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Honestly haven't used Pandora for the past few years, but its cool to see how things have changed. I mainly just came back to see my old playlists and cringe, while I make my friends join me in singing emo songs from our childhood.
It's nice to have you back, @DeadlyButterfly. ๐
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Come join in on the fun: It's Spooky Season Let's make a playlist together! โ
New music alert!: Picks of the Week (11.4.24)
My name is christina im from flagstaff arizona and my favorite genre of music is 80s currently im listening to the pet shop boys... what can i say they are my favorite haha. Oh and im 17
@Christina173 the 80's are truly one of the best if not the best decade for music. It is still very popular today, and as you stated, you are 17 and you love the 80's so nothing more to add to that. And nice to meet you as well. If you ever have any music requests that you would like to see posted, I curate the GSOTD (Genre Songs Of The Day) (Clean Only) post and playlist. Just go to that post and make your request. You will also find the link to the playlist at the beginning of the post. Take care and stay safe.
Hello from borger tx
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Hello everybody! My name is dalynn shouting out from my hometown Dalton Georgia! What's uupppp!!!!!
@Kd82 and hello to you from Up-State N.Y. and yes I have to specify Up-State N.Y, most people assume the City if I just say N.Y. there are just over 8 million people living in Up-State compared to that of 11.2 million living in the City of N.Y. (Long Island included).
Anyway, it is nice to meet you, you take care and stay safe.
I'm still playing around with making stations, but I love it so far. Keep up the great work!
@Xenakat13 I can relate - my mood and how I'm feeling definitely dictates what type of music I listen to.
Thanks for being a part of the Community! ๐
Come join in on the fun: It's Spooky Season Let's make a playlist together! โ
New music alert!: Picks of the Week (11.4.24)
My name is Krysti! I'm from born in Illinois but raised since I was 6 months in Arkansas. My favorite genre of music is all kinds. It doesn't matter. I love all music. I'm currently listening to three days grace. Favorite Pandora service would be the downloading. I love how I can download the music that I love. Which is all. So just imagen how much music I'll be able to have...
@krystimassie21 The ability to download content for offline mode is definitely one of my favorite features as well.
It comes in handy when you don't have any service.
Thanks for sharing, and hope we continue to see you around some more! ๐
Come join in on the fun: It's Spooky Season Let's make a playlist together! โ
New music alert!: Picks of the Week (11.4.24)
โ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ธ. ๐๐ ๐ท๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐ฑ๐ท ๐๐ช๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ญ ๐ข๐พ๐ถ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป. ๐ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ป๐ท ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ช๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ญ๐ช ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ช๐ 3๐ป๐ญ 1968. ๐'๐ถ 53. ๐ฃ๐ช๐พ๐ป๐พ๐ผ. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฟ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ฝ๐ป๐ & ๐๐ธ๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท 1990. ๐๐ช๐ฟ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ & ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ ๐ช๐ป๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐พ๐ผ๐ซ๐ช๐ท๐ญ & ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ธ๐ท & ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ช ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ต๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐๐ช๐ฟ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ญ๐ธ๐ป๐ช ๐ฏ๐พ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท? ๐ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐น๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ท๐ฎ๐ 1 ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ป๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ. ๐ ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ช๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ท๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐พ๐ถ๐ซ ๐พ๐น ๐ผ๐ธ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐น๐ต๐ช๐ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐พ๐ถ๐ซ๐ผ ๐พ๐น ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ. ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ผ. ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ธ๐ท๐ต๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป'๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท. ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ท๐ต๐ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ. ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ญ๐ธ๐ป๐ช ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฝ & ๐ ๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ท๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป. ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท ๐พ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ญ๐ธ๐ป๐ช ๐ท๐ธ๐ท๐ผ๐ฝ๐ธ๐น ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป 15 ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ผ. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ด ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ญ๐ธ๐ป๐ช!!!!
I joined Pandora in November 2005 (~2 months after the service launched to the general public and the same month they added a free service instead of just free trial). It's been a fun almost-16-years!
Favorite bands (not superstar mainstream) you should check out:
Eels, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Reverend Peyton's Big "Dang" Band, Rodrigo y Gabriela
1. Ray
2. Pennsylvania
3. Rap and R&B
4. Wokeuplikethis by Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert
5. The variety of music on here.
Hi everyone I live in Oklahoma I was raised on variety of music never watch TV usually drive people crazy with music but music is my medicine
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Hi! Iโm Greg Allen.
I'm originally from Toledo, Ohio then 21 years in Chicago (dance club heaven!) and now the last 7 years in Nashville, TN.
My musical tastes are extremely eclectic! I started out with Tommy James and the Shondells. Other favorite groups along the way were ELO, Black Sabbath, Yes.
In 1980, I was exposed to Funk at Kent State University and I was in LOVE! For the next 10 years, I went to countless Toledo dance clubs, bought funk singles and 12" singles. My favorite funk groups were, #1 Zapp and Roger, then The Gap Band and Midnight Star. Others that registered were The Deele, Alexander OโNeal, The Dramatics (Live it up! a hard to find record now, I think), SOS Band, Cherrelle, ABC (The Look of Love), Mtume, Evelyn Champagne King, Cheryl Lynn, Klymaxx, Pebbles, One Way, Spyder D, WHodini, Cameo, LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee (the Wild Wild West). Not to mention Madonna and the Pet Shop Boys.
When got to Chicago, it was the early 90s and I remember hearing my first Eurodance tune. I was enthralled. The group was Culture Beat and favorites are 'I like You', 'Take Me Away', 'Mr. Vain', 'Crying in the rain'. I grew to love Eurodance groups such as Corona, Le Click, Le Bouche, Snap!, Captain Hollywood, Scatman John, Rednex, Haddaway and on and on.
My next musical epiphany occurred in Chicago while at the huge Tower records when I discovered a very important album to me in Paul van Dykโs 'The Politics of Dancing'. That exposed me to 4 Strings. Van Dyk is still my favorite Trance DJ but I also like Armin van Buuren (Burned with Desire), Markus Schulz, Kaskade.
I also got into Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream and other pioneering electronic groups such as Kraftwerk. I even wrote a 2008 book called, 'Klaus Schulze: Electronic music Legend' which is pushing the 1000 mark in sales.
After COVID hit in March of 2020, I decided to make some music but I didnโt want to pull over my synthesizer to the couch area, which was so crowded. So, I set out in Garageband and quick realized it was a beat makers heaven! I could create funk, house and trance mixed with funk, I made a reggae song (reggae is another huge love of mine with favorites Steel Pulse and Burning Spear. I discovered Cali Roots Riddim by Collie Buddz not too long ago and for a long time reggae lover, it captures so much of what I love about reggae. One of my most important reggae discoveries ever!!!
So I worked about a year, most every day, on beat oriented songs, a little chill and the reggae song. The longest I spent was 2 months on one song.
The album is Riding the Beat by Greg Allen and I also personally stocked my radio station with about 150 songs in the dance vein. The fun thing is that Pandora taught me a lot of new, fascinating songs! I also just finished a playlist of 175 dance music songs called 'Greg Allenโs Best of Dance Music'.
I hope youโll give my first dance music album (I did an ambient album previously) a listen and my Playlist radio station will show you what makes me tick, dance music-wise.
Thanks, Greg