The Grateful Dead classic, Ripple, in honor of the Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary
Music
How to listen to Apple Music offline
A plea to backup your music files, a bit of background on iCloud Music Library, and a quick walkthrough on downloading Apple Music tracks onto your device for offline listening.
How to use Up Next in Apple’s new Music app
Rene Ritchie, writing for iMore, walks you through everything you could ever want to do with Up Next, the Music app’s list of songs queued up to play next.
A musician’s experience with Apple Music Connect
The potential for Connect is huge. But only if you get it right.
No, Apple is not adding DRM to songs on your Mac you already own
Serenity Caldwell, writing for iMore.com, addressing the FUD flying around the internet on Apple Music and DRM.
Every song played on Beats 1
This Twitter account posts the artist and song title of every song played on Beats 1. Fantastic!
Great collection of Apple Music tips and links
Jonny Evans, writing for Computerworld, pulled together some Apple Music related tips and links from around the web.
I choose you, Beats 1
M.C. Siegler calls it. Sometimes, you just want someone else to choose.
Divide by zero, Apple Music, The Beatles and Siri
Some cool Siri queries, as well as a big hole in the Apple Music collection
What’s new in iTunes 12.2
Solid piece from Kirk McElhearn, writing for MacWorld.
iCloud Music Library adds DRM to your matched files
This is an issue, just waiting to bite people. Back up your song library before you turn on iCloud Music Library, just to be safe.
Disable Connect in Restrictions, get Playlist icon back in Music app
How to replace the Connect icon in the Music app, bring back the Playlists icon. If that’s your thing.
Beats 1 requests
Interesting that Apple is going old school on this.
On the launch of Apple Music
There was a bit of mic chatter, then Zane Lowe broke in to make the official launch:
Alright, man. We gotta kick this whole thing off at some point. We spent the last three months trying to build this radio station and now we can build no more. We must launch.
An incredible start for Apple Music.
Apple releases iOS 8.4, introduces Apple Music to the public
Go get it!
10+ Apple Music tips
A nice addition to Serenity Caldwell’s Apple Music FAQ
Apple Music, Beats 1: iOS 8.4 required
Ian C. Rogers, Senior Director, Apple Music, tells folks to upgrade to iOS 8.4 tomorrow morning, before the Apple Music rollout.
Taylor Swift says 1989 will stream on Apple Music
Take a look at the sequence of tweets in the linked post. This all feels so very pat. It’d be cynical of me to think this was all cooked up in a back room, planned in advance, right?
Apple Music FAQ: Everything you need to know
Serenity Caldwell, writing for iMore, with everything you ever wanted to know about Apple Music.
Not entirely down to Taylor Swift
Interesting quotes from an independent record group who just concluded their negotiations with Apple Music.
Some Apple Music math
How much will Apple Music pay out per user during the free trial period? Let’s do the math.
Eddy Cue talks about Apple’s change of heart
Lots of action yesterday. Taylor Swift writes a bit of a nastygram to Apple, Apple responds in the best possible way. Your move Taylor.
To Apple, love Taylor
Taylor Swift writes a letter to Apple directly addressing the issue of artists’ pay during an Apple Music trial period.
Metallica performs the Star Spangled Banner at Giants game
Some people are comparing this to the Hendrix Woodstock version. To me, not even close. But still, great job, amazing sound.
Dave Grohl breaks leg after falling off stage, finishes concert anyway
Dave Grohl is a master showman, great guitarist and songwriter, and must have one hell of a pain threshold. Respect.
Wired’s take on Apple Music
Liz Stinson of Wired lays out her take on Apple Music.
No, CNN, Apple Music will not sound worse
Kirk McElhearn explains why Apple Music’s 256 kbps is better than Spotify’s 320 kbps.
How well can you hear audio quality?
Follow the headline link to try your hand at picking the highest quality stream from three different choices.
Judge certifies class action against SiriusXM over pre-1972 music
The Hollywood Reporter:
A huge lawsuit against SiriusXM over its performance of pre-1972 sound recordings is officially no longer just about Flo & Eddie of The Turtles. On Wednesday, the high-stakes litigation took another major step forward after U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez granted a motion for class certification.
Big implications.
Love the guitar? Listen to Vibrato.fm
One of my favorite podcasts, the one I look forward to the most, is Vibrato.fm, a real labor of love.