

If you are new to Pandora for Creators, please introduce yourself! You can feel free to include:

• A link to your music and/or podcast on Pandora
• An artist that inspires you
• Your favorite AMP tool

I’m happy to kick this off!

Here is a link to my band on Pandora.

David Byrne is an artist who truly inspires me. I was fortunate enough to see him perform a few years ago and marveled at how he was able to reimagine songs I’ve heard a million times to sound fresh & exciting with new live arrangements.

The AMP tool I think is special is Artist Audio Messages. It is such a unique way to connect with your audience that can only be found on Pandora.

Once again, welcome and don’t feel shy!

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ChrisPandora — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 20:31:13 GMT

Welcome to the Pandora for Creators Community @BillCarpenter ! It's good to see you.

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ChrisPandora — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 20:32:24 GMT

It looks like @Steinwayman has joined as well! Welcome to our new space.

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ChrisPandora — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 20:55:31 GMT

A wholehearted welcome to @toastedweasel! 👋

Thanks for joining our new Community space to receive support, connect with other creators and learn about our powerful AMP tools. Feel free to introduce yourself and answer the three questions above 🙂

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ChrisPandora — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:06:01 GMT

It looks like @stevencravis has arrived! 🎉

It is great to see you Steven, we all appreciate your enthusiasm for AMP and Pandora 🙏

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johndrakeguitar — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:14:46 GMT

Thanks for the invitation to participate! John G Drake here.
https://pandora.app.link/hXlMeGenHwb

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ChrisPandora — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:21:25 GMT

Welcome John and thank you for sharing your tunes with us! Love the Blues!!

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johndrakeguitar — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:30:34 GMT

Thanks for setting this up!

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stevencravis — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:44:56 GMT

Hi,

I'm Steven Cravis, solo pianist and cinematic composer/producer.

I was very influenced by pianist George Winston, the compositional styles of Sting, Andreas Vollenweider and cinematic composers including Bear McCreary, Lorne Balfe, Ramin Djawadi and Hans Zimmer.

My favorite AMP tool is the Feature track tool and I appreciate that we can feature up to 6 songs per year for two months each.

My artist URL is https://www.pandora.com/artist/steven-cravis/ARhbpPm7XpgZtr2

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ChrisPandora — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:55:13 GMT

Thanks for sharing this @stevencravis! I also admire Andreas Vollenweider, especially his album "White Winds". I love throwing that one on my record player!

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dlebental1 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:24:53 GMT

Hi PCC members- I'm indie recording artist Dave Lebental. So happy to be part of your group!

Just a bit about me. I'm a LA based singer-songwriter producing material in the softrock/blues/Americana genres. I love Pandora and hope to get a better understanding of how to get my music out to new listeners. My facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/DLMusic1 and here is my Pandora page. My website is dlmusic.us I have a new single dropping on Friday. I'm very excited about it. I posted a sneak preview for my fan community today. Thanks!

Dave

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markrushton — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:23:20 GMT

Hi, it's Mark Rushton of markrushton.com - I publish recordings under about 20 different artist names - mainly ambient, beats, avant-garde, and nature recordings.

I've had music in Pandora since about 2008, was with Next Big Sound starting in 2013, joined AMP in 2014, although I didn't become a very active user of AMP until 2019.

Just got my podcast added to Pandora - the Ambient Rushton Podcast.

An artist that inspires me? Carmen Villain's interview in The Creative Independent a few years back...

Favorite AMP tool? At least two of them: Programs and Featured Tracks.

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ChrisPandora — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:21:08 GMT

Great to meet you @dlebental1 and thanks for letting us know about your upcoming release! 🎶

I am digging "I'm Not Too Old" - love that honky tonk piano.

Looking forward to hear the new track 😎

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ChrisPandora — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:37:19 GMT

Wow @markrushton - I had no idea you were so prolific! Very cool.

The interview you posted with Carmen Villain is really insightful, honest and relatable. This quote is particularly inspiring:

"What I’ve learned from this whole thing is that it’s important to try to keep the process of making the music fun and interesting so that it gives you something. You have to retain the joy of that part of the process. You can’t control anything that comes afterwards. You basically throw yourself to the hounds and then you have to live with whatever happens. So long as the process was good and interesting and made you grow in some way, then at the end of the day it’s worth it."

I need to check myself and remember to enjoy the process too from time-to-time.

Thanks for sharing that and welcome to our Community! 🙏

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toastedweasel — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 05:43:54 GMT

I have two projects posted on Pandora. One is a collaboration with a magnificent musician named Churemi. It is here.

https://www.pandora.com/artist/1-onion/ARjK2wPdfbJwn3k

The other project is a new collaboration with various musicians here in Mississippi.

https://www.pandora.com/artist/vorticity/ARdkPcd3VztVvjg

I have been influenced by a lot of different music, but I've been a huge Rush fan since 1980. So I guess that wins.

The main AMP feature I have used is just tracking listeners. My listenership is limited, but I enjoy seeing new people from different places pop up every once in a while.

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ChrisPandora — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 19:50:08 GMT

Thanks for sharing this @toastedweasel! Loving the Blue music with One Onion - Churemi really has an amazing voice. 😍

So since you're a big fan of Rush, I going to guess that you're a drummer? 😉

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toastedweasel — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:22:24 GMT

Thank you, Chris. Yes, Churemi is a gifted musician, and it has been an honor to work with her.

I wish I was a drummer, but I am not. I am the songwriter for all of these songs, and I play the guitars and bass on the Vorticity tracks (except the guitar solo at the end of Balsawood Cross, which is a great guitarist named Jordan Shotts).

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ChrisPandora — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 18:06:00 GMT

Welcome @svulcano to the Pandora for Creators Community! It's great to have you here 🙂

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ChrisPandora — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 18:14:45 GMT

Shout out to @OVOSHOWTY for joining our new Community. Feel free to introduce yourself 😎

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ChrisPandora — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 18:37:39 GMT

Ladies and gentlemen, @SherryQuerida has now joined the Pandora for Creators Community. Welcome!