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Tech 

Amazon Music wants to improve the listening experience in the car

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon Music, Car Audio, CES, Fraunhofer, MPEG-H, Sony

CES, the world’s biggest consumer electronics show in the world, has taken over Las Vegas again. New TVs seem to

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Music News 

Amazon Music just sent a MASSIVE shot across the bow of its streaming competitors [UPDATE: There’s a BIG catch, though…]

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments Ad-Free, Amazon, Amazon Music, Podcasts, Streaming

Amazon Music just did the streaming equivalent of North Korea sending a missile into the Sea of Japan. While Spotify

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Tech 

Google is working on a new 3D audio format

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon Music, Apple Music, Dolby ATMOS, Google, Project Caviar, Spatial Audio, Spotify

The buzziest tech in audio right now is Dolby ATMOS, a spatial audio format that gives listeners an immersive 3D

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WTF? 

Some musicians are getting rich off poop songs. Thanks, Alexa!

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Amazon Music, Poop, Poopy Diaper

Kids think anything to do with poop is funny. And several enterprising musicians have managed to monetize this. Want proof?

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Tech 

The return of Winamp–and this could be very useful

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Aggregator, Amazon Music, Apple Music, NFTs, Spotify, Streaming, Winamp, YouTube Music

If you’re of a certain age, chances are you’ll remember using Winamp as your digital music player/ripper on a desktop

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Friday, April 8, 2022

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments a-ha, Airpods, Amazon Music, Covid, Dethklok, Joy Division, Kanye, Metal Lords, Playlists, Spotify, The Weeknd, Twitter

I’m going to be hosting an online music trivia contest for charity in a couple of weeks. Wanna play? Get

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Tech 

Better audio is coming to streaming services. Good–but I do have some concerns.

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Amazon Music, Apple, Hi-Res Audio, Spatial Audio, Spotify, Streaming Music Services, Tidal

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back in September 2019, I was invited to London to hear

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Do you care about better quality audio from streaming music services?

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Alan Cross 7 Comments Amazon Music, Hi-Res Audio, Lossless, Spatial Audio, Spotify, Streaming, Tidal

Earlier this month, Apple Music launched its Spatial Audio offering, which they say greatly enhances the audio quality of streams

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Radio 

Amazon Music now has something called “DJ Mode”

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Amazon Music

While Spotify and Apple Music suck up most of the attention in the world of streaming music, do not discount

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Friday, April 9, 2021

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon Music, Dr. Luke, Jamaica, Kesha, Laurie Anderson, Lil Nas X, Margaret Atwood, New Zealand, Prince, Radio, TikTok, Twenty One Pilots

If you’re a cyclist, you might find this cool. Next up: music news for April 9, 2021. By the way,

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, March 12, 2021

March 12, 2021March 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon Music, Bee Gees, Crown Lands, Fall Out Boy, K-Pop, Kanye, Kenneth Branagh, Mental Health, New Found Glory, NFTs, Sarah McLachlan, Spotify

Dude, you do NOT call 911 because mom changed the password on your Xbox. Chill out with some music news

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