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Beats 1 is not for me
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The fact is the under 35 crowd wants to hear cool urban music. Ebro was playing awesome stuff yesterday. I'm a 29 year old white male that lives in West Virginia and Ebro's show was sick. I love that Kanye and Jay Z song he played. I've heard enough Journey and Nickelback on the radio
Forty-four here and I really was hoping to like Beats 1 because I actually enjoy the DJ commentary and interviews, like Eminem today. There have been a few gems played, but what they are playing is definitely not pop. Its more like euro electronic or terrible, terrible rap.
I appreciate Beck and Pharrell, there was some Taylor Swift in there too, but a lot of it was wretched. I'm going to keep listening and just avoid the NYC rap segment for now, maybe as the station matures they will incorporate more mainstream 'pop' into the rotation. And how about some Steely Dan! Come on!
I appreciate Beck and Pharrell, there was some Taylor Swift in there too, but a lot of it was wretched. I'm going to keep listening and just avoid the NYC rap segment for now, maybe as the station matures they will incorporate more mainstream 'pop' into the rotation. And how about some Steely Dan! Come on!
I like what Ebro plays, but I'm already sick of the stupid sirens, "QUEENS", "BROOKLYN", etc. over the music. That's why I hated radio 20 years ago.
The type of music evolves during the day. It's 11p west coast and much different than during the day. Sorry to say, I think Steely Dan will be played right after Milli Vanilli.
The type of music evolves during the day. It's 11p west coast and much different than during the day. Sorry to say, I think Steely Dan will be played right after Milli Vanilli.
From what I've been listening to I can't describe it as anything other than pop music. The genre is a shifting one, it has no defined style like other genre's.
Beats 1 is basically BBC Radio 1, but with much less annoying things. Who knows they might release a Beats 2 which would be more to your liking.
Beats 1 is basically BBC Radio 1, but with much less annoying things. Who knows they might release a Beats 2 which would be more to your liking.
I think since they called it Beats 1 we can expect eventually to get a Beats 2, Beats 3 etc catering to different audiences. All depends how popular the overall Music service becomes I think.
Also I don't know about in the US version of the app but in the UK one there are lots of other radio stations shown in the Radio section.
Also I don't know about in the US version of the app but in the UK one there are lots of other radio stations shown in the Radio section.
Exactly. I think, depending on Beats 1's popularity, we will see them continue to follow the BBC model.
Beats 1 is very, very similar to BBC Radio 1 (Zane Lowe's old station, let's not forget).
They'll almost certainly do a Beats 2, similar to BBC Radio 2, which is targeted at the 30+ age group with much less brand new music (with the exception of acts like Mumford & Sons, Noel Gallagher etc etc) and more music from previous decades.
But it's not a radio station based on genre, remember! It's just a station based on 'good music'.
What an absolute crock (crock referring to the fact that a radio station always going to be predominantly one genre, not crock referring to the genres played).
Really? If the customers are not paying for it, then who is? Or are all the people who work on Beats 1 working for free? The music licenses are given for free by the musicians? The equipment and bandwidth are free? I doubt it. So Apple is paying for this. And the customers are paying Apple. The customers who buy iPhones, iPads and Macs. I don't know how many of Apple's paying customers belong to the "hip" Beats 1 demographic, but I'd claim that there is a rather large portion who doesn't. Sure, you can't satisfy everyone, and even if Apple offers 20 radio stations, people will still complain that they are not getting the Indonesian polka ska that they adore so much. But the immense focus on one single station with a very specific style both in terms of DJs and in terms of music selection that appeals to one specific demographic is somewhat off-putting.
Not something that I lose sleep over, but it's a bit too much of a "Look, we're so cool and hip!" thing to me. Reminds me a bit of how Nokia (back when they were market leaders) put the Nokia brand on everything that they thought would connect with a young demographic. Didn't really help.
Ultimately, it's up to you to set up your own playlists. Tedious work, yes, but more rewarding than waiting for someone to do it for you.
I am currently placing the songs from lists like these into playlists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1980
Once I am done with each year of the 60s, 70s and 80s, I will perhaps throw all this stuff together into one big playlist that I can then run shuffled forever. I guess I can share that playlist then and call it "Beats 30+"
I could even add some DJ talk of my own. I promise I will not talk over a song (I actually like music and respect the artists, so I'd never do that).