I have had Pandora for years and have a paid subscription (although not the Premium version). I can no longer find an area to create a station from the artist of my choice. After I search for the artist the result only allows me to "share" or, if I click "play", to watch an ad, which, when clicked, gives me an "oops" error. However, my goal is to create a station rather than hear a song on demand.
Basically my question is what happened to the option to create my own station based on an artist choice? This is the reason I have Pandora in the first place.
Hi there, @Callguy. 👋
You are correct - if you click on the the listing with "Artist" you're creating an artist's station and visiting their backstage page.
You can also sort when searching.
Once you reach the artist's backstage page, you can create a station based on that specific artist:
Hope this helps! 🎧
Hi there, @deco2. 👋
Thanks so much for reporting this, and sorry for any trouble.
Based on your message, it sounds like you've initiated a complimentary session of Premium which triggers the advertisement to appear. We've updated your experience so that you have the ability to listen to content on-demand, without being a Premium subscriber.
You can find out more info about how these free sessions work here: Premium Access Sessions
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If you're still having trouble, could you share a screenshot of exactly what you're seeing so that I can take a look?
Thanks so much for your help with this. Let me know. 🎧
@deco2 Thanks for providing the artist. I was able to locate the backstage page for this group here: Working Men's Club
Looks like the option to create a station is greyed out. I've passed this information along to our curation team so they can take a deeper look. I've included a screenshot below:
At this time, creating a station based on this artist isn't available. However, I've reported this on your behalf. In the meantime, you can create stations based on other artists or songs.
When you click on the Play ▶️button, it will play top songs by this group rather than the station, which is probably what's causing the initiation of the free Premium session.
We also have an existing thread created by another listener who come across artists or songs where the option is greyed out here: Option to create a station is greyed out
Thanks again for reporting this. We appreciate your patience while our curation team works on this. 🎧
I am also having this issue. There is nothing “greyed out” when I find the artists. There’s just no option to make a station at all. From multiple artists- all of them that I’ve tried. Pandora has become basically unusable.
Hi there, @JamesOwen. 👋
Sorry to hear that you're having trouble.
Could you please send me a screenshot of exactly what you're seeing?
If you have a Windows machine please try using the Snipping Tool. You can find specifics about this tool and how to use it here.
If you have a Mac:
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Also, could you share a few artist names that you're noticing this issue with?
Let me know and I can take a look for you. 🎧
I figured it out
search for artist / band
You will be presented with a bunch of stations created by other users - do not choose one
There should be one that merely says "so and so" - Artist - select that one
Below the picture of the artist on the left you will see a play icon / an arrow icon (share) / and a antennae icon (start station)
Hi there, @Callguy. 👋
You are correct - if you click on the the listing with "Artist" you're creating an artist's station and visiting their backstage page.
You can also sort when searching.
Once you reach the artist's backstage page, you can create a station based on that specific artist:
Hope this helps! 🎧
I don't think that helps at all. I've noticed the same thing. When I started with Pandora, I could create a station by listing a number of songs or artists that I liked, and Pandora would use that template to fill in other songs.
Now, I can only create a station by listing one artist or one song, and that is the end of my input. From that point, it would be up to me to fill out the "genome" of the station by thumbing up or down individual songs. I don't want to do that. I want to set a mood for a station based upon a number of preset preferences.
Is that ability gone? As the previous poster said, not being able to do this basically breaks Pandora. It was a big part of what Pandora different and worthwhile. I have all the old stations I made this way, but it looks like I cannot create new ones... and I'm starting to get bored with what I have.
Hi @rcb13 👋
Thanks for your first post and for being a part of the Community.
It sounds like the feature you're mentioning is adding varieties to your stations. Adding variety will introduce a wider variety of music to your station based on each of the artist or song "seeds" you add.
Just for clarification, this feature is not gone, but if you're having issues accessing the backstage page of your station or adding variety to your station, please let us know!
To add variety from a computer, click on the name of the station you'd like to edit. If the station is not available from your Now Playing page, click on the My Collection button first, sort your collection by Stations, and then select the name of the station you'd like to edit.
From there you can Add Variety to your station by scrolling down to the Station Created From section. Then choose + Add Variety.
Next, either enter the name of another song or artist, or roll your cursor over a suggested artist. Whichever you choose, hover your mouse over your selection and click on the artist or song to add that seed to your station.
Hope this helps!
There is no red box where the words: "find an artist or song to add..."
Everything else on the page looks like yours except there is no box to add artists or songs
Hi there, @sooner74012. 👋
Thanks for posting about this community, and sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.
Could you share a bit more about what is happening?
Let me know and I can help out. 🎧