Jimmy Iovine on the Future of Apple Music: 'We're Building the Right Hybrid'

[swingerofbirch]

Hard to tell if they're high on drugs or just ********.

 

[Benjamin Frost]

I, too, wish that classical music was properly dealt with in iTunes. It's been fifteen years now, and still the metadata is all over the place. And why do we not get any information when we buy an album? CDs are intrinsically superior, in that they have all the libretti, translations, information on the pieces, information on the performers and photos. Mind-boggling that iTunes still hasn't caught up.

 

[tw1ll]

"We're going to do whatever we believe is great. We are going to make a combination of tech and popular culture that is exciting and adept at both areas. So that's what you're starting to see. It's going to have a voice. It's not going to be just a utility -- "Go here and get your music, good luck," or, "We're going to send you a list" -- that's great, but that's not what this is. That's not what this was, anyway."

Seriously? How can someone so moronic become so wealthy?

 

[skellener]

Nope. It's crap.

 

[rizzo41999]

Everytime this guy opens his mouth, I just roll my eyes. A good product will speak for itself. No need for interviews

 

[skellener]

Try Cesium.app. It's not perfect, but it's miles ahead of Apple's own app.

Looks good! I like jetAudio. It has a dark mode.

 

[tito2020]

The names Jimmy Iovine and Jony Ive always confuse me for a moment in print.

music died after david bowey passed

 

[Rocketman]

Beats is skewed toward hi bass hip hop.

The real market is classical, country, and rock.

Sorry!!

 

[daanodinot]

That entire interview was incomprehensible to me.

 

[Sandybox]

What complete balls this guy is talking.

Maybe Ive has adopted a new approach...."we took the existing Jimmy, gave him a huge amount of money and made him thicker...."

 

[Traverse]

"we'll build a music service that is technologically and culturally adept."

He would have done a better job.

 

[blasto2236]

Thanks for the info. I have been using iTunes exclusively for 10 years or so. So I am sure I have all the data it needs. I used Apple Music extensively before this last update, I'll give the new update a go and see how it does.

I honestly can't gush about them enough, although YMMV. I look forward to them every Wednesday and Friday with great anticipation. It's the first thing I check when I get up in the morning.

 

[mtcowdog]

I pay for and use Apple Music. Is it worth my money? I'm not convinced so far. It is an awkward and limited view on music. I want access and introduction that is customized to me. But I also don't want to have to say like or dislike to every song. As an example with radio, most of the time I just listen while I do many, many things. But if the music doesn't fit me, I stop listening. If I have to interact with every song to be "correct," I'm not interested. And eventually, I won't pay again for the same. For this user, this is Apple's conundrum. I want it and will pay but don't want to have to actively interact with every song. I just want good music. I will pay for that.

 

[imspace2]

Cue the Borg-style hailing speech:

"We are Apple, we will build a music service that is technologically and culturally adept"

Can someone please meme this and dress up Iovine in borg swag?!

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[iDento]

Take a look at Plex app premium music section, see how well it's organized, easy to use and beautiful. Watch and Learn Apple. It costs me 40$ a year to stream my own music from my own Plex server but I didn't find a better alternative yet.

It's depressing, really. I used to live in iTunes back in 2009-2014.

 

[JamesMay82]

I liked Apple Music but I just wasn't listening to enough new stuff justify the cost and because I owned a ton of music already it felt like i was paying for stuff I already owned.

If anything it weirdly made me buy more music to plug gaps in my collection.

 

[LordBeelzebub]

How about at least 320kbps bit rate music or higher?

 

[Jakexb]

Then why does Apple Music in iTunes and the Apple Music App on the iPhone currently suck? iTunes used to be genius and similar with the music app.

The iOS music app is great.

 

[maxsix]

Not something you hear every day...

All of these "in the pipeline" interviews. There must be a big blockage somewhere seeing as they keep talking about these exciting things, rather than releasing them.


Edit: Beaten to it by wilheimer!

He knows how to pander to fellow execs.

 

[0098386]

a "culturally adept" music service? WTF does that even mean?

All I can think of is how social these services are becoming. Like, just today a friend made a (I don't know how Spotify works in the slightest) public playlist that others could add songs into. Maybe they mean to make something that's ingrained into our lives.

I dunno. It's only music and folk get so serious about it.

 

[AppleNewton]

Never liked this guy, he's not useful in this realm for music. That and the UI/UX is still a mess. Loved the original iPod UI on iPhone OS. They need a little more courage than this...

 

[truthertech]

Never liked this guy, he's not useful in this realm for music. That and the UI/UX is still a mess. Loved the original iPod UI on iPhone OS. They need a little more courage than this...

Have you used the new UI in iOS10?

 

[kas23]

a "culturally adept" music service? WTF does that even mean?

Clearly it means they'll have black people telling you what rap and RnB to listen to.
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Here's a great example of "culturally adept".

 

[trifid]

"we'll build a music service that is technologically and culturally adept."

Adept and courageous.

 

[69650]

This guy will fit right into Apple as he always speaks complete drivel that makes no sense.