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Google Play Music

Music News 

Here’s your last chance to save your Google Play Music files

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021 Amber Healy 1 Comment Google, Google Play, Google Play Music, Google Takeout, GPM, Mobile Music, Music Apps, YouTube, YouTube Music, YTM

The door is really finally and for real closing on Google Play Music.  Users received an email over the weekend

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, December 12, 2020

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple, Box Sets, Conan O'Brien, Def Leppard, Google Play Music, Grimes, Nielsen, Radio, Sonos, Super Bowl, TikTok, Whale, YouTube Music

Question: Humans have created hundreds of breeds of dogs. Why hasn’t anyone bred a dog that lives longer? Just a

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Google Play Music Closes Shop

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Amber Healy 18 Comments Google Play, Google Play Music, GPM, library transfer, Playlists, Streaming, YouTube, YouTube Music

It’s finally happening — unfortunately.  Users of Google Play Music found out the hard way this week that they can

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Music News 

The Final Countdown: Google Play Music to end in the fall

August 6, 2020August 5, 2020 Amber Healy 2 Comments Google, Google Assistant, Google Home, Google Play Music, Streaming, YouTube, YouTube Music

We all knew it was coming but we hoped we’d have more time.  This week, the death toll started to

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, August 5, 2020

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dr. Dre, Glastonbury, Google Play Music, Influencers, Kanye, Killers, Ozzy, Podcasts, Sony, UB40, Warner Music

Still on vacation staycation. Still haven’t accomplished much around the house–except for putting together music news for August 5, 2020.

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Not so fast: Google hits pause on transferring files to YouTube Music

June 17, 2020June 16, 2020 Amber Healy 3 Comments file transfer, Google Play Music, GPM, Music Apps, Music Library, Music Streaming, Music Streaming Services, Streaming, YouTube Music

When Google announced last month it was actually moving forward with its intention to nix Google Play Music and force

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Music News 

Dreading the loss of Google Play Music? Here are some alternatives

May 23, 2020October 16, 2020 Amber Healy 43 Comments Ampache, Audiobox, AudioStreamer, DoubleTwist Cloud Player, Google, Google Play Music, GPM, iBroadcast, Koel, MellowPlayer, MyCloudPlayers, Plex, Sonerezh, YouTube, YouTube Music

Many of us are still trying to come to terms with the loss of Google Play Music. At some point

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Google Play ending its music service; what happens next?

May 19, 2020May 18, 2020 Amber Healy 21 Comments cloud computing, cloud service, Google Music, Google Play, Google Play Music, Music, Spotify, Streaming, YouTube, YouTube Music

A few days ago, Google announced it would be rolling out a new, simple way for users of its Play

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Random music news for Tuesday, February 11, 2020

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Google Play Music, Matt Belamy, Muse, Oh Sees, Radiant, Snoop Dogg, Symphonia, Taiko, YouTube Music

Maybe we don’t need glasses/eye surgery after all. Cool. On to music news for music news for February 11, 2020.

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018April 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Apple, Bono, Computer Mouse, Drum Beats, Freddie Mercury, Google Play Music, HomePod, Kanye West, QBA, Rami Malek, Rolling Stones, Smart Speaker, Sonos, Streaming, Vinyl

Today is the 36th birthday of the computer mouse. My carpal tunnel syndrome is not celebrating. And now, some music

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Music Industry 

WAR! YouTube to Launch a Spotify Rival in 2018

December 8, 2017December 7, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alphabet, Google, Google Play Music, Spotify, YouTube

The two biggest entities in the world of streaming are YouTube and Spotify. While Spotify has concentrated on just audio,

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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