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Music Blogs/Magazines/Forums: Talk about music. Formats, Artists, Styles, Instruments, Histories, events etc. Music Databases: Look up information about music related topics Pay Websites Free Music Download Websites P2P Music Download Websites Music on Demand Sites Online Music Broadcasts Making online music Live Music Event Promotion/Ticket Sales Music Blogs/Magazines/Forums: Talk about music. Formats, Artists, Styles, Instruments, Histories, events etc

Blogs Magazines Forums Histories https://www.mi.edu/in-the-know/11-music-blogs-follow-2019/ http://www.tenthousandhoursmusic.com/blog/top-10-music-publications https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/09/6-great-online-music-forums-to-visit-when-youre-caught-in-a-jam.html http://www.soundpiper.com/mln/musichistory.htm Billboard, Spin, Chorus.fm, Music https://musicmap.info/ , Hypebot, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/ Music Business RollingStone, Banter, AV Forums, https://imslp.org/ https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/ Worldwide, Consequence Pitchfork, Unsigned Band of Sound, Consequence of Web, Song Stuff, Sound, , Sound on Sound, And Music Databases: Brooklyn Vegan, Discogs Pigeons & Planes, Pigeons & Planes, Last.fm AllMusic.com Stereogum, Resident Aquarium Drunkard, Advisor, Hip Hop Wired, The Fader, Gorilla Billboard, Your EDM vs. Bear 11 Music Blogs You Should Follow in 2019 https://www.mi.edu/in-the-know/11-music-blogs-follow-2019/ 1. Pitchfork Founded in 1996, Pitchfork is one of the most popular music resources on the web. This online music magazine, which has come to be known as the most trusted voice in music, covers a variety of genres from , metal, and experimental music to electronic, pop, and hip-hop. The site publishes daily reviews, interviews, features, and real-time news coverage. They also include plenty of entertaining videos, listicles, and information on upcoming music events. 2. Hypebot Hypebot is a great source of information on music, music technology, and the music business. This blog provides a lot of interesting news and insight on new technologies that musicians can use to publish their music and improve their reach, so Hypebot is definitely for people a bit more interested in the industry, behind- the-scenes. The blog also publishes in-depth articles that offer helpful advice for musicians across genres. Readers can also find helpful tips and insight in the comments section to learn from other musicians’ experiences. 3. Music Business Worldwide If you want to better understand the music industry, Music Business Worldwide is a good place to start. Established in 2015, this online music blog allows you to keep your finger on the pulse of the music business by bringing you the latest news, reviews, and in-depth industry analysis across the global music industry. This is a great blog to find the type of important insights that help musicians, managers, and publishers make strategic decisions. 4. Consequence of Sound Consequence of Sound is a Chicago-based online publication that publishes content on music, television, and movies, including news, editorials, and reviews. In addition to music news and reviews, you’ll also find tour dates and festival line-ups. In fact, the publication site also features the Festival Outlook micro-site, which is an online database and your go-to spot for learning about music festival news and rumors. 5. Brooklyn Vegan Independent music blog, Brooklyn Vegan encourages readers to chime in by giving them the opportunity to engage with content in the comments section. In addition to leaving your own comments and opinions on the site, you can also catch up on the latest news and gossip in the international music community. This blog offers content on music across genres, including information on tours and festivals. 11 Music Blogs You Should Follow in 2019 https://www.mi.edu/in-the-know/11-music-blogs-follow-2019/ 6. Pigeons & Planes Pigeons & Planes is a part of COMPLEX.com that brings readers the latest music and music news across genres. Their goal is to be the go-to for new music discovery in hip-hop, pop, indie rock, and electronic. Whether established artists or up-and-coming bands, Pigeons & Planes aims to bring readers the very best in contemporary music as well as the latest industry news and what is going on with your favorite artists. 7. Stereogum Popular online music magazine, Stereogum publishes daily content that focuses on music news, new song premieres, and commentary on what’s going on in music today. This site introduces new bands to look out for in their “Band to Watch: Pitchfork” column, which has predicted the success of many of today’s popular indie bands. Often, popular indie musicians can be found on the site offering their commentary in the comments section, providing new insights into your favorite indie songs and bands. 8. Resident Advisor Resident Advisor is well-known in the music world as an online music magazine and a community platform showcasing , artists and events across the globe. The blog publishes diverse written and video content, which not only includes music news but information on venues, event listings, ticket sales and more. Their coverage also expands around the globe, so you will always be hearing about emerging artists in every scene imaginable. 9. Hip Hop Wired Hip Hop Wired keeps readers informed about the latest on hip hop news and culture and rap entertainment news as well as up-to-date information about the industry’s most popular and talked about rappers and hip-hop artists. In addition to real-time news on and artists, the site also regularly publishes new video content on different stories coming from the world of hip hop. The blog also offers information on politics and tech surrounding hip hop culture. 10. Billboard Billboard – The Blog counterpart for the print Billboard Magazine, Billboard.com, now serves as a very popular news source for all Top 40 music news. Billboard is unique in that is reports on the charts and the latest trends in music, showing new artists what is popular and charting at the moment. And let’s face it, as a musician, you probably want to have your future songs show up on a chart somewhere, so it’s always good to be ahead on your research. 11. Your EDM One of the most popular electronic music blogs, Your EDM offers all of the latest news, reviews, and event information in the world of electronic dance music. With over 50 new posts a week, this site is one of the best places on the web to keep up with what’s going on the EDM scene. With editorials, industry spotlights, interviews, event photos, and giveaways, there’s no shortage of exciting content on Your EDM. While this is by no means an exhaustive list of all the music blogs out there, it does provide a nice mix of reputable blogs that are publishing great content across genres and interests. If you want to keep up with the latest news, bands, , and culture surrounding your favorite genres and artists while also staying up-to-date with the latest trends, technologies, and insights into the music business, these online music publications are a great place to start. Top 10 Online Music Magazines http://www.tenthousandhoursmusic.com/blog/top-10-music-publications

Billboard - is an American entertainment media brand owned by -Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style. It is also known for its music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegen's interest in 1900 for $500. • Spin - Spin was established in 1985. In its early years, the magazine was known for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college rock, grunge, indie rock, and the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard. It pointedly provided a national alternative to 's more establishment-oriented style. Spin prominently placed newer artists such as R.E.M., Prince, Run-D.M.C., Eurythmics, Beastie Boys, and Talking Heads on its covers and did lengthy features on established figures such as Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Miles Davis, Aerosmith, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, and John Lee Hooker[4]—Bart Bull's article on Hooker won the magazine its first major award. On a cultural level, the magazine devoted significant coverage to punk, alternative country, electronica, reggae and , experimental rock, of the most adventurous sort, burgeoning underground music scenes, and a variety of fringe styles. Artists such as the Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie, X, Black Flag, and the former members of the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and the early punk and New Wave movements were heavily featured in Spin's editorial mix. Spin's extensive coverage of hip-hop music and culture, especially that of contributing Editor John Leland, was notable at the time. • Rolling Stone - is an American biweekly magazine that focuses on popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still the magazine's publisher, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its musical coverage and for political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine shifted focus to a younger readership interested in youth- oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. In recent years, it has resumed its traditional mix of content. • Pitchfork - is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Condé Nast. Being developed during Schreiber's tenure in a record store at the time, the magazine developed a reputation for its extensive focus on independent music, but has since expanded to a variety of coverage on both indie and popular music. The site generally concentrates on new music, but Pitchfork journalists have also reviewed reissues and box sets. The site has also published "best-of" lists – such as the best albums of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and the best songs of the 1960s – as well as annual features detailing the best albums and tracks of each year since 1999. Top 10 Online Music Magazines http://www.tenthousandhoursmusic.com/blog/top-10-music-publications • Consequence of Sound - is a Chicago-based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music and movies. In addition, the website also features the Festival Outlook micro-site, which serves as an on-line database for music festival news and rumors. The website takes its name from the Regina Spektor song, "Consequence of Sounds". • Stereogum - is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, song premieres, and irreverent commentary. The site was created in January 2002 by Scott Lapatine. Stereogum was the first "MP3 blog" and has received several awards and citations, including the Plug Award for best music blog, Blender's Powergeek 25, and Entertainment Weekly's Best Music Websites. The site was named an Official Honoree of the Webby Awards in the music category and won the Omma Award for Web Site Excellence in the Entertainment/Music category. In 2011, Stereogum won The Village Voice's Music Blog of the Year. • Pigeons & Planes - Music discovery site where you can keep up with new music, across all genres, and from all corners of the globe. It represents new and established artists. It’s owned by Complex magazine. Enough said. • Aquarium Drunkard - is an online music blog launched in 2005 by Justin Gage, and based in Los Angeles, California. As of January 7, 2017, it has an Alexa Rank of 69,035 in the United States, and 245,172 worldwide. The name "Aquarium Drunkard" comes from a lyric by the band . The website was originally created by Gage to share music with his friends, but by 2006 the site was being read by a worldwide audience. In 2009, in an essay for The Observer's Music Monthly supplement, Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity, listed Aquarium Drunkard among his six favorite music blogs. According to Rolling Stone, a post on Aquarium Drunkard of a demo by Alabama Shakes helped the band get their first record deal. The success of Aquarium Drunkard led to founder Justin Gage promoting concerts, launching a , and hosting a Sirius Satellite Radio show. The Aquarium Drunkard website currently publishes music news, reviews, and interviews written by Gage as well as several contributing writers. The types of music covered include indie rock, vintage , , folk music, music, rhythm and , and . • The Fader - is a New York City-based music magazine launched in 1999 by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen, covering music, style and culture. It was the first print publication to be released on iTunes. The Fader won the Folio magazine Gold Eddie awards for "Best Consumer Entertainment Magazine" in 2011 and 2008. It is owned by The Fader Media group, which also includes its website, thefader.com, Fader films, Fader Label and Fader TV. • Gorilla vs. Bear - is an MP3 blog for independent music , videos, news, and reviews from all genres. It was created by Chris Cantalini in March 2005, and David Bartholow joined as a contributor in 2006. Gorilla vs. Bear regularly features unknown, established, and independent unsigned artists. The blog is also known for their use of Polaroid film and Holga cameras for artist portraiture and live music coverage. It has received a number of accolades. 6 Great Online Music Forums To Visit When You’re Caught In A Jam

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Chorus.fm …back in the day when it was called AbsolutePunk. There’s a lot to discover here on Chorus.fm, including polls, throwback chats, recommendations, self-promo, tech, and tour forums. I just participated in a “Favorite Gaslight Anthem” poll while I was doing research for this piece and it definitely brought me back. Chorus.fm might be the most active forum on the list, with perpetual posts as recent as “five minutes ago,” although all of the forums I visited had posts from within the last 24 hours. Music Banter 100% forum, Music Banter covers an array of topics. Want to post (or read) an album review? They’ve got a space for that. Want to create and write your own member’s journal? There’s a space for that too! From there, the forums get segmented largely into genres, where you can post and chat about anything under the sun. There’s also the “Artist’s Corner” (instrument chat, stereo and production equipment, songwriting, etc.) and a whole section just for building community through introductions and non-music related topics. Of course, being a big believer in community, this one is my favorites of their forums! AV Forums What’s great about AV Forums is they have a slew of resources such as blogs (including things that have nothing at all to do with music), a podcast, and an entire section dedicated to helping you save money and getting the best deal on the best product for your specific needs. Personally, I found that to be one of the most unique offerings on this list, and a definite stand out. When it comes to the forums, AV has something for everyone, including of course, music. Topics include amp suggestions, a place to post your music, keyboard suggestions, beginner guitar players threads, and a myriad of other topics for all levels and interests not only in the tech world, but the music business and artistry world as well. 6 Great Online Music Forums To Visit When You’re Caught In A Jam

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Unsigned Band Web isn’t just a forum, it’s also an extensive library of free music complete with song reviews and charts. Some of the top forums on the site include song reviews (with a great policy of leaving a review before you request one), opportunities for collaboration, general discussion, and equipment. There’s also an entire section for promoting your music that’s segmented by genre. But fair warning, on any of these forums, you’re going to have to give a little bit before you start asking for people to listen to your music — otherwise it could lead to being ostracized. Forums are more about building a trusting community and learning together than promoting oneself. SongStuff Boasting a healthy mix of contributors from more seasoned professionals to excited amateurs across all ages and genders, SongStuff is, as you might guess, a hub for songwriters of all kinds. Though they provide great resources in their blogs, it also has entire forums for introductions, tutorials, and reviews, as well as sections on writing songs (everything from critique to feedback to songwriting challenges), recording, releasing music, and an entire forum just for videos. Sound On Sound You knew this one was coming, didn’t you? Oft-proclaimed as the world’s “premier audio recording technology magazine” and based out of England, Sound on Sound is touted as the best of the best in terms of music recording industry news, and a hub for producers, engineers, and artists. With endorsements from Grammy Award winning engineer and producer Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Norah Jones, Tom Waits, Modest Mouse), Grammy Award winning engineer and producer Bob Clearmountain (Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, INXS), Grammy Award winning songwriter and producer Mikkel Eriksen (Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Béyonce, Mary J Blige), and hundreds more, it’s no surprise that these forums are where you’ll find high-quality help and information. Music History Webpages http://www.soundpiper.com/mln/musichistory.htm Starting out with a list of learning links that dwarfs this presentation https://musicmap.info/ The Genealogy and History of Popular Music Genres from Origin till Present (1870-2016) An infographic packed with definitions timelines and terms https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/ The authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history and cultures of music around the globe https://imslp.org/ International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) Sharing the world’s public domain music. 164,116 works · 19,507 composers · 552 performers 529,127 scores · 10,665,411+ pages · 63,666 recordings https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/ Music events, musician birthdays and deaths on this day in music history. Our archives are fully searchable and contain over 29000 music related entries. Music Databases: Look up information about music related topics http://www.discogs.com/ Discover music on Discogs, the largest online music database. Buy and sell music with collectors in the Marketplace. https://www.last.fm/ The world's largest online music service. Listen online, find out more about your favourite artists, and get music recommendations, only at Last.fm. https://www.allmusic.com/ AllMusic provides comprehensive music info including reviews and biographies. Get recommendations for new music to listen to, stream or own. Song identification app owned by apple https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shazam.android&hl=en_US

Shazam will identify any song in seconds. Discover, artists, lyrics, videos & playlists, all for free. Over 1 billion installs and counting. Find the name of any song in seconds. * Listen and add to or playlists. * Follow along with time-synced lyrics. * Watch music videos from Apple Music or YouTube. * New! Enable Dark theme on Shazam. * Use Pop-up Shazam to identify music in any app - Instagram, YouTube, TikTok... * No connection? No problem! Shazam while offline. * Turn on Auto Shazam to keep finding songs even when you leave the app * Find out what is popular in your country or city with Shazam charts. * Get recommended songs and playlists to discover new music. * Open any song directly in Spotify, Apple Music or . * Share songs with friends through Snapchat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram,

Twitter and more. https://pa1.narvii.com/6599/54ffe8c0d1f6e6143c4bed18b2ac41ba22ab8a2a_hq.gif Song identification app owned by apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam_(application) Shazam is an application owned by Apple Inc. The application can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device. The software is available for Android, macOS, iOS, watchOS, and Windows. The original developer of the app, Shazam Entertainment Limited was founded in 1999 by Chris Barton, Philip Inghelbrecht, Avery Wang, and Dhiraj Mukherjee. On 24 September 2018, the company was acquired by Apple for a reported $400 million. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pandora_wor dmar k.svg/1920px-Pandora_wordmar k.svg.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_Radio

Pandora Media, LLC (also known as Pandora Media or Pandora Radio) is an American music streaming and automated music recommendation internet radio service powered by the Music Genome Project and headquartered in Oakland, California. The service, owned by Sirius XM Holdings, is available in the United States.

The service plays songs that have similar musical traits. The user then provides positive or negative feedback (as thumbs up or thumbs down) for songs chosen by the service, and the feedback is taken into account in the subsequent selection of other songs to play. The service can be accessed either through a web browser or with its mobile app. Pandora is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality, music downloads and offline channels are offered via paid subscriptions. In 2019, Pandora had about 63.5 million active monthly users, and 6.2 million subscribers. Pandora's Promoted Stations rely on its core Music Genome Project. Overall, the Music Genome Project of more than 450 attributes assigned to each song with a human-curated database of recorded music. In February 2019, Sirius XM Holdings acquired Pandora for $3.5 billion in stock. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pandora_wor dmar k.svg/1920px-Pandora_wordmar k.svg.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_Radio

The service has two subscription plans: a free subscription supported by advertisements, and a fee- based subscription without advertisements. Listeners can tune into established genre stations, other users' stations or create their own stations based on their musical interests. Each track played can be responded to with favorable (thumbs up) or unfavorable (thumbs down) buttons, which determine if it and similar songs should be played in the station. A second thumbs down to the same artist will ban that artist from the selected station. A thumbs down immediately skips a song, but the number of times a user can skip tracks is limited unless they are using one of the paid subscription plans. The free version of Pandora also plays short advertisements between every three or four songs. There is a setting in each member's account allowing the user to censor songs with explicit lyrics.

While listening, users are offered the ability to buy the songs or albums at various online retailers like iTunes or Amazon. More than 450 musical attributes are considered when selecting the next song. These 450 attributes are combined into larger groups called focus traits, of which there are 2,000. Examples of these are rhythm syncopation, key tonality, and vocal harmonies. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pandora_wor dmar k.svg/1920px-Pandora_wordmar k.svg.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_Radio

In October 2014, less than 5 percent of active listeners were paying subscribers. At the time of Pandora's IPO in 2011, Pandora had 800,000 tracks from 80,000 artists in its library and 80 million users. By November 2014, Pandora had approximately doubled its library size, topping 1.5 million songs. As of end of mid-year 2018, Pandora had 71.4 million active users. In September 2016, Pandora announced additional features and subscription options, including a mid-level subscription service known as Pandora Plus that offers advertisement-free streaming, offline playback support using a prediction mechanism and more skips and replays. Users of the free service were also provided more skips and replays in exchange for watching an advertisement. Pandora also announced the launch of an on-demand service similar to competitors such as Apple Music and Spotify. On March 13, 2017, Pandora launched Pandora Premium, a new service allowing users to listen to and create playlists of individual songs on demand. Pandora's suggestions engine suggests and recommends songs and albums, as well as generates playlists based on similar songs. Pandora also emphasized a use of machine learning and manual curation, and that it had filtered "karaoke tracks, knock-off covers and pet sounds (but not Pet Sounds) that slow down other services" from its library. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Pandora_wor dmar k.svg/1920px-Pandora_wordmar k.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/IHeartRadio_l ogo.svg/1920px-IHear tRadio_logo.svg.png

iHeartRadio is a free broadcast, podcast and streaming radio platform owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.

It was founded in April 2008. As of 2019, iHeartRadio functions as the national umbrella brand for iHeartMedia's radio network aggregating its over 850 local iHeartMedia radio stations across the United States, as well as hundreds of other stations from various other media (with companies such as Cumulus Media, Cox Radio and Beasley Broadcast Group also using this service). The service includes more than 250,000 podcasts, offers a Music recommender system and on-demand functionality, and allows listeners to save and replay songs from live broadcasts in digital playlists. The on-demand features require a subscription fee. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/IHeartRadio_l ogo.svg/1920px-IHear tRadio_logo.svg.png

iHeartRadio is available across more than 250 platforms and 2,000 devices including smart speakers, digital auto dashes, tablets, wearables, smartphones, virtual assistants, TVs and gaming consoles.

Listeners can hear live radio stations, personalized music stations, create playlists, listen to podcasts and more.

The iHeartRadio player has a Like/Dislike (Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down) rating tool used on songs playing on live and customized radio stations. "Liking" or "disliking" songs for all live stations provides feedback to the station being played. "Liking" a song on customized stations will have it and songs like it played more often. "Disliking" a song on customized stations means that song will not be played again. This data is used to personalize users’ "My Favorites Radio" station. As My Favorites Radio learns a user's music taste over time, it adds various bonus tracks into the mix. Songs can easily be removed from the station. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/IHeartRadio_l ogo.svg/1920px-IHear tRadio_logo.svg.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify

Spotify (/ˈspɒtɪfaɪ/; Swedish: [ˈspɔ̂ tːɪfaj]) is a Swedish music streaming and media services provider. It is operated by Spotify AB, which is publicly traded in the NYSE through Luxembourg- domiciled holding company Spotify Technology S.A., itself a constituent of the Russell 1000 Index. Spotify's main headquarters is in Stockholm, Sweden, and its corporate headquarters is in New York City, USA. Founded in 2006, the company mainly provides an audio streaming platform, the "Spotify" platform, that offers DRM- restricted music and podcasts from record labels and media companies. As a freemium service, basic features are free with advertisements or automatic music videos. Additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify Launched in October 2008, the Spotify platform provides access to over 60 million songs. Users can browse by parameters such as artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists. Spotify is available in most of Europe and the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Africa and Asia, and on most modern devices, including Windows, macOS, and Linux computers, and iOS, and Android smartphones and tablets. Since February 2018, it has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As of July 2020, the company had 299 million monthly active users, including 138 million paying subscribers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify Unlike physical or download sales, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on the number of artist streams as a proportion of total songs streamed. It distributes approximately 70% of its total revenue to rights holders, who then pay artists based on their individual agreements. Spotify has faced criticism from artists and producers including Taylor Swift and , who have argued that it does not fairly compensate musicians. In 2017, as part of its efforts to renegotiate license deals for an interest in going public, Spotify announced that artists would be able to make albums temporarily exclusive to paid subscribers if the albums are part of Universal Music Group or the Merlin Network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify Subscription Packages

-The spotify + Hulu bundle is no longer available to anyone but the student plan https://www.bustle.com/articles/150890-12-spotify-playlists-and-albums-to-listen-to-while-reading-your-favorite-books

Search for Playlists based on your favorite books Spotify isn’t just for music-lovers; it can be a book lover’s play land too. Aside from Spotify’s audiobooks and readings of your favorite novels, poems, short stories, and even lectures by some of your favorite writers and intellectuals, the streaming service actually has some pretty great playlists, some of them even compiled by authors themselves, that would make for pretty great companions to your daily reading habit. The trick is finding the right music for the right book. Music that doesn’t fit the mood or theme of the book can just be distracting. But compiling a custom playlist for the book you’re reading can take up precious hours that might be better spent actually reading. Luckily, some folk have done the work for you. From authors to publishers to enthusiastic readers, tons of folk have made some seriously dope playlists on Spotify, playlists that would pair perfectly with some of your favorite books. It’d be a waste not to take full advantage of their generous efforts... Google Play Music Transitions to Youtube Music

https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-music-will-replace-google-play-music-end-2020/#:~:text=First%2C%20YouTube%20Music%20will%20replace,the%20Google%20Play%20Music%20app. YouTube Music will replace Google Play Music by December 2020. Users will have the opportunity to transfer their music libraries from Google Play Music to YouTube Music in that timeframe. In the coming months, Google Play Music users will no longer be able to stream from or use the Google Play Music app.

If you were a Google Play Music subscriber you may have money coming back to you: https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/08/19/google-play-music-subscribers-play-store-credits/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Music Amazon Music (previously Amazon MP3) is a music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon. Launched in public beta on September 25, 2007, in January 2008 it became the first music store to sell music without digital rights management (DRM) from the four major music labels (EMI, Universal, Warner, and Sony BMG), as well as many independents. All tracks were originally sold in 256 kilobits-per-second variable bitrate MP3 format without per-customer watermarking or DRM; however, some tracks are now watermarked. Licensing agreements with recording companies restrict the countries in which the music can be sold. https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/i mages/G/31/digital/music/logos/pri me- musi c_emerging_logo_stacked-100prcnt_RGB._CB485968201_.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Music After the United States, Amazon MP3 was launched in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2008, in Germany on April 1, 2009, and in France on June 10, 2009.The German edition has been available in Austria and Switzerland since December 3, 2009. The Amazon MP3 store was launched in Japan on November 10, 2010. The Spanish and Italian editions were launched on October 4, 2012. The edition in Mexico was announced 7 November 2018.

On September 17, 2019, Amazon Music announced the launch of Amazon Music HD, a new tier of lossless quality music with more than 50 million songs in High Definition (16bit/44.1kHz), and millions of songs in Ultra High Definition (24(bit)/44(kHz), 24/48, 24/96, 24/192), the highest-quality streaming audio available. Amazon is now among Tidal and who offer lossless music for audiophiles.

As of January 2020, Amazon Music had 55 million listeners. If you have Amazon https://www.businessinsider.com/prime-music-vs-amazon-music-unlimited Prime, congrats — you already have Prime Music. This is definitely a nice added perk to the Prime membership, especially since it's at no extra cost to you.

If you like listening to music in discovery mode, and aren't too particular about what you're listening too, then Prime Music may be enough for you. But, if you like to listen to the songs you want, when you want them, you may feel let down by Prime Music's small selection. https://www.tuneskit.com/record-audio/amazon-prime-music-vs-music-unlimited.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandcamp Bandcamp is an American online music company founded in 2008 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker; the company is headquartered in Oakland, California. Artists and labels upload music to Bandcamp and control how they sell it, setting their own prices, offering fans the option to pay more and selling merchandise. Fans are able to download their purchases or stream their music on the Bandcamp app/site only once or unlimited times by preserving the purchase voucher. They can also send purchased music as a gift, view lyrics, and save individual songs or albums to a wish list. Uploading music to Bandcamp is free, and the company takes a 15% cut of sales made from their website (in addition to payment processing fees), which drops to 10% after an artist's sales surpass $5000. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandcamp Downloads are offered both in lossy formats as MP3 (320k or V0), AAC and Ogg and in lossless formats as FLAC, ALAC, WAV and AIFF. In addition to digital downloads artists may offer the purchase of their music on physical media such as CD or vinyl. Bandcamp's website offers users access to an artist's page featuring information on the artist, social media links, merchandising links and listing their available music. Artists can change the look of their page and customize its features. In 2010 the site enabled embedded/shared links in other social media sites. As of August 2020, half of Bandcamp's revenue was from sales for physical products. During COVID, Bandcamp has even waived its revenue share on certain days to be able to give artists more money for their sales on those days. There are a lot of current indie artists using it...but there are also older and even defunct bands selling old, out of print or even previously unavailable music through the site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandcamp During COVID, Bandcamp has even waived its revenue share on certain days to be able to give artists more money for their sales on those days. There are a lot of current indie artists using it...but there are also older and even defunct bands selling old, out of print or even previously unavailable music through the site. http://www.rubymotion.com/img/cases/bandcamp/illu2.gif https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/soundcloud-logo.jpg?w=600 SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform and music sharing website established in 2007 based in Berlin, Germany, that enables its users to upload, promote, and share audio. It was originally intended to allow musicians to collaborate by facilitating the sharing and discussion of recordings, but later transformed into a publishing tool for music distribution. According to Wired magazine, soon after its inception, SoundCloud began to challenge the dominance of Myspace as a platform for musicians to distribute their music Started in 2007 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, SoundCloud has grown to be one of the largest music streaming services reaching over 175 million monthly users worldwide. SoundCloud offers both free and paid membership on the platform, available for desktop and mobile devices. SoundCloud has influenced the music industry through the success of many artists who have used the service to launch or advance their careers. SoundCloud has received support from many investors and other media platforms such as , although the streaming platform itself has solved funding issues and has dismissed many employees in order to remain profitable. https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/soundcloud-logo.jpg?w=600 https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/soundcloud-logo.jpg?w=600 P2P Music Sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing

Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology. P2P file sharing allows users to access media files such as books, music, movies, and games using a P2P software program that searches for other connected computers on a P2P network to locate the desired content. The nodes (peers) of such networks are end-user computers and distribution servers (not required). Peer-to-peer file sharing technology has evolved through several design stages from the early networks like , which popularized the technology, to later models like the BitTorrent protocol. Several factors contributed to the widespread adoption and facilitation of peer-to-peer file sharing. These included increasing Internet bandwidth, the widespread digitization of physical media, and the increasing capabilities of residential personal computers. Users are able to transfer one or more files from one computer to another across the Internet through various file transfer systems and other file-sharing networks. P2P Music Sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing

Peer-to-peer file sharing became popular with the introduction of Napster (1999) , a file sharing application and a set of central servers that linked people who had files with those who requested files. The central index server indexed the users and their shared content. When someone searched for a file, the server searched all available copies of that file and presented them to the user. The files would be transferred directly between the two private computers. A limitation was that only music files could be shared. Because this process occurred on a central server, however, Napster was held liable for copyright infringement and shut down in July 2001. It later reopened as a pay service. After Napster was shut down, the most popular peer-to-peer services were Gnutella and . These services also allowed users to download files other than music, such as movies and games. P2P Music Sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing Technology evolution Napster and eDonkey2000 both used a central server-based model. These systems relied on the operation of the respective central servers, and thus were susceptible to centralized shutdown. Their demise led to the rise of networks like Limewire, Kazaa, Morpheus, Gnutella, and Gnutella2, which are able to operate without any central servers, eliminated the central vulnerability by connecting users remotely to each other. However, these networks still relied on specific, centrally distributed client programs, so they could be crippled by taking legal action against a sufficiently large number of publishers of the client programs. Sharman Networks, the publisher of Kazaa, has been inactive since 2006. StreamCast Networks, the publisher of Morpheus, shut down on April 22, 2008. Limewire LLC was shut down in late 2010 or early 2011.

This cleared the way for the dominance of the Bittorrent protocol, which differs from its predecessors in two major ways. The first is that no individual, group, or company owns the protocol or the terms "Torrent" or "Bittorrent", meaning that anyone can write and distribute client software that works with the network. P2P Music Sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer_file_sharing

The second is that Bittorrent clients have no search functionality of their own. Instead, users must rely on third-party websites like Isohunt or The Pirate Bay to find "torrent" files, which function like maps that tell the client how to find and download the files that the user actually wants. These two characteristics combined offer a level of decentralization that makes Bittorrent practically impossible to shut down. File-sharing networks are sometimes organized into three "generations" based on these different levels of decentralization. So-called darknets, including networks like Freenet, are sometimes considered to be third-generation file-sharing networks. Soulseek is a first-generation file-sharing network that has escaped legal trouble and continues to operate in the third-generation era. Peer-to-peer file sharing is also efficient in terms of cost. The system administration overhead is smaller because the user is the provider and usually the provider is the administrator as well. Hence each network can be monitored by the users themselves. At the same time, large servers sometimes require more storage and this increases the cost since the storage has to be rented or bought exclusively for a server. However, usually peer-to-peer file sharing does not require a dedicated server. Other assorted clever music centered web pages https://www.monkeon.co.uk/90sfestivalgenerator/ https://operavision.eu/en - OperaVision is amazing radiooooo.com

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