Apple Music

[antongould]

Cheers Beefers it would appear Apple Music is better than Deezer and you are better than me - but we already knew the last bit.........

[Beef Oven!]

Cheers Beefers it would appear Apple Music is better than Deezer and you are better than me - but we already knew the last bit.........

Anton, I've only used Apple - I tend to buy the CDs that I want, rather than listen to streams. Because the Apple thing fell in my lap, so's to speak, I used it.

Perhaps I should've gone for streaming before as I'm sure I have numerous CDs that I will only ever play 3/4 times and a streamed listen or two would've sufficed. Oh well, you live 'n' learn!

[Anastasius]

Ok, now you are being nice, I will.

This might come as a bit of a shock to you, but I typed "davis mahler 8" in the search box (mad innit!?).

And it's tracks 157-178 in the RCA Davis box set.

Brilliant, eh?

Exactly what I get apart from one minor omission. I don't see where to click to stream. No three little dots which Apple suggested ...

[Beef Oven!]

Exactly what I get apart from one minor omission. I don't see where to click to stream. No three little dots which Apple suggested ...

Are you sure you're not in the iTunes Store rather than Apple Music?

[Beef Oven!]

Anastasius, see below. The" iTunes Store" option is bolded. You don't want that. In the middle is the option "New". Click on that (when signed in).

That's where the Apple Music streaming is.

[Lento]

The few searches I have done have produced a creditable list of results, clearly displayed, so credit where it's due.

[Anastasius]

Thanks, Beefy. So 'New' means Apple Music. So obvious....well done, Apple. Appreciate your help, Beefy, much obliged.

[Beef Oven!]

Thanks, Beefy. So 'New' means Apple Music. So obvious....well done, Apple. Appreciate your help, Beefy, much obliged.

[Dave2002]

It's OK, Dave2002. Beef Oven will be along shortly to tell you how stupid you are and that he was able to understand it without any problem.

Then MrGG will post some utterly pointless and irrelevant YouTube link.

On a positive note, you are safe to sign-up to the £9.99 (I had the same reservations as you did) and once you have gone through everything simply go straightway into your settings > subscriptions > manage and delete Auto-Renewal. You will still get your free trial.

OK - thanks. I did go back in and subscribe to the Trial, and then removed the Auto-Renewal. That took a bit of finding - maybe they're hoping people won't find that!

Now listening to Jimmy Smith - "Cool Blues", after a few other tests (Dave Brubeck, Skalkottas - Double Bass Concerto).

I've not got an opinion yet about the comparison with Spotify, nor have I explored the search fully. I do think the opening pages are a bit useless with those circles to click on. I tried to persuade it I liked Jazz a bit, and also Classical - but it didn't figure that out at all well, and gave me Jazz. Not a very good recommendation service so far, but maybe it's dynamic and will learn as I go.

[Beef Oven!]

The few searches I have done have produced a creditable list of results, clearly displayed, so credit where it's due.

My experience too.

[antongould]

I too have fallen for the offer of three free months ...... Initially mildly impressed at how it seamlessly interfaces with my iPad/iPhone library and has David Diamond SQ3 which Deezer hasn't ......

[Dave2002]

Try searches for "hang drum", "Manu Delago" and "Dante Bucci" too, and see what comes up.

However the same search terms seem to get more on Spotify.

(Relevant to OG's post on another thread.)

[Beef Oven!]

A quick and dirty search on Apple Music, shows that all 7 albums that Manu Delago has released between 2006 - 2015 plus the album with Christoph Pepe Auer in 2010 are available for streaming (the one with the LSO Strings didn't come up).

Searching for 'Hang Drum' produced 114 albums.

The 2 Dante Bucci albums (I don't think that there are more than 2) are available - 'Kinaesthesia' and 'Reminiscence', plus two other collaborations, 'Songkeeper' with Stephen Cumberworth and the 'Psychic Projections' album.

I haven't looked on Spotify (and don't think I need to, given the huge results produced by Apple Music).

Try searches for "hang drum", "Manu Delago" and "Dante Bucci" too, and see what comes up.

However the same search terms seem to get more on Spotify.

(Relevant to OG's post on another thread.)

[Dave2002]

A quick and dirty search on Apple Music, shows that all 7 albums that Manu Delago has released between 2006 - 2015 plus the album with Christoph Pepe Auer in 2010 are available for streaming (the one with the LSO Strings didn't come up).

Searching for 'Hang Drum' produced 114 albums.

The 2 Dante Bucci albums (I don't think that there are more than 2) are available - 'Kinaesthesia' and 'Reminiscence', plus two other collaborations, 'Songkeeper' with Stephen Cumberworth and the 'Psychic Projections' album.

I haven't looked on Spotify (and don't think I need to, given the huge results produced by Apple Music).

I can replicate your view re Bucci.

Re Delago I can now see six, plus one which is apparently an EP. There is a presentation issue. If the iTunes window is narrower then fewer albums are displayed - they don't overflow down to the next row, which partly explains the discrepancy.

Re "Hang Drum" the results are slightly different from "hang drum". I can't get anywhere near as many as 114 "albums" - perhaps again it's a presentation issue. With "hang drum" I simply see one or two 'relaxation' albums, plus the Hang Drum Project.

Are you very familiar with all this stuff? Before OG's post this music and the instrument(s) it's played on were completely unknown to me.

[Beef Oven!]

I can replicate your view re Bucci.

Re Delago I can now see six, plus one which is apparently an EP. There is a presentation issue. If the iTunes window is narrower then fewer albums are displayed - they don't overflow don't to the next row, which partly explains the discrepancy.

Re "Hang Drum" the results are slightly different from "hang drum". I can't get anywhere near as many as 114 "albums" - perhaps again it's a presentation issue. With "hang drum" I simply see one or two 'relaxation' albums, plus the Hang Drum Project.

Are you very familiar with all this stuff? Before OG's post this music and the instrument(s) it's played on were completely unknown to me.

I wouldn't say 'familiar' with all this stuff, but I'm aware of it - and some of it I'm quite keen on - though it's peripheral music, for me (Apple Music is ideal here!).

I've just had another search, using just 'Delago' and even more albums have come up.

What I've learnt in the last couple of days or so in this thread, is that search 'technique' is the determining variable in all of this - Apple Music clearly has an enormous variety of music and it's pretty comprehensive.

Also motivation/application is key. For example, this week I needed a new washing machine, microwave and kettle. I found two kettles to choose from, two microwaves and three washing machines. One of each were bought in the same day. I'm sure there was a wider selection to choose from but I was not sufficiently motivated/applied to the task!

Seek and ye shall find!!!