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Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by mmcdermott »

lelag wrote: post #127
tkgally wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I still buy albums (mostly from prestomusic, in case someone wants to know) I buy my classical music from Presto Music, too. The purchase process is easy, and maybe the performers get a bit more than from streaming. I suspect that purchasing music files to own will seem increasingly strange and inconvenient to younger people, though.

Yes, that's what I wanted to address and in the same way Steam address it with video games. You buy albums but you get the convenience of streaming services with no additional fees forever. Same as with Steam, I expected users to keep buying album regularity even if they didn't listen to them much. (cue seasonal sales etc...)

Just of of curiosity, how did your approach differ from Amazon's MP3 store?

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by easyThrowaway »

throwanem wrote: post #74
risyachka wrote: post #72

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Bet $200 practically no one will care for AI generated classical music.

I'd remind you J. S. Bach exists, and ask if you want to think this one over.

The idea that Bach composed the Well tempered clavier and similar works merely in a mechanical process is basically a fairy tale, and it's kind obvious once you read the music sheets.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by [deleted] »

TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #25

This looks ok, but I can't be the only person suffering Content Fatigue. Between access to infinite music, infinite movies and TV, infinite gaming, and infinite news - and that's just leisure - I'm not sure how much time I have left for a finite life.

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Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by rwl4 »

TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #25

This looks ok, but I can't be the only person suffering Content Fatigue. Between access to infinite music, infinite movies and TV, infinite gaming, and infinite news - and that's just leisure - I'm not sure how much time I have left for a finite life.

To make things worse, they flood you with constant new content while you browse. It feels overwhelming to me. It's sort of an ADHD nightmare.

With Apple Music, at least, I keep a clear distinction between my personal library and the rest of their offerings. That at least gives me a sense of shape and dimension to my library. To be clear, my personal library is a mixture of music I have bought and music I added from the AM library.

To do this, I unchecked "Add songs to library when adding to playlists." This makes Apple Music not add every single song in every playlist you follow to your library.

Now, I can browse my curated selection of music and playlists, OR I can play music from Apple's playlists, etc. When I discover an artist I like, I can then purposely add it to my library.

I wish I could do this type of curation with Apple News and Apple TV.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by MavisBacon »

microtherion wrote: post #158
MavisBacon wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I suspect focused, attentive listening only makes up a small minority of the total streams The inverse is likely true with the classical audience. Just like with jazz, although there will be a portion of users seeking “vibey jazz” sort of playlists to use in the background while working, the majority of jazz fans consume jazz as albums and are still concerned with things like personnel and liner notes, perhaps even…

It might be useful, in both cases, to distinguish "fans" and "consumers" of those styles. Yes, the people who most consciously identify as fans of the styles are picky, but I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of classical play counts by volume are consumed for muzakish purposes. Mozart for babies, Vivaldi for malls, etc. The same may be true for Jazz, though in that genre there may be a bit more of a separat…

these are fair points, I suppose I was more addressing this with the "classical fan" user in mind given the context of the discussion, idea of a platform that serves these users. It definitely is true though that a huge portion of music listeners in general would rather throw a random playlist on than select an album and it would be interesting to somehow see how many classical listeners on say Spotify are doing so through playlists vs selected albums.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by oriolid »

easyThrowaway wrote: post #78
echelon wrote: post #48

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> But unfortunately, this wont change the fact that the classical recording industry is dying and that the sector is only surviving thanks to public and private subsidies. Bet $100 that all classical music will be AI generated (synthesized and composed) in just three years. Supply side will be infinite.

Why would anyone want to listen to it then? what would be the point? The acoustic equivalent of a screensaver?

> The acoustic equivalent of a screensaver?

It already exists, and is known as elevator music or muzak. I can certainly see the value in generating endless copyright-free background music, because so many human effort has been put into composing it already.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by leviathant »

lwhi wrote: post #90
lelag wrote: post #24

Strange feelings looking at this... This is almost exactly the product I failed to get into YC with back in 2017... All the same ideas as far as the UX goes with one main difference: the business model. I wanted to apply the Steam business model where people would actually buy album again (and not tracks a la iTunes). The issue is that while it's nice to have a UX tailored for classical, this won't likely help the cl…

So a band camp for classical music is required?

My wife composes choral music and "new music". (what many here would consider classical) and has been using Bandcamp since 2009 with pretty good success.

But even that gets tricky, as she is not the performer for any of the recordings.

It's a strange world though, when so many people focus on centuries-old music by dead German men, that's going to be harder to market. My first glance at Apple Classical a few weeks ago suggests that it's trying to cater to that crowd.

Bandcamp is better for living composers (and preforming musicians) than a lot of other traditional options. For example, if you have a successful performance is a piece, Parma Records will reach out to you and offer to do a "professional" recording. They'll ask for $20,000 and you'll get a box of CDs (not sure if they do that last part anymore but I would not be surprised). A surprising amount of musicians go this route, because they don't know any better.

Anyway, point is, Bandcamp is awesome.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by throwanem »

easyThrowaway wrote: post #162
throwanem wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd remind you J. S. Bach exists, and ask if you want to think this one over.

The idea that Bach composed the Well tempered clavier and similar works merely in a mechanical process is basically a fairy tale, and it's kind obvious once you read the music sheets.

I might've been clearer I was making a joke, I suppose.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by eddieroger »

singularity2001 wrote: post #163

This app is available only on the App Store for iPhone. (not ipad)

That is true, but what is also true is that the iPhone version works just fine on iPad, albeit a little skinny. But I'm currently listening to it and it works just fine, Spatial Audio and all.
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