https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Hollyann/ba-p/1480696 <P><BR /><BR /></P> <CENTER> <TABLE style="background: #ffffff; width: 473px; border: 0px; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 2px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 2px#888; box-shadow: 0 0 2px #888;" border="0" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="8" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <TBODY style="border: 0px;"> <TR> <TD style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 14px 14px 14px; font-size: 14px;"><CENTER style="font-size: 14px;"></CENTER> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><EM>&nbsp;</EM></P> <P style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</P> <CENTER><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="large.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/51805i20AC1B4A24E162F2/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="large.png" alt="large.png" /></span></EM></CENTER> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><SPAN style="font-size: 14px;"><STRONG><EM>Our&nbsp;<A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Announcements/Introducing-the-Spotify-Community-Rock-Star-Program/m-p/580948#M3753" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Community Rock Stars</A>&nbsp;can submit blog posts to be published on the Spotify Community Blog. To find out more about the <A href="https://community.spotify.com/spotify/attachments/spotify/spotifyct/2952/4/RSPJan2015.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rock Star Program click here.</A></EM></STRONG><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN></SPAN></P> <P style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Hey there, <a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3915594">@Stereochromatic</a>&nbsp;(Rock Star)! Tell us something about yourself.</STRONG></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Hey there! I’m Stereochromatic and I’m a Twitter Rock Star for Spotify. Outside of the Spotify Community, I’m a gamer, a photographer, a writer, and a developer!</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="20160421_080705 - Copy.jpg" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/53085iA19751DB62BEF2E7/image-size/small?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="20160421_080705 - Copy.jpg" alt="20160421_080705 - Copy.jpg" /></span><STRONG>So, what kind of music are you into?</STRONG></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">My music taste is a little all over the place! One thing that’s clear is that I love all sorts of rock, from the mainstream to the indie, to the modern to the classic. I also am a big fan of symphonic, neo-classical, and power metal. </SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Beyond that, I love funk and jazz, video game and orchestral music, pop and electronica--the list goes on. According to my Daily Mixes, over the years I’ve honed a taste for rap and K-Pop too!</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">One thing that seems to stay consistent between most of my music is the energy of it. The majority--though not all--of the music I listen to on a day-to-day basis is higher energy and faster paced.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What is a song/band that changed your taste in music?</STRONG></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">I’m not sure if any one song, artist, or band changed my taste in music, but some have certainly expanded it.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;"><A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2YZyLoL8N0Wb9xBt1NhZWg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kendrick Lamar</A> </SPAN><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">is a good example of an artist that ended up expanding my taste. He’s </SPAN><I><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">really </SPAN></I><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">good. I ended up listening to artists similar to Kendrick and expanding my taste in rap at large!</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;"><A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ENzCHnmJUr20nUjoZ0zZ1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Snarky Puppy</A> </SPAN><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">is another good example. Before them, I hadn’t heard much jazz fusion. Needless to say, I loved it. I’ve expanded to similar instrumental groups and artists since, like <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7DeuppKQdCVhuWrzzCBBpc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hiromi</A>.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>If you had to pick 2-3 songs to summarize of your entire taste in music, what would you choose?</STRONG></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Considering my varied taste in music, this question is difficult! If you asked me tomorrow I might have different answers, but this is what I think works today:</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Royal Tusk - "<A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0Z1LkQEwpRYfweePVmhPXI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cold On Me</A>":</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">I like this one because it harkens back to classic rock while still being modern. It’s an energetic song with a fairly fast pace. Also, great guitar solo!</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Fairyland - "<A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5vp8WoFOckDfUSNERpHKNb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Score To A New Beginning</A>":</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">This is a great orchestral metal track with a sweeping story. I love this.</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Cake - "<A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/756wH7LHcsHSHZ4FfrCpSH" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Short Skirt, Long Jacket</A>":</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">I love this piece of music. It’s got a comedic flavor while having a fun rhythm -- it even features a vibraslap!</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What music do you recommend falling asleep to?</STRONG></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">I actually don’t tend to fall asleep to music. It’s other noises that lull me a bit better, mostly things that I can interpret as background or environmental noises that I can focus on to help quiet my mind. Sometimes that’ll be a podcast or a critique video, but other times it’s just white noise! One of my favorite sleeping playlists is actually this one of thunderstorms:</SPAN></P> <P><A href="https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/5lzEAI33SAzsaHsG1BgdGR" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/5lzEAI33SAzsaHsG1BgdGR</SPAN></A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Thanks for taking your time to chat with us. Before we go, what joke always makes you laugh?</STRONG></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">I admit, most of what makes me laugh are inside jokes and memes. I know, terrible! But I’ll link a few videos that amuse me:</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Cats Scared of Cucumbers (</SPAN><A href="https://youtu.be/cNycdfFEgBc" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">https://youtu.be/cNycdfFEgBc</SPAN></A><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">)</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">ARRRRR - Tom Durkin Commentary (</SPAN><A href="https://youtu.be/JC6-zHaMSlc" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">https://youtu.be/JC6-zHaMSlc</SPAN></A><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">)</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Songs That Stop On the Word “Stop!” (</SPAN><A href="https://youtu.be/hWdQPOjTk4g" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">https://youtu.be/hWdQPOjTk4g</SPAN></A><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">)</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">“Rogan and Goldberg” Commentate on UFC Glitches (</SPAN><A href="https://youtu.be/nMxB9Ve0fbw" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">https://youtu.be/nMxB9Ve0fbw</SPAN></A><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">)</SPAN></P> <P style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</P> <P style="font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <CENTER><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2016-03-03 at 2.43.49 PM.png" style="width: 207px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34334i1F5B71686F79891F/image-dimensions/207x186?v=v2" width="207" height="186" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2016-03-03 at 2.43.49 PM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2016-03-03 at 2.43.49 PM.png" /></span></CENTER> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><EM>&nbsp;</EM></P> <CENTER style="font-size: 14px;"> <P><EM>&nbsp;</EM></P> <P><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;</EM></P> <EM>&nbsp;</EM></CENTER></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </CENTER> Fri, 31 Dec 2021 07:57:05 GMT MichaelW 2021-12-31T07:57:05Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Hollyann/ba-p/1480696 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="large.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/51805i20AC1B4A24E162F2/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="large.png" alt="large.png" /></span></P> Fri, 31 Dec 2021 07:57:05 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Hollyann/ba-p/1480696 MichaelW 2021-12-31T07:57:05Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Hollyann/bc-p/1481222#M2856 <P>Hey Hollyann! Nice to meet you <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> Another female star in the program, that's refreshing!</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>By the way, where is that photo from?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>K</P> Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:30:39 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Hollyann/bc-p/1481222#M2856 KatesHere 2016-10-26T14:30:39Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Hollyann/bc-p/1481230#M2857 <P>Thank you for the interview, Michael! This was fun. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😄</span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2197027">@KatesHere</a>: That photo is from a flight I took! I admit I'm not entirely sure where I am over in that shot, but I was heading into Boston, Massachusetts. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:38:28 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Hollyann/bc-p/1481230#M2857 Stereochromatic 2016-10-26T14:38:28Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Hollyann/bc-p/1481508#M2858 <P>&nbsp;Nice to get to know you&nbsp;<a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3915594">@Stereochromatic</a></P> Wed, 26 Oct 2016 20:41:10 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Hollyann/bc-p/1481508#M2858 lukebotham1 2016-10-26T20:41:10Z