Bandcamp, an online music store and community where fans can discover, connect with, and directly support the independent musicians they love, is joining Epic Games!
I’m excited to announce that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who you may know as the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, and champions for a fair and open Internet. Bandcamp will keep operating a…
Apple Music Classical (Mostly) Plays the Right Chords - TidBITS
People unfamiliar with classical music who want to discover new music will find the Apple Music Classical app more than sufficient. Classical music fans familiar with the genre and looking for uncommon recordings will find it somewhat frustrating.
Apple announced today that later this month, it will update its Music app with a new feature called Apple Music Sing. According to Apple’s Oliver Schusser, its vice president of Apple Music and Beats: Apple Music’s lyrics experience is consistently one of the most popular features on our service. We already know our users all
Today, Apple Music announced that Bad Bunny is its 2022 Artist of the Year. Un Verano Sin Ti, which Bad Bunny released in May, is the most streamed album on Apple Music and the biggest Latin album of all time. In Apple’s press release, Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and Beats, said:
SongShift Eases the Transition From Spotify to Apple Music
When Apple Music debuted last summer I switched to it from Spotify. I wasn’t on Spotify all that long, but I did have a few playlists I wanted to take with me, including a big one with all the songs I had favorited. At the time, I found a script that logged into both services,
SongShift 3.0 and Switching Between Apple Music and Spotify
For the better part of this year, I’ve been using both Spotify and Apple Music. In my opinion, each service does a few things exceptionally well, but, unfortunately, I can’t have all of them in a single music app. Spotify’s discovery tools for both old and new songs are simply unparalleled in the industry: Discover
Tape Hiss: The Underlying Noise Quietly Driving Modern Music
The ongoing fight against tape hiss has proven a useful creative tension for the music industry—even if you’re not into lo-fi music recorded on a four-track.
Transsion, a China-based smartphone manufacturer, is outpacing Apple and Samsung in Africa. It sells devices that take better selfies of dark skin and have features like a keyboard in Swahili.
Celebrating 20 Years of the Live Music Archive - Internet Archive Blogs
This week, the Live Music Archive collection at the Internet Archive reaches a milestone – 20 years since the collection was started. The roots of the Live Music Archive collection are visible right in the URL – etree. Did you ever wonder what the “etree” in the URL references? In 1998, the etree music community […]
Apple Music Sessions Kicks Off with Carrie Underwood and Tenille Townes
Today, Apple introduced new exclusive live sessions on Apple Music. The music streaming service kicked off Apple Music Sessions with performances by country music stars Carrie Underwood and Tenille Townes. The sessions with Underwood and Townes, which include both audio-only and video components, were recorded in Spatial Audio at Apple’s Nashville, Tennessee studio. Apple has
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Streaming Enters the DJ Booth and With It, Big Data · Feature ⟋ RA
Cloud DJing will soon be the industry standard. But is this new technological development leading artists towards a paradise of convenience—or a data-hungry dystopia?