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Mighty's iPod Shuffle for Spotify now works with Amazon Music
When Mighty arrived in 2017, the device offered the convenience of offline playback for Spotify. In other words, you could take your favorite tunes anywhere -- and you didn't need your phone to do it. Basically, it's an iPod Shuffle for any albums, songs, pla…
The process is the same for Amazon Music as it is for Spotify. You select the audio content you'd like to make available offline in the service's app. Then you head over to the Mighty app on your phone to choose which of those items you'd like to sync to the … [+875 chars]
Billy Steele
2019-12-12 14:00:00
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Apple Music Replay compiles your most-played songs from each year into playlists
Apple Music is introducing a fun new way to take a look at your listening history from over the past year. Called Apple Music Replay, the new feature will bundle up everything you’ve played in 2019, allowing you to see things like how many albums your music s…
Check out what songs you had on repeat
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Apple Music is introducing a fun new way to take a look at your listening history from over the past year. Called Apple Music Replay, the new feature will bundle up everything youve played in 2019, a… [+1157 chars]
Dani Deahl
2019-11-13 20:14:21
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15 Delightful Gifts for Music Lovers and Audiophiles
From headphones and speakers to accessories for their vinyl LPs, these gift ideas will appeal to any audio lover.
Whether you're trying to find a turntable so Mom and Dad can bust out their vintage vinyl collection, or you want to give the gift of great sound to a younger music enthusiast or middle-aged audiophile, it can be tough to find great-sounding gear that doesn't… [+697 chars]
Parker Hall, Michael Calore
2019-11-18 13:00:00
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Apple Music introduces a Replay, a playlist of your top songs of the year
Apple Music is taking on Spotify with the launch of a new feature, Apple Music Replay, that will allow subscribers to take a look back at their favorite music from 2019. The feature is similar in some ways to Spotify’s popular year-end review, known as Wrappe…
Apple Music is taking on Spotify with the launch of a new feature, Apple Music Replay, that will allow subscribers to take a look back at their favorite music from 2019. The feature is similar in some ways to Spotify’s popular year-end review, known as Wrappe… [+1713 chars]
Sarah Perez
2019-11-13 20:00:10
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How to Watch the AMAs Tonight Without Cable
The American Music Awards are tonight. The action officially kicks off at 8pm ET and will be broadcast on ABC. Read more...
The American Music Awards are tonight. The action officially kicks off at 8pm ET and will be broadcast on ABC.
Post Malone leads the pack in terms of nominations this year with seven. Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish are both a close second with six nominatio… [+1044 chars]
Emily Price
2019-11-24 18:26:00
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Best Classical Music of 2019
Our critics list the best performances, premieres and digital releases of the year from the world of classical music and opera.
This new work by the composer and trumpeter Nate Wooley was for quartet, but its primary mood was loneliness. Performed at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn on a chilly February night, with Mr. Wooley alongside Susan Alcorn, Mary Halvorson and Ryan Sawyer, it did evi… [+1685 chars]
Zachary Woolfe, Anthony Tommasini, Joshua Barone and Seth Colter Walls
2019-12-04 17:17:14
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Sleepwalkers Podcast: What Happens When Machines Find Their Creative Muse
Artificial intelligence algorithms are creating portraits, movies, and music, though the results are often … mechanical.
In March 2018, an eerie portrait created by an artificial intelligence program sold at Christie's Auction House for almost half a million dollars. A few months later, a movie written and directed by an AI algorithm was released amid much hype. And this March,… [+2903 chars]
Will Knight
2019-11-29 13:00:00
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Spotify confirms it’s testing real-time lyrics synced to music
With the launch of iOS 13, Apple added perfectly timed live lyrics to its Apple Music app. Now Spotify may do the same. Several users in international markets are now seeing a similar synced lyrics feature in their Spotify mobile app, where lyrics scroll by i…
With the launch of iOS 13, Apple added perfectly timed live lyrics to its Apple Music app. Now Spotify may do the same. Several users in international markets are now seeing a similar synced lyrics feature in their Spotify mobile app, where lyrics scroll by i… [+2309 chars]
Sarah Perez
2019-11-14 22:12:56
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Serato Studio music production software is now a powerful DJ edit tool
Serato has made its name as one of the top digital DJ platforms available and I've also become fond of its recent Studio software which offers music production tools that are easily approachable. In fact, we've recommended both products in our holiday gift gu…
The core layout of Serato Studio remains the same, but you get to choose between the beat-making or DJ edit environment when you launch the application. Your library and track layout are always found at the bottom regardless, and are easily toggled from side … [+1939 chars]
Jon Turi
2019-12-04 20:00:00
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Jay-Z's music is back on Spotify after two years away
In 2017, Tidal owner Jay-Z removed his music from several competing streaming services. While much of his catalog returned to some of them, like Apple Music, pretty quickly, it hasn't been on the largest one ever since. Until now. Spotify announced at midnigh…
In 2017, Tidal owner Jay-Z removed his music from several competing streaming services. While much of his catalog returned to some of them, like Apple Music, pretty quickly, it hasn't been on the largest one ever since. Until now. Spotify announced at midnigh… [+232 chars]
Richard Lawler
2019-12-04 08:02:00
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Amazon expands free music streaming to Android, iOS and Fire TV
Amazon's free, ad-supported music tier is no longer confined to Alexa devices. The service is now available through the Amazon Music app on Android, iOS and Fire TV for listeners in the US, UK and Germany. You're still limited to listening to playlists and st…
Amazon's free, ad-supported music tier is no longer confined to Alexa devices. The service is now available through the Amazon Music app on Android, iOS and Fire TV for listeners in the US, UK and Germany. You're still limited to listening to playlists and st… [+137 chars]
Jon Fingas
2019-11-18 22:01:00
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Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Lil Nas X are the winners of the first Apple Music Awards
Apple now has its own music awards, with winners picked by Apple Music’s editorial team or based on streaming data from the service. The first recipient of its top award, Global Artist of the Year, is Billie Eilish. The Apple Music Awards will be streamed liv…
Apple now has its own music awards, with winners picked by Apple Music’s editorial team or based on streaming data from the service. The first recipient of its top award, Global Artist of the Year, is Billie Eilish. The Apple Music Awards will be streamed liv… [+2134 chars]
Catherine Shu
2019-12-03 03:41:55
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Instagram Stories launches TikTok clone Reels in Brazil
Instagram is launching a video-music remix feature to finally fight back against Chinese social rival TikTok. Instagram Reels lets you make 15-second video clips set to music and share them as Stories, with the potential to go viral on a new Top Reels section…
Instagram is launching a video-music remix feature to finally fight back against Chinese social rival TikTok. Instagram Reels lets you make 15-second video clips set to music and share them as Stories, with the potential to go viral on a new Top Reels section… [+3841 chars]
Josh Constine
2019-11-12 11:00:43
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Drake booed off stage at music festival
Drake made a surprise appearance at Tyler, The Creator's annual Camp Flog Gnaw Festival in Los Angeles. Video shows Drake booed off stage by concertgoers who wanted to see Frank Ocean.
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2019-11-11 21:50:54
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Spotify Premium Is the Best Life Hack of the Decade
Let’s think all the way back to the end of the last decade. 2009: well before streaming services dominated entertainment, when you had to either a) purchase these items from an online store (like iTunes), b) purchase them from a physical store (remember those…
Lets think all the way back to the end of the last decade. 2009: well before streaming services dominated entertainment, when you had to either a) purchase these items from an online store (like iTunes), b) purchase them from a physical store (remember those?… [+6864 chars]
Joel Kahn
2019-11-25 14:30:00
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TikTok Owner Reportedly Expanding Its Empire Into Music Subscriptions
TikTok owner ByteDance, the Beijing-based behemoth that answers to no man (or at least U.S. senator) is reportedly crafting plans to fulfill its destiny, i.e., its foray into the subscription music business. Read more...
TikTok owner ByteDance, the Beijing-based behemoth that answers to no man (or at least U.S. senator) is reportedly crafting plans to fulfill its destiny, i.e., its foray into the subscription music business.
According to the Financial Times, ByteDance has a… [+3741 chars]
Whitney Kimball
2019-11-18 18:40:00
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Is ‘Playing It Safe’ Bad for Classical Music?
The New York Times’s chief classical music critic and a loyal reader (and listener) wrestle with the boundaries of programming.
I prefer performances of Beethovens Seventh Symphony that somehow convey to listeners how extreme, how radical the piece was when new and in many ways remains. The best way to make that case, without resorting to any kind of manipulated interpretation, is to … [+1556 chars]
Anthony Tommasini
2019-12-06 15:00:07
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