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Zane Lowe Discusses Beats 1, Meeting Dr. Dre, Moving to Los Angeles and More
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Fixed that for you.
Whoa, it's great to have a revolutionary leader DJ who finally exposes people to the amazingness of pop-punk band 5 Seconds Of Summer. Imagine having to listen to BBC Radio One instead! So diversity, much wow.Zane Lowe said:
I was excited about Beats 1 at first, but I grew tired of it fairly quickly.
It tries to please everybody, but I think ultimately that causes it to please very few.
It tries to please everybody, but I think ultimately that causes it to please very few.
I spent a whole night waiting for Beats 1 release.
Then? 90% of my total listening is solely on my own library. Plus a few in iTunes Store.
Then? 90% of my total listening is solely on my own library. Plus a few in iTunes Store.
Have you ever tried Siri? "Play Beats1"
Edit: Wait, you don't have Siri on the 4S, do you? Then it's time to upgrade
I think the 4s was the first phone that had Siri.
I just tuned in right now to check it out. Looks like the DJ is playing a wide mix of music right now. I wouldn't call this "Hip-Hop". Herbie Hancock, Steve Miller Band, The Philharmonics, Marvin Gaye, Eddie Hendricks, Queen, Illustration. In fact it's been about 20 or so minutes and I've yet to hear a Hip-Hop song. Must be a miracle.
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The 4S was the first iPhone to have Siri, it was how Apple marketed the 4S. So yes, it has Siri.Have you ever tried Siri? "Play Beats1"
Edit: Wait, you don't have Siri on the 4S, do you? Then it's time to upgrade
I think Beats 2 - 5 will probably address the whole "ugh I'm white and I hate hip hop" crowd. Beats 1 is very much pop music (and honestly pretty eclectic), but I bet we'll see more genre-focused stations in the near future. Beats 2 for hip hop and electronic, Beats 3 for classic rock, Beats 4 for indie, Beats 5 for world music, etc.
Also I think the best part of Beats 1 is the artist-curated content. Alligator Hour, Mixtape Delivery Service, and Abstract Radio rock my socks every single time. Pretty inspired decision to focus on that kind of content.
You're really missing out if you tuned in a few times randomly and got turned off by the DJ-hosted segments. Check the schedule and the playlists for the real good stuff.
Also I think the best part of Beats 1 is the artist-curated content. Alligator Hour, Mixtape Delivery Service, and Abstract Radio rock my socks every single time. Pretty inspired decision to focus on that kind of content.
You're really missing out if you tuned in a few times randomly and got turned off by the DJ-hosted segments. Check the schedule and the playlists for the real good stuff.
Beats2 hiphop? Damn even more hiphop? What is wrong with the us music scene?
I don't get it at all. Live radio with scheduled shows with DJ's?? Huh? When you can have any song you want at your finger tips anytime you want what's the point? This just seems like old media running Apple's music service. At least they created podcasts of these shows you can access anytime you want if you are really into it.
In the age of Shazam I don't really understand why Beats 1 is necessary either. If they were all about discovering little known acts I would listen to it, but the 5 Seconds Of Summer comment just made me... sigh. But then the only people I know at all who listen to radio are builders. Every time I have some sort of renovation done they bring a boombox and blast the "all hits" radio.
I'm happy that he is impressed by Trent Reznor, his smarts and his drive... but going by video interviews, I think he also may have a similar outlook for Kanye West. http://pitchfork.com/news/58637-kanye-west-breaks-down-crying-in-new-zane-lowe-interview/
Are people still peddling the "its all hip hop and rap" thing, even though show playlists and published stats are in the public domain that show otherwise?
Maybe checking out a few shows and seeing what sort of stuff gets played on them, rather than randomly tuning in and switching off again when you hear a song you don't like, might be the way to go.
And sure - even then I don't doubt that there still won't be anything that interests a lot of people. But enough already with the "its all rap and hip hop" cliche.
Maybe checking out a few shows and seeing what sort of stuff gets played on them, rather than randomly tuning in and switching off again when you hear a song you don't like, might be the way to go.
And sure - even then I don't doubt that there still won't be anything that interests a lot of people. But enough already with the "its all rap and hip hop" cliche.
Because if you just listen to your own music at any given time, you don't ever get that collective, shared experience that you get from radio.
I listen to stuff from my library a lot of the time, but also love to listen to some radio too - I'm far more likely to hear new stuff on something like Zane's show than I am from listening to stuff I already have.
I think a lot of it depends on what people imagine a radio station, or show, to be. I would hate to listen to something like commercial radio in the UK which tends to have a very limited pre-programmed playlist mix of old classics and current chart stuff (which people might like for background music), and something like Zane's show which plays a load of new stuff, isn't pre-programmed, and feels more like a show for people with an interest in, and enthusiasm for music.
It would be good in the future to have a few stations, I think it will only work where Beats 1 is the main channel which plays chart songs from around the world, Beats 2 which could play 70,80,90s music with relevant artist shows from that era and so on..
Early days still though
Early days still though
My guess is that Apple are testing the idea with Beats 1. If it works, more stations may happen. If it doesn't... well.
I'm sorry Beats 1 isn't playing enough J-pop and videogame soundtracks for you guys. The condescending nerd demographic is hard to please.
Anyway, as a 30-something white guy who grew up listening mostly to "alternative" in the suburbs, and "indie" when I got out of the suburbs, I'm loving Beats 1.
Anyway, as a 30-something white guy who grew up listening mostly to "alternative" in the suburbs, and "indie" when I got out of the suburbs, I'm loving Beats 1.
Most of the so called Hip Hop here and on other radio stations is commercial cookie cutter non-sense. There isn't that much actual Hip Hop being played on the radio. I was at the Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito 25th Anniversary concert yesterday, a show that represented actual Hip Hop not payola music which is mostly what you're hearing on beats1. I miss it dearly as well as the music.
So 120 million japanese are nerds? This america centric worldview here is very strange for a worldwide station.
Not really.
Almost as great as having people on internet forums take one quote out of all context and try to turn it into something its not, complete with predictable but misplaced sarcasm.
Gotta love logical fallacies.
Outside of Japan, and weebs, J-pop doesn't have much of an appeal. Just like outside of America, country music means ****-all. Beats 1 is going for music that has as wide of a global appeal as possible.
Of course it's not going to be music everyone loves, you can't please everyone, but it's going to be music that enough people in enough countries love. Along with that, they're trying to squeeze in new and different music to introduce to people. Maybe, just maybe, your favourite music might make an appearance on one of the artist-curated shows.