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Apple Music to Livestream Select Concerts, Starting With Harry Styles This Friday

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Apple today announced that it will begin livestreaming select concerts through Apple Music, starting with a Harry Styles performance this Friday at UBS Arena in New York. Apple Music subscribers will be able to watch free of charge around the world.

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The concert series is named "Apple Music Live" and is reminiscent of the "iTunes Festival" (later rebranded as the "Apple Music Festival"), a free annual concert series that Apple hosted and streamed live from London between 2007 and 2016. In a tweet, Apple promised that it will stream concerts from some of the world's "favorite artists."

Styles' concert will be available to stream via the Apple Music app starting Friday at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, with encore streams of the performance on May 22 at 12 p.m. Eastern Time and on May 26 at 5 a.m. Eastern Time, according to Engadget. It is unclear if any "Apple Music Live" concerts will be available for on-demand replay.

Styles will be releasing his new album titled "Harry's House" on the same day as the performance.



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4jasontv said:
I am not the target market here, but can I ask you music fans a question?

If you aren't seeing an artist in person, wouldn't a studio recording be more enjoyable to listen to?
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A lot of times live music just has a certain energy to it and unique variations to the songs we love. I have tons of live versions of songs on my Apple Music that I prefer to the studio versions!
 
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Well this is interesting. Hope they do offer On Demand for this new Apple Music feature. I would love to play concerts "On Demand" on Apple TV when company comes over as well.
 
4jasontv said:
I am not the target market here, but can I ask you music fans a question?

If you aren't seeing an artist in person, wouldn't a studio recording be more enjoyable to listen to?
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Maybe if their live act is stale and repetitive. But some artists put on such a great live show that their live streams, DVDs, releases are all worth watching and listening to. Like Bruce Springsteen for one. And I know people love to hate on them, Dave Matthews Band puts on an unbelievable live show and they change the setlist each night, so fans want to listen because each show is unique.

Now I'm guessing Harry Styles plays the same show every night. So for that, I agree, fans should try to see him live if they could instead of watching a live stream. But geographic restrictions could prevent them for doing so.
 
4jasontv said:
I am not the target market here, but can I ask you music fans a question?

If you aren't seeing an artist in person, wouldn't a studio recording be more enjoyable to listen to?
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What was more more enjoyable to watch, the NBA finals in the bubble or the NBA finals in a arena filled with 50,000 fans?
 
zee11 said:
A lot of times live music just has a certain energy to it and unique variations to the songs we love. I have tons of live versions of songs on my Apple Music that I prefer to the studio versions!
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What do you mean by energy? The audience? Isn't crowd noise basically the same as radio static? What makes a live version preferable to listen to?
laydownlarry said:
I love live and studio recordings equally. Live recordings usually show me the true talent of a musician.
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I can see the logic of the live show demonstrating the artist's talent, but that's kind of where my question came from. Doesn't the studio recording act as the ceiling of what you expect? The studio recording is the very best possible performance. I would assume variation from the studio would sound like the artist made a mistake. How can a live performance ever sound better than what they considered the ideal recording?
PlainviewX said:
What was more more enjoyable to watch, the NBA finals in the bubble or the NBA finals in a arena filled with 50,000 fans?
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Neither. But, I don't see the comparison. They don't play basketball in a studio and edit out the mistakes.
 
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4jasontv said:
I am not the target market here, but can I ask you music fans a question?

If you aren't seeing an artist in person, wouldn't a studio recording be more enjoyable to listen to?
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Sometimes seeing a live performance from a musician takes it to an entirely different level. For example, seeing the video of Shakey Graves performing “Roll the Bones” live in a studio is the only reason I remember his name:


Audiotree and KEXP have some amazing live performances from a wide range of musicians. I’ve stumbled upon random bands I’ve never heard of thanks to KEXP and Audiotree, seeing them play live and being totally in awe at how awesome they are.

Studio recordings are great, but live studio sessions with video are even better. You get to see the music being created by very talented artists, it’s awesome.
 
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lpolarityl said:
Sometimes seeing a live performance from a musician takes it to an entirely different level. For example, seeing the video of Shakey Graves performing “Roll the Bones” live in a studio is the only reason I remember his name:


Audiotree and KEXP have some amazing live performances from all types of artists in genres that would make people who normally are not interested, appreciate how talented musicians are no matter the genre. Studio recordings are great, but live studio sessions with video are even better.
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But if the live performance is better, why wouldn't they rerecord the studio release until they got the quality of a live performance?
 
zee11 said:
A lot of times live music just has a certain energy to it and unique variations to the songs we love. I have tons of live versions of songs on my Apple Music that I prefer to the studio versions!
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I am the total opposite, I prefer the studio version 99 times out of 100. There is only a few artists that can pull off good notes live, there is so much overproduction that regular vocalists get away with it without holding a note.
 
4jasontv said:
I am not the target market here, but can I ask you music fans a question?

If you aren't seeing an artist in person, wouldn't a studio recording be more enjoyable to listen to?
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Im 51 yrs old and I love this kid's music and talent. He clearly knows what he wants and what he's doing in terms of music making. I can't believe that he, a 28 yo guy delivers a very nostalgic 70s or 80s vibe in each and every one of his songs with the proper amount of today pop sound, i don't know how he does it but he delivers and with extremely good quality. It helps that he not only have a very good voice but also a very good writer and arranger, he actually knows music.

Same I can say of Billie Eilish and her music but under other emotional sound circumstances, she's is very talented and a good writer and makes surprisingly good stuff under her own terms and delivers. Girl rocks.

Having said that, you shouldn't be afraid to listen to music that is not "my target market", be adventurous, get out of your comfort zone, you'll be surprised.
 
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apernett said:
Im 51 yrs old and I love this kid's music and talent. He clearly knows what he wants and what he's doing in terms of music making. I can't believe that he, a 28 yo guy delivers a very nostalgic 70s or 80s vibe in each and every one of his songs with the proper amount of today pop sound, i don't know how he does it but he delivers and with extremely good quality. It helps that he not only have a very good voice but also a very good writer and arranger, he actually knows music.

Same I can say of Billie Eilish and her music but under other emotional sound circumstances, she's is very talented and a good writer and makes surprisingly good stuff under her own terms and delivers. Girl rocks.

Having said that, you shouldn't be afraid to listen to music that is not "my target market", be adventurous, get out of your comfort zone, you'll be surprised.
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I am not the target market because I don't regularly listen to music. It has nothing to do with the artist.
 
4jasontv said:
I am not the target market here, but can I ask you music fans a question?

If you aren't seeing an artist in person, wouldn't a studio recording be more enjoyable to listen to?
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For artists/bands I might never get to see live, which was more relevant to me when I was younger and lived in a smaller city outside of the typical tour routes, live performance albums were highly sought after and I would have loved to see a stream of a live concert.
 
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GeoStructural said:
I am the total opposite, I prefer the studio version 99 times out of 100. There is only a few artists that can pull off good notes live, there is so much overproduction that regular vocalists get away with it without holding a note.
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I tend to agree with you but Styles delivers. Also Adele, in fact, Adele makes her live appearances much better than her record studio versions IMHO, I don't know how she does it but man, that woman is another level. Same can be applied to Billie Eilish or Chris Stapleton or Sam Smith, they're unique in their live performances and usually beats their live recording by enhancing them not diminishing them.
 
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