Additional Genre Suggestions

Comments: 35

• 25 Jul, '20
  Meek Merged

  I have a problem there is no available "Afrobeats" or "Afrobeat" or "Afrofusion" or "Afropop" "Afrorap" sub genres in Afrobeat. Or even "African Music" or "Africa". Can someone help to add these music genres tags. Even "Afro RnB". It would really mean a lot to include these musical classifications and subgenera.
  
  Thank you.

• 28 Jul, '20
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Add Afrobeat Genre of music." (suggested by Meek on 2020-07-25), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 03 Aug, '20
  Kevin Merged

  My station plays big band music including modern big bands of today. Sometimes a band will play a modern rock or pop tune arrangement for big band. It’s still big band but Contemporary or Modern. Examples include Doc Severinsen & The Tonight Show Band. Gordon Godwin’s Big Phat Band. Maynard Ferguson, Mike Barone Big Band, etc.. These bands are not the same as Glenn Miller or Benny Goodman.
  
  If a Contemporary Big Band genre could be added under Jazz that would help in the Genre part of the Station Profile. Thanks

• 08 Sep, '20
  Scott Anderson Merged

  Our station's music is primarily bluegrass gospel, Southern Gospel, country gospel and Christian songs in Mandarin (the most widely spoken language in the world). There are genres for bluegrass gospel and Southern Gospel. But the closest thing I can find for country gospel is "gospel" .... country gospel is a completely separate genre from "gospel" and there are actually far more tracks available for country gospel music than there is for bluegrass music. And I could find nothing in the way of a genre for Mandarin or Chinese. Would love to see these two genres added: Country Gospel, Mandarin Christian (or Chinese Christian) either would be fine.

• 18 Sep, '20
  DJ Paula P

  Agreed...there are different types of Jazz and Electronic music that our current genres do not cover. (Lo Fi, Downtempo, Acid Jazz, etc.).

• 15 Oct, '20
  SakeBito at Amanogawa Express Merged

  I always change my playlists in the runups to major holidays - Halloween and generally scary tunes in the weeks leading up to Halloween, "Christmassy" tunes before Christmas, a bit more of the sappy romantic tunes before Valentine's Day, etc.
  
  It would be nice to be able to add the temporary "genres" of "Halloween," "Christmas," "Valentine's Day," maybe even "St.Patrick's Day" (gotta run a little Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher for that,) and "Independence Day" to the genre list for the station page, as a short-term thing in the 4-6 weeks leading up to each.

• 16 Dec, '20
  Thomas Callahan Merged

  Would you consider adding a link 'other Holiday stations' to your featured Christmas genre section on your website to give us other holiday stations a chance at listeners. (the old Live365 did that after featuring stations) and maybe add 'Holiday' as a Featured Genre. Also do for the other genres that are featured on the website.

• 30 Dec, '20
  Maggie G / UV - Ultimate Variety Radio

  I don't even get what the point of sub-genre categories are, at the moment. When I'm looking at the website and click on a genre on the left of the page, it doesn't give me sub-genres to choose from after that. I have to scroll down the list of thousands of stations and look at each station to see what they're categorized as. When a sub-genre is listed under a station, it won't let me click on it to find all the stations within that sub-genre.

• 10 Jan, '21
  Zach Merged

  Add the term "Soundtracks" to the list of genres when creating a station

• 27 Jan, '21
  Thomas L Morton Merged

  "Jazz Fusion" is not currently a choice of genre when selecting them on our profile. This is a WIDE genre with many different genres infused with jazz influences, yet it's also a specific type of music with a specific makeup.

• 09 Mar, '21
  Teneca Meeks Merged

  Please add Podcasts and Audio Dramas to the list of Genres.

• 24 Mar, '21
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Add Contemporary Big Band as a sub-genre in Jazz" (suggested by Kevin on 2020-08-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 24 Mar, '21
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "New genre suggestions" (suggested by Scott Anderson on 2020-09-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 24 Mar, '21
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Temporary Holiday-Specific Genres" (suggested by SakeBito at Amanogawa Express on 2020-10-15), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 24 Mar, '21
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  ""Jazz Fusion" added to genre choices" (suggested by Thomas L Morton on 2021-01-27), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 24 Mar, '21
  Philip Admin

  "There is a BIG differance between POP and Top 40" (suggested by Bill Hennes on 2020-09-19), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 25 Mar, '21
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "New genres" (suggested by Teneca Meeks on 2021-03-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 25 Mar, '21
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Soundtrack genre" (suggested by Zach on 2021-01-10), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 05 Apr, '21
  Kevin Stenson Merged

  Could a music Genre, Contemporary Big Band be added to the genre list. My station plays some of this. There are many contemporary big bands out there that don’t necessarily play the old standards of the 1930’s -‘40’s.

• 21 Apr, '21
  Brian shoemaker Merged

  My station is a classic hits formatted station, and you don't even have a category for that format. FYI, AC Nielson's top rated radio formats (Classic Rock, Classic Hits, Country, Top 40 & R&B). Right now, those who want to listen to my station cannot find it, and I have had to repeatedly help them find it.

• 08 May, '21
  fletcher Batts

  Hello,
  I was sent here via an email request from support to suggest a sub-genre of Country Rap to be included as a sub-genre. Country Rap, or Hick Hop as it is most reluctant and commonly named has grown in popularity over the last 4 years. The genre has been in existence for almost 20 years now and with a HUGE fan base that commits 20 Million a month in revenue, I think it would be a huge accomplishment and first sincere step for it to be added here as a part of the Live 365 family. Country Rap cant find a home on country radio and will never be played on Hip Hop radio. But with a core dedicated fanbase, by allowing the genre and thus allowing us to start a Country Rap Radio station, we are giving an entire genre an opportunity to have a valid outlet. That is a HUGE first step. We already have a dedicated listenership with out Country Rap Report podcast. Once the genre is created and the station goes live, we'd be able to drive all that traffic there. This needs to happen.. please.

• 13 May, '21
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Missing Genre" (suggested by Brian shoemaker on 2021-04-21), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 13 May, '21
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "add a music genre" (suggested by Kevin Stenson on 2021-04-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 13 May, '21
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Live365 Website and App" (suggested by Thomas Callahan on 2020-12-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 16 Jun, '21
  Davetta

  Please add Psychedelic Rock as a sub genre of Rock.

• 20 Apr, '22
  Hank

  Please add Surf or Surf Rock….thanks

• 20 Sep, '22
  James Coletta Merged

  I was surprised, "Jazz Fusion" wasn't in the list of genres from which to choose.

• 25 Oct, '22
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Genre Suggestion" (suggested by James Coletta on 2022-09-20), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 17 Feb
  Spearcarrier Merged

  Filk music, and its offshoots of nerd and geek music such as nerd core and nerd folk, are such their own genre they have their own conventions and a following, some of which will listen to nothing else. Our station is a station that plays mostly filk and folk filk, but we can't mark ourselves as such so people can find us. This is actually very crippling to our findability. Can we please have it added to the genre lineup.

• 01 Mar
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Filk and nerd or geek music" (suggested by Spearcarrier on 2023-02-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 05 Apr
  VcLorn Merged

  Add the genre Syntpop

• 02 Jun
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Genre" (suggested by VcLorn on 2023-04-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 16 Jun
  Benjamin Mitchell

  Broadcaster Theodore recommends we add an acapella genre.

• 17 Jun
  David Kaye Merged

  Western swing is music of the West and southwest made famous by Bob wills and his Texas Playboys, asleep at the wheel, and early Merle Haggard. It is not country though people mistake it for country. I'd like to see Western swing added.
  
  I'd also like to see a section for Balkan music which is music of the Balkans centered largely around Bulgarian music. Believe it or not this is hot among Jazz musicians.

• 13 Jul
  Ionut Sarghi Admin

  "Genre requests" (suggested by David Kaye on 2023-06-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.