Thank you! I've been wanting to have a station based on Justifide (now known as Reform the Resistance). And now I can :)

I'll be able to make a Micheal W. Smith station too.

So will we have the option to make stations that exclude CCM specifically?

Oh wow! Can we get a Jewish-only station next??! Maybe then we can get a Vegan-artist station....

I see the point the Christians are trying to make, but Pandora is about "music", not the message of the lyrics.

Also, I would like to have the option to exclude any religious-loaded content from my stations.

Thanks,
I'll enjoy and appreciate all that effort!

So, I guess it kind of works like the "Holiday music" playlist feature?

By the way, is there any way to get *around* this feature? For example, I want to make a station based on a Christian band, but I don't want it to play only CCM? Same goes for "Holiday"...

WOW!!!!
That is great!
i'm so happy that we are getting more christian music on Pandora. It's what we need to keep more in touch with the Lord Jesus!

Thank you Tim Westergren, and most of all THANK YOU God for allowing this to happen. I pray that you keep letting this happen so many may know you! In Christ's name... AMEN
-ROSA-

I was just wondering if I could find some Praise and Worship to play while I'm doing housework! Thanks!
To those who made negative comments, They can choose not to listen to this, just as I can choose not to listen to or watch things I don't like on tv. That is what makes Pandora Great!
thanks again -

Your music provides me with lots of pleasure and I am very grateful for that. However, for the past couple of months you will play a few seconds of of a song and skip to another one I know that you must have a reason for doing that but will you appreciate your letting me know why you do this. Thanks

You know, that's really cool. I like that I can chose a christian artist for some urban music and not have it switch to an x-rated song. As a person trying to watch what I listen to, it's absolutely awesome to be able to so easily filter out songs that are gonna be filled with lewdness (though it is sad that it will still cut out lots of other good music, but hey, I'm willing to live with that for now). All in all, Thanks a whole lot. Very cool.

This feature is another step in the right direction, but I do wish that you could leverage such features to create filters in a much more general fashion than the ad hoc way you have done for CCM and Holiday. I have stations that I'd love to limit to female vocals or humorous lyrics, and that is impossible right now.

(Oddly less relevant to this discussion is the music of the small genre of Pagan recording artists - station-search for "Pagan Pride" to find my station and related stations on the topic. I'm generally satisfied with the station as it stands, and have no problem with the fact that there are a few explicitly Christian, Hindu and Buddhist tracks which play on it.)

I'm sorry I failed to make the Oakland meet on the 7th - I had the stomach flu and it did not seem prudent to go out that night. Keep up the great work.

Nice. I do have a weakness for Joy Electric, maybe there's more like them.

Seconding the suggestion for a pagan option, though. There aren't that few, if something like this exists: http://www.paganradio.net/index.php

My only wish is that pandora made across the pond so i could use this great feature!!!

Christian music is not a style of music. I understand if you set up a gospel section (that's a style) but most CCM is knockoff music of what's already been done in secular music (secular music being music for the sake of making music). there's no new ground there or, in my opinion, reason to create a genre. I guess I just don't want to be making a station that has Pedro the Lion in it or Sufjan Stevens and all of a sudden Petra and 2nd Chapter of Acts sneaks in because they happen to have the same message. or i'm making a station with R.E.M. and U2 and I get Adam Again and The Choir because they sound similar. I mean, how do you differentiate that?

Everything kaqitsune said. Thank You. As for all the negativity, too bad, God never changes! Pray you do. Pandora is awsome!

Apologies for the very belated response here. I'll try to address the many points raised. As always we appreciate the feedback.

John Dill - fair question. If there was listener demand, and the genre represented a real addressable catalogue large enough to make for Pandora style stations... we'd most definitely do it.

If you launch a station with a non-CCM song, you won't hear any. This is really the overwhelming preference of our listeners.

Kagitsune - to make a hybrid station pick a secular song by the CCM artist, and a CCM song. That station will mix it up.

BLDawley - I go back again to the appetite of listeners. This really reflect a common desire of folks who like CCM. Our CCM delineation is in the lyrical message.

Thanks all. Tim (Founder)

Stranger than fiction? No doubt. Discovered Pandora while seeking audio of Larry Norman's "The Rock That Doesn't Roll." (my wife & I are planning nontraditional funeral services.)- Go figure... - Tim Tobin

The music is great I can put on a quick mix as soon as I get to work and know I am only going to hear my kind of ecclectic mix. But some times like today the songs seem to be broken up or having trouble playing through. Not often but sometimes, what causes that?

Hi Kris - I'll have our Support team email you.

Thanks,
Lucia

I'm really glad that you guys are adding more Contemporary Christian music. I was one of the ones who emailed and asked, thanks for listening! And to the people who asked to exclude it...just click the thumbs down sign, just you would to any song you didn't like...no big deal.

Hi, My name is Elaine and I just had to let you know that I am so beside myself with excitement of the quality of music I can listen to from this website. Just knowing that by the click of a mouse you have all type of music at your finger tip is phenomenal.
I am loving the quality of gospel I can now listen without interruption.
WOW! THUMBS UP.

Great choice.... I love Pandora!!! I am so excited to have found it and feel like my musical side has been brought back to life...thank you! I am happy that you have chosen to offer Christian music..I like all kinds of music and this faith based option is something I will chose as an option....Jennifer Knapp would be someone I would base a station on.

Thanks for your comments Margie, Elaine and Holli.

It's great to hear that you're enjoying the music and finding our site useful!

As a Christian I am pretty disappointed by the over all response of "We love this feature, don't really care what other folks say, but we'll pray for you!", saddening.
I too greatly enjoy and grew up on christian music, and there are some really great Christian artists out there that are relatively well known: Chevelle, Switchfoot, P.O.D, Anberlin, Flyleaf.. and loads more that are unknown or up and coming so its great to see more of this music becoming easily available.
Ultimately, I like a certain style of music, why would I want to limit music in that style whether it is well made or specifically made to worship God? If I enjoy music by Switchfoot, why would I want to hear music by Michael W. Smith (though he is incredibly talented he's not my style)just because he shares a religious viewpoint? Apparently Miley Cirus (aka Hannah Montana) is a "Christian Artist", so I don't really put too much stock into what falls under the CCM as defined by religious groups.
In the end I just want to ensure I will still enjoy the same quality of stations *not being* limited to Christian music (I like Prodigy just as much as Joy Electric/Bros Martin, and I love that my stations pick up on that), so the statement made on how this works seems a little unclear to me, can you clarify that 1) If i create a station based off a christian artist, I will only get christian music 2) if I create a station off a secular artist it will *not* play christian artists (or will it?) 3)If I add a secular artist and then a christian artist I will get both?

Hi Becs -

Thanks for your comments.
You are correct on all counts...

1. If you start a station from an artist whose work is primarily Christian-themed, you will get a primarily Christian-themed station.

2. If you start a station from an artist who does not perform Christian music, you will not get Christian music on that station.

3. If you create a station from 1 Christian artist and 1 secular artist, your station will feature both styles.

4. If you start a station from an artist who performs half Christian and half secular music, you will get a station that's about half-and-half.

I hope that's clear -- enjoy the music!

i love, Love, LOVE this sight! Today was my first time on...what a great mash up idea.

Los Boricuas y Otros latino nos gustaria escuchar un poco de salsa Cristiana o como se conse por los creyentes de Musica Sacra.Gracias y su musica es muy buena y bariada estoy my complacido Gracias.

thanks for this feature, I really think it's in the right direction, so many times i wanted something inspirational to listen to and found it hard to create a station that didn't go off in other directions away from my intent of praise. As for all those that complained, you don't have to listen too it, you know.. Pandora isn't not just hear for those that hate religion or spirituality. It's here for all to enjoy... Too me the holiday music is steered away from the intent of the real message of the holidays and this fills thats void..