I’ll try that next time, I didn’t play my usual heavy metal at work last night as I was orientating someone so I thought I’d be nice to him and play the Bee Gees
> On 29/05/2020, at 19:26, Simon A Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Say shuffle with your siri request.like > Hey siri play iron maidan shuffled > > > > From:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com><macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings > Sent: Friday, 29 May 2020 6:36 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: Asking Siri to play music > > The one I find amusing is asking it to play a specific Artist or Band. I > quite often feel like listening to a particular band but not worried about > what album it is so I just ask it to play Iron Maiden, or disturbed or some > other band. I have a mix of studio albums and live albums. So it will usually > play a studio recorded version of the song followed directly by the live > version of the same song. Or the other way round. And it will do that for > every song that has a live version and a studio version. > > > On 29/05/2020, at 04:19, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > There are keywords that help Siri to be more accurate. Words like “album”, > “Playlist”, or just being specific. So, asking Siri to play Back in Black by > AC/DC may have her just play the song, or it might make her play the entire > album. It just depends on how she feels at the moment. Alternatively, if > you specifically ask Siri to “Play the album Back in Black by AC/DC”, then > you’re more likely to get the full album. Guaranteed, if you create a > playlist from the album, and ask her to play that specific playlist, then > you’ll get what you want. The oddities really start happening when you ask > her to, for example, play the best of Bryan Adams. If there happens to be an > album with the same name, it’s a toss-up whether you’ll get the album, or > just whatever Siri, or some other dude thought were the best songs. > > It’s not an exact science, but it’s better than getting up off the couch > sometimes. > > Later… > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On May 28, 2020, at 3:48 AM, Simon A Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com > <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: > > Hi Petrus, > > I’ve just tried this with a couple of albums and in different ways, > > Asking siri to play the Joshua tree, > Siri started playing the album > Asking to play pink floyds momentary laps of reason > Started the album playing, > > As did siri play momentary laps of reason without the pink Floyd. > > Hey siri play Back in Black got the song not the album, > > Hey siri play war of the worlds got siri asking which one as she got 5 > results, > > Including the Jeff wayne war of the world, the new generation > > Not what I thought it would play, > > But when I picked the jeff wayne new generation > By saying play jeff wayne option, > I got the 2010 re make of the original jeff wayne war of the worlds but this > version has Liam Neason > Narrating the story, > > This was a stage show in the O2 arrena back in 2010 > > It sounds to me like we’re getting mixed results > > I sometimes just say hey siri play music and I get an apple music radio > station created from my genres of music > > Just a form of mixes that is created automatically by the apple music system. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings > Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2020 9:00 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Asking Siri to play music > > Hi all, > Sorry for bringing this up again, but I’ve been playing around with Siri and > asking it to play music while I was at work. last night I wanted to listen > to Ronnie James Dio, this is your Life and Siri told me She couldn’t find it > in my music library. So I asked it to play Dio this is your life and it > played the title track from the Album but not the entire album. This got me > thinking. I remember Anders asking Siri to play British Steel and it told > him the same thing. So I think Siri is focusing on individual songs and not > Albums. So this morning I asked Siri to Play the Album Ronnie James Dio this > is your life and it played it straight off. Maybe Anders should try asking > Siri to Play the Album British steel by judas Priest and see if it gets it > right. This may not work but I think it’s all in the way you ask Siri > sometimes. 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