Yes you're correct, I made a mistake and just assumed <smile>.
On 13/09/2016 3:06 AM, John Gurd wrote:
Ah well, Dane, you're making the mistake a lot of people do when you equate
new music with Top 40. Personally, I can't stand Top 40 either, but I am
interested in experimental, alternative and World music that will never get
into the charts, and even very occasionally, jazz and classical.
In fact I've been considering switching from Apple Music and trying out
Spotify for this reason. I heard a fascinating interview with the guy in
charge of writing music algorithms for Spotify, and they sound way in
advance of Apple's. They are much better at serving up what you are likely
to like as well as old favourites and obscure stuff you might not have
heard. Up to now I've found Apple's offerings very pedestrian and
predictable and they just keep offering more of the same. An interesting
thing about Spotify is that they keep an eye on listeners who tend to be
consistently ahead of the curve in the music you may be interested in and
use their delvings to inform the algorithms that help you discover new
music. So the clever thing is that it's not just what the big music
corporations have decided what should be in the charts.
Anyway, having heard that Apple seems to be becoming more like Spotify in
the way the app works I'll hold off and try it in IOS 10 before trying out
Spotify.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary
Otten
Sent: 12 September 2016 02:31
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Apple Music Challenges Spotify with Playlists
Well, I can't speak for Spotify, but one of the nice things about the newly
reorganized Apple Music in iOS 10 is that you get every day, some albums
that it think she will like, based on what it knows about your listening
habits. You also get to view new releases and genres that it thinks you
like, based on what it knows about your listening habits. I assume Spotify
must do something similar in their discovery tab.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 11, 2016, at 6:27 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net>
wrote:
Seems as though Apple Music and Spotify are going to be the big players in
the Music Subscription business before long.
One thing I'm puzzled about though and perhaps someone can answer this,
why do Apple Music and Spotify always concentrate on "New Music", most new
music I absolutely despise - I'm not a listener to Top 40 radio and haven't
been for 20 years or more along with a whole heap of otehr people Im sure -
<smile>.
http://www.radiotoday.com.au/news/whats-new/9640-apple-music-challenges-spot
ify-with-playlists.html
