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Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by throwanem »

eDameXxX wrote: post #9

Actually, I think it's a good thing they've built a separate app for that. We used to think that one app that rules all of them is a good idea. Not always. Classical music has a lot of nuances (some of which are listed on the announcement page) and from UI/UX perspective it would be quite difficult to mixed all these details in the standard Apple Music app. I'm now wondering what Spotify thinks about this matter. Do…

It'd be foolish of them, I think, because we're a small, weird, and highly demanding audience. But they've done plenty of foolish things before in their apparent quest to own and monetize every imaginable audio waveform.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by zokier »

throwanem wrote: post #55
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.

I'll take that bet at 5:1 against.

It's trivial bet anyways, you just need one human-composed piece as counter-evidence. You can even compose it yourself!

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by bouke »

_thisdot wrote: post #59
bouke wrote: post #51

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Probably because they're branding it as "Apple Music", not "Music (by) Apple".

On an iPhone the app is just called Music (similarly Google Maps is labelled just Maps on Android). This is exactly as weird as google maps domain being googlemaps.google.com

The iPhone Music app can play music from Apple Music, amongst others. It is not synonymous for Apple Music. You can still have your local library without subscribing to Apple Music.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by throwanem »

geff82 wrote: post #7

Wow. I will try this product today as I am exactly in the target group. I often listen to different recordings of the same music to find the best one, I want to dive into certain artists or genres and indeed - with Apple Music and Spotify, this is not easy.

I'm finding that very easy so far. This is the best discovery tool I've yet used, which is almost frustrating given that if I'd found anything like it in the last decade, I wouldn't need it.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by _thisdot »

_thisdot wrote: post #59
bouke wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably because they're branding it as "Apple Music", not "Music (by) Apple".

On an iPhone the app is just called Music (similarly Google Maps is labelled just Maps on Android). This is exactly as weird as google maps domain being googlemaps.google.com

On checking further, this is because music.apple.com redirects you to the Music app on iPhone. So they use a different domain for blogs.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by throwanem »

float4 wrote: post #58
throwanem wrote: post #55

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I'll take that bet at 5:1 against.

> Bet $100 that all classical music ALL classical music, in just 3 years. I'm perfectly willing to put my entire net worth on the line for this one.

Be serious.

No one with enough bored capital to patronize the arts is going to go to see and be seen at a performance of a synthetic symphony - or not more than once or twice, anyway, for the sake of the thing. Philharmonics need not fear for their concert halls, or not at least for this reason.

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by mrtksn »

gillygize wrote: post #56
mrtksn wrote: post #16

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Interestingly, the enforcement is through App Store and not through Apple Music account or ip address locality. So, users from these countries can simply sign in with an Apple account from any other country, install the app, switch back to the actual account and use it just fine. On any other service, including Apple TV plus, it's the other way around: You can access the app or the website but the content will be lim…

Maybe they haven't finished localizing the content for those countries yet?

Maybe, but some of those countries are quite big markets. Why would Apple miss out on those?

Re: Apple Music Classical

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Post by throwanem »

zokier wrote: post #62
throwanem wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll take that bet at 5:1 against.

It's trivial bet anyways, you just need one human-composed piece as counter-evidence. You can even compose it yourself!

Perhaps I should. An infinite future of the Berlin Philharmonic under Karajan, producing performances only slightly more perfectly machined, needs some antidote.
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