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YouTube Music will come pre-installed on all Android 10 phones
While it was only a matter of time, YouTube Music, instead of Google Play Music, is now Android's official music app. Moving forward, Google says YouTube Music will come pre-installed on all new Android smartphones that ship with Android 10 and Android 9 Pie.…
It almost goes without saying, but this is yet another step toward the impending demise of Google Play Music. The writing has been on the wall for a while. In April, for instance, Google shut down the app's Artist Hub, which had allowed independent artists to… [+657 chars]
Igor Bonifacic
2019-09-27 15:40:00
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The Best Podcasts for Discovering New Music
I like to discover my music anywhere but the radio: playlists, TV soundtracks, best-of lists, subway bands, TikToks, overheard songs in bars and stores and coffeeshops...and podcasts. What a fantastic medium for trying out new music. A music podcast is like y…
I like to discover my music anywhere but the radio: playlists, TV soundtracks, best-of lists, subway bands, TikToks, overheard songs in bars and stores and coffeeshops...and podcasts. What a fantastic medium for trying out new music. A music podcast is like y… [+7056 chars]
Nick Douglas
2019-10-15 17:00:00
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Google streamlines music transfers between Home and Nest devices
Moving music between different Google Home and Nest devices has been a convoluted process for a while now, but Google is at long last making it easier to do just that. The company is introducing a new feature called stream transfer that allows you to ask Assi…
The feature is also accessible through the Google Home app, allowing you to send audio to a variety of different devices through the app's casting interface. If you own one of Nest's smart displays and a Chromecast connected TV, you can also use the feature t… [+964 chars]
Igor Bonifacic
2019-10-08 17:56:00
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Erica's modular synth helps you make music with preset cards
Modular synths are incredibly flexible, but convenient? Not so much -- switching sounds frequently means wiring up patch cords, and that makes it harder to use for live gigs and other on-the-fly uses. Erica Synths has a straightforward solution to that: put e…
The system is otherwise highly flexible with 31 inputs, 20 outputs and seven switches. It includes a 2-3-4 step sequencer, a pair of VCOs (with a controller and VCA module), several mixers, a modulator, two ASR envelope generators, a lowpass gate and a BBD de… [+491 chars]
Jon Fingas
2019-09-22 20:47:00
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YouTube Music listeners are getting three personalized playlists this month
YouTube Music's big plan to take on Spotify appears to be essentially copying Spotify's personalized playlists. YouTube is preparing to launch three new playlists: Discover Mix, New Release Mix and Your Mix. The platform's Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan dis…
Discover Mix, which was spotted last month, is YouTube's version of Spotify's Discover Weekly. It will help users find new artists and music, including lesser-known songs by artists they listen to. New Release Mix is the equivalent of Spotify's Release Radar.… [+749 chars]
Christine Fisher
2019-10-02 19:35:00
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Amazon Music arrives on Apple TV
Amazon Music is now available on the Apple TV, including both the Apple TV 4K and the Apple TV HD running tvOS 12.0 or later, Amazon announced this morning. The launch is yet another example of the eased tensions between the two rivals, who finally came to an…
Amazon Music is now available on the Apple TV, including both the Apple TV 4K and the Apple TV HD running tvOS 12.0 or later, Amazon announced this morning. The launch is yet another example of the eased tensions between the two rivals, who finally came to an… [+1999 chars]
Sarah Perez
2019-10-10 16:52:19
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Kobalt’s edge in changing the music industry
Kobalt Music Group is driving the music industry to provide more transparency and faster royalty payments to musicians and challenging the traditional record labels and publishers with its own alternative service offerings that don’t take ownership of copyrig…
Kobalt Music Group is driving the music industry to provide more transparency and faster royalty payments to musicians and challenging the traditional record labels and publishers with its own alternative service offerings that dont take ownership of copyrigh… [+1862 chars]
Eric Peckham
2019-09-26 16:12:10
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YouTube Music is launching three personalized playlists
YouTube Music is preparing to better challenge Spotify and others with the launch of three new personalized playlists, Discover Mix, New Release Mix, and Your Mix, said YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan, in an on-stage interview this morning at TechCru…
YouTube Music is preparing to better challenge Spotify and others with the launch of three new personalized playlists, Discover Mix, New Release Mix, and Your Mix, said YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan, in an on-stage interview this morning at TechCru… [+2174 chars]
Sarah Perez
2019-10-02 18:23:18
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The PlantWave Device Lets Your Houseplants Play Music
A device called PlantWave converts the electrical conductivity of houseplants into audio, giving plants the chance to sing.
In 2011, the artists Joe Patitucci and Alex Tyson set up a jungle's worth of tropical plants in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and invited them to perform. People filed in to stand and listen as the Data Garden Quartet, a botanical orchestra, gave its debut p… [+4130 chars]
Arielle Pardes
2019-09-25 11:00:00
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YouTube’s Neal Mohan describes the company’s efforts on safety and trust
YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan gave an update on all things YouTube at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. He touched on many different subjects, from YouTube Music updates to advertiser-friendly guidelines and tweaking YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. Mohan …
YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan gave an update on all things YouTube at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. He touched on many different subjects, from YouTube Music updates to advertiser-friendly guidelines and tweaking YouTubes recommendation algorithm.
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Romain Dillet
2019-10-02 19:18:21
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Sorry, Google Play Music, YouTube Music Is Now Android's Default Player
It looks like Google’s dessert-themed naming scheme isn’t the only thing getting replaced with Android 10. YouTube Music is kicking Google Play Music aside as Android’s prepackaged music player, YouTube announced Friday. The app will come bundled with all dev…
It looks like Googles dessert-themed naming scheme isnt the only thing getting replaced with Android 10. YouTube Music is kicking Google Play Music aside as Androids prepackaged music player, YouTube announced Friday. The app will come bundled with all device… [+2067 chars]
Alyse Stanley
2019-09-28 19:36:00
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Android is replacing Google Play Music with YouTube Music on new devices
Google launched YouTube Music four years ago, but Android owners have been able to avoid it. Until now, anyway. In a Friday blog post, Google announced the YouTube-branded music streaming service would supersede Google Play Music as the default music player o…
Google launched YouTube Music four years ago, but Android owners have been able to avoid it. Until now, anyway.
In a Friday blog post, Google announced the YouTube-branded music streaming service would supersede Google Play Music as the default music player … [+1585 chars]
Alex Perry
2019-09-28 18:21:54
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iTunes Is Dead, Long Live iTunes
The application that revolutionized and upended the music industry lived long enough to see itself become the villain. Thanks to the new macOS Catalina update, iTunes has finally been laid to rest. Read more...
The application that revolutionized and upended the music industry lived long enough to see itself become the villain. Thanks to the new macOS Catalina update, iTunes has finally been laid to rest.
For the dozens (dozens!) of you who still used the bloated, … [+581 chars]
Abu Zafar
2019-10-15 17:00:00
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YouTube Music will be preinstalled on Android 10 and new Android 9 devices
Here’s one way to play catch up in the competitive streaming music market: preinstall your app on millions of Android handsets. That’s what Google will now be doing with YouTube Music. The company announced today the app will come preinstalled on all new devi…
Here’s one way to play catch up in the competitive streaming music market: preinstall your app on millions of Android handsets. That’s what Google will now be doing with YouTube Music. The company announced today the app will come preinstalled on all new devi… [+2619 chars]
Sarah Perez
2019-09-27 14:15:03
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Pandora puts its personalization powers to work in a revamped app
Pandora is doubling down on personalization and revamping its app in order to better compete with rivals like Spotify and Apple Music. Today, the company is introducing a new mobile experience which includes a dedicated “For You” tab where a continually updat…
Pandora is doubling down on personalization and revamping its app in order to better compete with rivals like Spotify and Apple Music. Today, the company is introducing a new mobile experience which includes a dedicated “For You” tab where a continually updat… [+4283 chars]
Sarah Perez
2019-10-01 14:00:56
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How the Silence Makes the Music
A brief, incomplete, very quiet guide to the history of music’s negative spaces.
One of the most arresting objects on display in the musical instruments galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a 2,000-year-old bell from Japan that was built to be mute. Dotaku bells such as this one still puzzle historians, but we know they were mad… [+1077 chars]
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
2019-10-03 03:04:57
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That Music You’re Dancing To? It’s Code
Collectives in cities around the world are bringing computer languages to the club.
Today, Mr. Aaron happily admits that his projection was off. Sonic Pi hasnt infiltrated classrooms, but it has become a useful tool for experimental composers. That was what drew 29-year-old Melody Loveless, who is classically trained as a percussionist, into… [+729 chars]
Luke Winkie
2019-10-04 14:33:28
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The Unsingable Music That Stumped a Diva
John Zorn’s song cycle “Jumalattaret” pushed the new-music master Barbara Hannigan to her limit.
Fearing the worst, Ms. Hannigan wrote to Mr. Zorn with a progress report whose subtext suggested a cry for help. He responded:
one cannot transcend anything by staying on safe groundand it is in these intense moments that we can find deeper truths, bring min… [+1747 chars]
Joshua Barone
2019-10-11 02:00:09
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Amazon is hosting a two-day music festival in Las Vegas
Amazon has been aggressively pushing into the music business. It's already promoted its Music streaming service by holding a concert for Prime Day and appealing to audiophiles by offering lossless streaming with its HD plan. So when you hear the company is ho…
The two-day festival will be headlined by Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters and singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves. Other artists include Beck, Anderson .Paak, Brandi Carlile, Chvrches and Leon Bridges.
In addition to the music acts, Amazon promises fun and games inc… [+498 chars]
Georgina Torbet
2019-10-17 12:29:00
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Fender Songs is an interactive chord book that syncs with Apple Music
Don't believe the hype: The guitar isn't dying. But the industry that surrounds the instrument is definitely in a transitional period, to put it politely. Fender has weathered a lot of the storm by focusing one thing: getting more people to play guitar. Simpl…
Fender Songs is the company's latest and TL;DR it teaches you how to play songs... sort of. It's a chord library, meaning that you can pull up a song that you want to learn and it'll show you the chords to play. You can see them laid over the lyrics in a pret… [+2514 chars]
Terrence O'Brien
2019-10-22 13:00:00
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