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Apple Announces 'Apple Music' With 'Beats 1' Live Radio Station, Launches June 30 for $9.99/Month
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I'm a little surprised about the negativity about the announcement, to be honest. $10 a month seems reasonable for all the music I can stream plus the DJ'd Beats 1 radio station (I'm a fan of the DJ Ebro and was surprised to see him there). The Connect stuff is a bit like Ping... I probably won't use it, but it's always nice to nerd out. Social feels like the new version of liner notes... someone just has to get it right. The curated playlists sound good. The app looks nice. I'm in. At least for a trial.
My wife has been seeing the flip side of this from her entertainment blogs (vs my tech blogs) and they all seem pretty stoked about it. I think the best way to think about it is like a Spotify (where you can listen to whatever you want and have more stuff recommended based on your tasts); like a Sirius XM (where solid DJs play stuff for you to find more music); and then another social network attached. The idea of unsigned artists having pages on there also sounds good.
My wife has been seeing the flip side of this from her entertainment blogs (vs my tech blogs) and they all seem pretty stoked about it. I think the best way to think about it is like a Spotify (where you can listen to whatever you want and have more stuff recommended based on your tasts); like a Sirius XM (where solid DJs play stuff for you to find more music); and then another social network attached. The idea of unsigned artists having pages on there also sounds good.
But I'm saying if you want to see what the streaming side looks like you can already. I've been a Beats subscriber since February last year. Bounced to Spotify and Google Music to try them out and Beats is better. You will not be disappointed in the song selection. I'm listening to White Zombie right now, and was listening to Beck and HP Lovecraft earlier.
The artists have full discographies on the service and that includes compilation albums and live too
What about on desktop? Will there be saving for offline listening available for desktop, like w/ Spotify?
I'm pretty sure it works like downloading songs from iTunes. The only things Beats is missing is a radio with unlimited skips, and a desktop application.
What I'm wondering is if your playlists can be shared publicly. That's one nice thing on Spotify
If you already use Spotify, how is this a pardigm shift? The only difference you will experience is a different interface (iTunes vs Spotify gui). How will this change everything?
How this got 10 thumbs up, I'll never know.
Were you watching the keynote? Or are you trolling?
You can stream any song on the iTunes Store.
You get all the benefits of iTunes Match, so you can store your entire music library in iCloud.
You get curated playlists based on the music you currently have and like.
It's only iTunes purchases that don't count against the 25k limit. I have only a small handful of iTunes purchases. I buy CDs and do my own rips and I've been buying CDs since 1987. That's how you get a library so big without piracy. Google accommodates me comfortably with a 50K limit. However, I'd likely sign up for Apple Music and drop Play to get my full library in the cloud, plus streaming plus full integration with IOS. I get two out of three with Play which is why I moved over to them from Spotify. It's just a question of whether or not Apple decides to match or beat Google with the new service.
Streaming music sales is like beer sales. Little difference between the products, so there overarching need to create a difference of some sort. It's all about showing how you're better than the other guys.
I am looking forward to trying it out. Siri integration looks awesome, the ability to include my own music with theirs, the easy way to get to new music, and I always liked Beats curation engine.
My main issues with Beats Music is that there was no continue play (when I tried it), so when you got to the end the playlist they found for you, music stopped. I don't want to manage music at work or in the car, I want it to continue to pick music they think I will like and continue playing it until I want it to stop. Not sure if this issue was addressed, but at least with Siri, I can just tell it to play an artist or album rather than going through the manual search features.
My main issues with Beats Music is that there was no continue play (when I tried it), so when you got to the end the playlist they found for you, music stopped. I don't want to manage music at work or in the car, I want it to continue to pick music they think I will like and continue playing it until I want it to stop. Not sure if this issue was addressed, but at least with Siri, I can just tell it to play an artist or album rather than going through the manual search features.
After they started talking about AppleMusic in the keynote, I waited for fifteen minutes for the big bang where they say "ok guys, this is how music worked up to now. And now we introduce the revolution..." until I figured out that they were actually talking about AppleMusic all along.
What... IS AppleMusic? I don't get it. Can I support my favourite indie-musicians financially in a more direct way than just buying the songs and listen to it? Can I discuss and exchange with people with equal taste? As far as I understand, AppleMusic is all just promoted content packaged in a new way by people I do not want to listen to. I want to browse music, not being shot with.
What... IS AppleMusic? I don't get it. Can I support my favourite indie-musicians financially in a more direct way than just buying the songs and listen to it? Can I discuss and exchange with people with equal taste? As far as I understand, AppleMusic is all just promoted content packaged in a new way by people I do not want to listen to. I want to browse music, not being shot with.
Uh no they didn't. Did you not see how his face showed his surprise and then he lost his train of thought? They laughed because it was a ridiculous thing to say.
generic ignorant from the other side and subjective explanation of why you should be loving this (to gather up the likes from the rest of the crowd)
So now there's confirmation that the streaming library is NOT the full iTunes store library. Sounds like it's most of it but there are artists missing, The Beatles in particular. I doubt they will have any sort of announcement or list about what isn't included. We'll probably just have to find out when the service is released. And participation could potentially change with artists joining or leaving as time goes on.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...s-to-own-music-again-and-everyone-is-a-target
Most artists will be there from day one. You'll have tons of choices. Beats has 30 million songs
I have not been at all impressed with Prime Music. Among other things, they offer no way to filter explicit songs. And the interface is terrible.
I don't disagree with that. Just clarifying whether it's the full iTunes store or not, which has been a major point of debate. And I would like to know which are included without having to sign up, I care more about having the specific stuff I like than a raw number.
Don't count on: The Beatles, Tool, Garth Brooks
Maybe: King Crimson, AC/DC, Metallica
Yes: pretty much everyone else
That's to bad. It's been working great for me. I don't care about the filters and the interface has been excellent for me!! I got Prime just for the deals and free shipping so the Music deal was simply a bonus.
Garth Brooks doesn't have his music on any of the streaming services or download sites (legal ones), so not much chance there. You have to go to his site if you want to download any of his music (or ripped his CDs).
The Beatles ... Apple already has an agreement with them ... I won't be surprised to see it show up.