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There so much Apple Music could do with this. It's a pity that they are focusing on established artists as opposed to new and fresh, something which the Apple Music Service said it was going to promote and encourage. Just another two days of new artists would help - especially as there are so few venues in and around London now.

Yeah, I kind of agree with this. I remember the first Apple festival I watched on AppleTV had a somewhat lesser known act open up for the established artist. They were both pretty much the same genre, so it was a great way to discover acts similar to those that you already knew about.

Who knows though--maybe they'll do the same this year and they're just trotting out the recognizable names to garner attention? We'll see....


Is it just me, or does it seem like Apple is single handedly driving the popularity of The Weeknd? Before he screwed up the lyrics to his own song at WWDC, I had no idea who he was, and now he is literally everywhere...

Enh, he was well on his way to stardom before WWDC. He was graduating from smaller venues to stadiums prior to getting the Apple spotlight shown on him. That said, having the Apple machine behind him is certainly not hurting.


I hate to have to agree. The list seems stale, and I don't get the constant worship they have of Pharrell Williams. He's got some catchy tunes, I'll give him that, but I'm flat out tired of hearing him. The same could be said for Mumford and Sons (whom I think lost their direction after their first album). Why not some rock, or someone new and fresh that's not a big thing yet?

I'm kind of tired of Pharrell's singing too. But he is a legend of modern, popular music. Granted, that status mostly is what it is because of his production skills. But go back and see the ridiculous number of hits his name is attached to. It's pretty crazy when you step back and think about how long he's been doing his thing (along with Chad from The Neptunes).
 
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Any relation to Elliot Gould?
From The Weeknd to Ellie?
They both did a 50 Shades of Grey song.

But if everybody says it's so much pop and mainstream...
2013 there was Lady Gaga, Bastille, also Ellie Goulding, Jessie J, Robin Thicke, Justin Timberlake, Iggy Azalea and Katy Perry.
 
I hate to have to agree. The list seems stale, and I don't get the constant worship they have of Pharrell Williams. He's got some catchy tunes, I'll give him that, but I'm flat out tired of hearing him. The same could be said for Mumford and Sons (whom I think lost their direction after their first album). Why not some rock, or someone new and fresh that's not a big thing yet?

It almost sounds like you really don't know Pharrell at all. You're "TIRED" of hearing him? From what? He doesn't really have a long list of albums, nor does he constantly perform at many venues. The music he puts out is always quality music, otherwise his Happy song wouldn't have been up for an Oscar. He produces a lot more than he performs. He's always working with new artists trying to build them and he does that behind the scenes, that's why Apple is working with him, to help build new artists...........then you mention you'd rather hear some Rock......yeah, now I get it. :rolleyes:
 
Won tickets last year for David Guetta and Clean Bandit. Really good night. Applied for The Chemical Brothers and Disclosure this year.
 
Slow news day ? Then again MTV mostly shows "reality" shows instead of music so I suppose its fair that macrumours reports pop news.
 
The same could be said for Mumford and Sons (whom I think lost their direction after their first album). Why not some rock, or someone new and fresh that's not a big thing yet?

The should get Steel Panther to headline a show! That'd stir things up. Lets have a bit of old school heavy metal thrown in for good measure!

At least it's not as hip hop heavy as I was expecting.
 
I'm confident enough to say that I don't know who Ellie even is but please don't show your ignorance by saying Pharrell Williams is for Rap and Blues fans. He does neither genre of music. Let me guess, you said that because he's black?
So what does he sing?
 
Carrie Underwood would be great.
I listened and bought her track Something in the water, great vocals.
 
LOL, not any of them? Interesting. I wouldn't say it has anything to do with you being old, but more like out of touch with today's artists. I mean, Carrie Underwood has been in the business 10 years now, does NFL ads and she's not really a pop artist, but more into country.

I have at least heard of Carrie Underwood...but I don't listen to country.
 
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Surprising not to see Adele here. I would imagine this would be a great outlet for her to get "back in the game" if her album really is coming out in the back half of this year.

Wouldn't be shocked if she got added as a surprise artist or something.
 
Must just be the genres then.

I am 63 and have heard or listened to music of at least 7 of these and read a mention of another.

It's all about being open to worldwide news, which keeps one young at heart.

You can listen to music of all ages via free Spotify, Pandora and Apple or subscribe to Sirius.

Plenty of channels/options to get YOUR music from.
 
Age does not have anything to do with it. I listen to anything from Pink Floyd to Taylor Swift and enjoy it (have a go haters).

Oh I dunno...I'm going to take a poll when my next class comes in, but I'm willing to bet none of them has ever heard of Pink Floyd (I'm an avid fan). They are 14-17 and have music going constantly.
 
I must be getting old. I've never heard of any of these artists. Is Apple neglecting an entire demographic?
Well I am old and retired and know all of them. I think you are either living on an uninhabited island or really out of touch.
 
He's always working with new artists trying to build them and he does that behind the scenes, that's why Apple is working with him, to help build new artists...........then you mention you'd rather hear some Rock......yeah, now I get it. :rolleyes:

I'm sure you do. I'd rather bring up someone like Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats, Houndmouth or any of the new artists that can sort of fall into rock or blues category than Pharrell. Yeah, he's got hits, I'll give you that, but it's like Apple practically is the one driving his success. Hell, why not some world music while we're at it? Ana Tijoux would rock live.

But I get it, you're music is sooooo much better.
 
UK residents only?

The 2015 Apple Music Festival... Is a failure.

:apple:

The Apple Music Festival (formerly iTunes Festival) has been in London since it first started, at the Roundhouse. I don't think only UK residents can apply for tickets though, if you're willing to travel here then why shouldn't you be able to bag tickets? I think there was a US iTunes festival last year though too.
 
Must just be the genres then.

Yes, rap and hip hop plus EDM are not my faves:)

Having grown up in Europe the musical exposure to many facets of music was quit impressive compare dot what i going on in the US.

I am not saying the different genres are not around, but one has to search quite a bit to find non main stream music.
 
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