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Kanye West's 'Donda 2' Album Not Coming to Apple Music
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This guy is certifiable and a borderline stalker. Society as a whole should ignore him and hope he goes away
I think this is actually brilliant, but not because of the business proposition (percentages, etc.).
I believe "stem" has a double meaning. Sure that's what they are calling the four touch sensitive lines, but it also has an educational definition (science, technology, engineering, math). Check out the company making this (Kano)... It's nothing like one of the big tech/audio firms. Look at the device itself and how simple and toy-like it is. Listen to Kanye's vision of future society/utopia. This product clearly has a strong educational vision. It's about making audio tools more available and accessible outside of a full blown computer/mixer/program. It's about fostering creativity and curiosity in younger people who all the more these days are just trained to be mindless consumers rather than creative producers.
Admittedly Kanye is still crazy, don't hear me wrong. I don't think this is going to be a big money maker for him. However, I find the educational aspect of it to be absolutely fantastic, and I hope it's just v1.0 in a long line of successors.
I believe "stem" has a double meaning. Sure that's what they are calling the four touch sensitive lines, but it also has an educational definition (science, technology, engineering, math). Check out the company making this (Kano)... It's nothing like one of the big tech/audio firms. Look at the device itself and how simple and toy-like it is. Listen to Kanye's vision of future society/utopia. This product clearly has a strong educational vision. It's about making audio tools more available and accessible outside of a full blown computer/mixer/program. It's about fostering creativity and curiosity in younger people who all the more these days are just trained to be mindless consumers rather than creative producers.
Admittedly Kanye is still crazy, don't hear me wrong. I don't think this is going to be a big money maker for him. However, I find the educational aspect of it to be absolutely fantastic, and I hope it's just v1.0 in a long line of successors.
He really thinks he’s something doesn’t he! Music wise he is last known for N in Paris 11 years ago and ever since has only stayed relevant riding the coattails of his famous ex wife.
Certainly doesn’t warrant an article in this website?!
Certainly doesn’t warrant an article in this website?!
Apparently this player has a creepy flesh like look and feel.
So not only would you be down $200 you would also be carrying around something resembling Haníbal Lecter’s custom zune player.
Errrm, No thanks
So not only would you be down $200 you would also be carrying around something resembling Haníbal Lecter’s custom zune player.
Errrm, No thanks
This entire move is about Ye's titanic, empty ego. He'll be putting this junk on Spotify and Apple Music within weeks after this gizmo fails to sell.
Absolutely nobody who claims to be a genius deserves to be called one, and Ye is Exhibit A.
Absolutely nobody who claims to be a genius deserves to be called one, and Ye is Exhibit A.
Hardcore fans only. Like OnlyFans for Kanye. Thank God we won't have to see his face featured on Apple Music or iTunes. Not a loss, but a major win for society in general when vapid celebrities are not featured all the time.
He’ll sell some of those and then he’ll put it on the streaming platforms. Either way I’m not going to listen to it.
Have you seen how this person dresses? Or the shoes that carry his name? I wouldn't expect this device to look good.
I'm pretty sure STEM in this case does not have a double meaning, you might be unfamiliar with the term in audio engineering / production: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_(audio)
I think the player only supports 4 Stems given the interface so it's more like a glorified 4 track player/mixer in a neat case with a huge price tag and virtually no utility.
I cannot imagine a consumer using the Stem player for more than 20 minutes to play around with - how he is convinced / thinks he will convince others that it's a revolution is madness. Dolby Atmos is having a hard enough time catching-on out outside of Film & Apple Music and that has an entire industry push behind it with tangible benefits if you have the hardware and mix it correctly.
For this as a producer you probably have to have a specific mixdown of 4 tracks for the Stem player - not something you would create for any other service. Sampling parts of a song could be done easier with this via the line-out but the Artist would have to be on board with breaking up their music that way and good luck with that. Izotope etc. already can do a good job of isolating a part of a track and it works with every piece of digital audio ever made.
It's a toy bluetooth speaker with a big name brand behind it and probably a ton of Venture Capital he swindled some very dim rich folks out of.
WTF??? Apple, are you serious???? I will quit Apple One because of that.
Kanye West is by far the greatest person in the world.
I will switch to Huawei or Xonami or whatever.
Kanye West is by far the greatest person in the world.
I will switch to Huawei or Xonami or whatever.
How many names does this clown go by? No loss, that's for sure...
I doubt many people here are interested in what you listen to let alone what you DON'T listen to
Why not sell it himself at a better rate, to compete with the industry and piracy, on SD Cards or something. $200 for an album on a device that has nothing else going for it makes no sense.