OT Apple Music?

[esplanade91]

What is everyone's impression of Apple Musis so far?

ETA The Rolling Stones channel is pretty damn good.

 

[engie]

Awesome! And I fully expected to hate it and cut it off.

I was able to listen continuously without interruption in very in and out service out from Port Gibson last weekend. Was shocked by that. Guess it buffers ahead moreso than any other "radio" app I've ever used...

 

[StoneColdSaidSo.sixpack]

How exactly is it formatted? More similar to spotify or pandora?

 

[engie]

Both.

On sign up, you choose "your" style of music and a list of bands that you like and it formats all kinds of playlists, "intros to bands", new albums/releases, top charts, etc around that. You can search any song/band/album on itunes and it's immediately like you own the album and you have full access to it. Can even download it I believe, but I haven't done any actual downloading yet...

 

[esplanade91]

I completely wrote it off, but I got bored at work and figured I'd try the free 3 month trial.

Let's you listen to full albums if you want, gives you playlists based on songs you select or already own, and it loads while you're on wifi so you can take it with you. It's awesome.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

and it loads while you're on wifi so you can take it with you. It's awesome.

Can you expound on that? As in downloads the music like itunes, or it "charges" using wifi, so when out of range you don't use data?

If my question makes me look like an idiot, that's because I am a borderline troglodyte.

 

[esplanade91]

I have my music app settings as not being able to use cellular data, but if I load all the songs I want to listen to before I get in my car in the morning I can listen to any of them without needing data. They go into my iTunes folder with the songs I already own. Pretty neat way of circumventing data charges.

ETA When you sign up it asks you your favorite genres, then it gives you a bunch of artists based on that that you'd like, and then it creates a ton of playlists. Like I chose oldies, classic rock, blues, indie, and alternative, chose BB, Eric Clapton, The Kinks, and someone random like Flaming Lips, and it came back with REALLY good Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, and My Morning Jacket playlists.

 

[engie]

My playlists are constantly changing/updating as well...