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Apple Looking to Sign Drake, Pharrell and David Guetta as iTunes Radio Guest DJs
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I must say none of these music rumors are interesting to me. I think there's so many other things Apple should be spending their money on. To me music is so last decade and it blows my mind that Apple of all companies is so far behind in this space. Is there anything Apple could announce that would blow people away at this point? Is someone going to leave Spotify or Google Play Music because Apple's paying Pharrell big bucks to be a DJ on iTunes Radio? I doubt it.
Maybe it is because I don't really keep up with today's music, but I never heard of any of these guys.
Apple execs seem convinced that "human curation" will be the differentiator that sets their music service apart. I just wonder how much people care at this point. Do people really care that a station or playlist they're listening to was 'curated' by Pharrell Williams?
Music so last decade? If you live isolated in a cave, maybe...
I swear some people in here are the most anti-social, deluded people ever.
I am glad Apple is finally debuting a streaming service, wonder ehat will they do to differentiate the regular music Store with the streaming service... Maybe Hi Res tracks?
I am glad Apple is finally debuting a streaming service, wonder ehat will they do to differentiate the regular music Store with the streaming service... Maybe Hi Res tracks?
These are the kind of genius ideas Apple bought from Jimmy Iovine & Beats for $3 bazillion dollars.
Nope. They have to continue it since they got involved with HBO. Everything else dosnt make sense.
Who the f*** are these 3 guys? DJs are no artists - they just put on music. This job is totally superfluous today. And please leave me alone with all the hiphop and rap junk.
So if you do not like someone's music, then they are like Hitler - aka bad guys?
Terrific logic....not...
I guess, Apple is recruiting a lot of experts in other types of music as well, pop, dance, rock, classic. This is quite serious and they are throwing billions already (Beats). I am sure they are seriously after original content. Only thing they can't do is write and perform the songs themselves, other that, they are doing everything possible. Same for TV too.
I guess then they will have a premium service just to get rid of David Guetta ?
I had considered switching to Apple solution. But I come from a curated service handled by people who really know music, I won't leave to listen to FM radio level cr*p curated by David Guetta and the like...
I had considered switching to Apple solution. But I come from a curated service handled by people who really know music, I won't leave to listen to FM radio level cr*p curated by David Guetta and the like...
Why would they when they're not right now ? David Guetta is far from being an expert in electronic music, he's just a guy who happens to be married to a very good businesswoman... I love a lot of genres in electronic music and I certainly would not listen to a playlists curated by David Guetta...
The only way this could be positive is if David Guetta actually made huge playlists and if we had the option to build a playlist of all electronic music not picked by this guy...
There are objective ways of looking at right or wrong, I believe.
Some argue that God provides us with a guideline, others that net suffering should be taken into account.
Music is, pretty much, noise that people like. If there's music you don't like but I do, is it good music or not?
I think it's pretty funny to see how people are defending these 'artists', while massively bashing Dr. Dre when Apple took over Beats. I remember quite a few comments on him being not an artist. At least Dre made many classics that are still popular today, and knows how to rap. I can't say the same about Drake or Pharrell. Apple could've at least found some inspiring, original artists.
The new design is very "UI heavy", draws the eye away from the content and towards the excessive amount buttons and design elements. It's also weird that the "report" button is so much more prominent than the "reply" button. I keep hitting that by accident. Not sure I like it!
I wonder how long it will take this thread to land in PSRI.
I am not sure if Apple getting the artists mentioned will make for a better service. I suppose it would make some folks who lean towards Hip-Hop/Electronica to want to check out the service. Maybe MacRumors should run a poll to see what kind of music its readership likes to listen to.
I am not sure if Apple getting the artists mentioned will make for a better service. I suppose it would make some folks who lean towards Hip-Hop/Electronica to want to check out the service. Maybe MacRumors should run a poll to see what kind of music its readership likes to listen to.
