On Monday Apple announced its acquisition of Primephonic. It’s a classical music streaming service that will be added to Apple Music.
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‘Apple Music Electron’ is a Free, Open Source Alternative
Apple Music Electron is a free, lightweight, open source alternative to iTunes and other Apple Music applications based on Electron 13.1.0. Features include: Custom themes, language detection, customizable CSS, song notifications, auto updater, and your typical media controls like play/pause. There are multiple ways you can install it, and it’s even available on Linux.
Apple Music and Kanye West to Hold Third 'Donda' Listening Party
Kanye West fans have been clamoring for the artist to finally release his upcoming album, Donda. Unfortunately, the release date keeps changing. Maybe the album will drop next week, during or after the just-announced third listening party on Apple Music. The event is slated for Thursday, August 26 at 10pm EDT, from Soldier Field in Chicago.
While West has recorded and teased or even announced release dates for multiple unreleased albums over the years, “Donda” has had the most public gestation of them all — and of any album by a major artist in history. Some have speculated that he is setting up a release-date battle with Drake — who has said he’s finally finished his long-awaited “Certified Lover Boy” album — similar to his release-date face-off with 50 Cent in 2007.
Donate Blood in August 2021 and get 4 Months Free Apple Music
American Red Cross is offering special deals for people who donate blood between August 1-31, 2021. It includes four months of free Apple Music.
Apple Music Now Lets Artists Share Milestones
Apple Music now allows artists to share various metrics and milestones with their fans, Macrumors reported. These include highs and all-time best number of plays, number of Shazams, and whether tracks are feature in curated playlists.
The Apple Music for Artists feature generates automatic milestones for artists of all sizes, which artists can highlight on social media networks. Milestones include new highs and all-time bests across Plays and Shazams, and inclusion in Apple Music’s curated playlists. Artists will see images celebrating their milestones on their iOS overview page for Apple Music for Artists, and can tap the share icon to open up the share sheet. Users will also see relevant milestones on the song and country detail pages. Milestones can be shared to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and Instagram stories. Sharing milestones is a feature that’s limited to artists at the current time and the images can only be accessed through the Apple Music for Artists iOS app.
Apple Music to Livestream Kanye West 'DONDA' Listening Event
Apple Music will exclusively livestream a global listening event for the premiere of Kanye West’s album ‘DONDA’ on Thursday.
Elton John And Zane Lowe Celebrate 300th Episode of 'Rocket Hour' on Apple Music
Elton John’s Apple Music show ‘Rocket Hour’ showcases a wide variety of artists. It has now hit 300 episodes! The pop icon joined Zane Lowe to celebrate reaching that milestone.
Apple, YouTube, Spotify, Face The Music - UK Lawmakers Called for 'Complete Reset' of Streaming
UK lawmakers want a “complete reset” of music streaming, including fair payment to artists and a code of conduct for services like Apple Music.
Apple Music in India Getting Spatial Audio and Lossless
Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos and lossless quality tracks have rolled out for Apple Music users around the world. Shortly, those in India will be getting these features too, iMore reported.
When Apple launched Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio for Apple Music last week, users of the music streaming service in India were disappointed to find that they were not included in the first batch of countries to receive the new features. Now, Apple has confirmed that, thankfully, that wait won’t be for too long. The company has confirmed on the Apple Music website in the country that both Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio are “coming soon” to users in India. While this usually means that a launch is imminent, Apple has not put an exact date on when Apple Music subscribers can expect the features to drop.
WWDC 2021: Apple Will (Share)Play Nicely With Others — Media+
There was almost no mention of Apple’s media offering during the WWDC 2021 keynote – less, even, than in the years when Apple was not in the media and content space. Kelly Guimont joins host Charlotte Henry to discuss this and things that were announced, such as SharePlay.
Zane Lowe From Apple Music Talks About Spatial Audio
Spatial Audio is coming to Apple Music, and Zane Lowe talks about the new technology and how it will transform music.
Mercedes-Benz Adds Apple Music to EQS, C-Class, S-Class Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz announced that it will be adding Apple Music integration to some of its vehicles within the MBUX infotainment system.
Apple Music Celebrates Black Music Month
June is Black Music Month. Apple Music will be celebrating and exploring the contribution Black artists have made with playlists and other content. It also released a new video celebrating “creators and the cross-cultural dialogues that bring the world so much texture, light, and joy.”
Clarifying Apple Lossless Audio – TMO Daily Observations 2021-05-26
Charlotte Henry and Dave Hamilton join host Kelly Guimont to sort through the scenarios where Apple’s new lossless audio will and won’t work.
Which Devices Support Lossless Audio With Apple Music, and Which Don’t?
Support for lossless audio with Apple Music has arrived but not all devices will be able to get the benefit of the new feature.
Apple Lossless: Who Knows? Who Cares? – TMO Daily Observations 2021-05-18
Dave Hamilton and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple Music’s new “lossless” stream, and who will benefit (or even notice).
Apple Music Going Lossless, but Will Anyone Really Notice? — Media+
Adrian Weckler joins host Charlotte Henry to discuss the imminent arrival of Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos and lossless audio to Apple Music. It’s cool, but are many people actually going to notice the difference?
Spatial Audio With Dolby Atmos and Lossless Audio Comes to Apple Music
Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos is coming to Apple Music and the service’s entire library of tracks is also going to become available in Lossless audio.
Apple Music 'First Listen' Events Provide Surprisingly Intimate Insight Into New Albums
Apple Music offers ‘First Listen’ events with Zane Lowe discussing a soon-to-be-released album with the artists, and they work really well.
There is Now a Dedicated Apple Music Editorial Channel in Apple News
Apple Music editorial content has arrived on Apple News – the streaming service now has dedicated channel in News app.
Apple Music Editorial Content To Be Better Integrated With News
Apple Music and Apple News are starting to form a much closer relationship, with editorial content from the former set to appear in the latter. The start of the process was spotted by MacStories, which compared the current progress to how Apple New was integrated with Stocks in the past.
The integration of Apple Music and News, which Apple said nothing about during its event on April 20th, is clearly just getting going, so there’s not a lot to see yet. However, it’s also the sort of integration that has the potential to differentiate Music from competitors like Spotify and give users a much-needed reason to visit News. This is a feature we may learn more about next week when iOS and iPadOS 14.5 are released to the public, and that we’ll be keeping a close eye on and as we learn more about Apple’s plans for the fall during WWDC.
Apple Music and Spotify's Payments to Artists – TMO Daily Observations 2021-04-19
Charlotte Henry joins guest-host Bryan Chaffin to break down how Apple Music and Spotify pay artists and labels, and what that might mean to the music industry as a whole.
Apple Music on Echo Gear, Apple "Originals" – TMO Daily Observations 2021-04-12
Charlotte Henry joins host Kelly Guimont for a Media Monday chat about playing Apple Music on Amazon hardware, and Apple’s latest “original” content.
Apple Music Launches ‘Saylists’ for Speech-Impaired Customers
Apple has integrated a project from Warner Music into Apple Music called “saylists,” special playlists to help people with speech-sound disorders.