Spotify may be the biggest of the streaming music platforms, but it lags behind many of its competitors in one important way: high-quality audio. Yeah, music on Spotify sounds…fine, but it’s not up
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So that’s what Venus looks like. And here’s what music news looks like for February 12, 2022. Snoop Dogg denies accusations of a sexual assault that allegedly happened in 2013. How much does
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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] A few years ago, I was talking to a high school student about music. “What do you listen to your music on?” I asked.
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Got terminal hiccups? There’s new hope! And then there’s music news for June 23, 2021. Deezer is joining the race for better quality audio on streaming services. That new Marvin Gaye biopic is
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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back in September 2019, I was invited to London to hear the new 50th-anniversary edition of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album. The listening session took place
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Apple Music might end up in more places in the near future. Here’s why. Deezer is offering samples of its new 360 Audio. Listen here. Someone has been tracking bad YouTube ads. Into
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Earlier this month, Apple Music launched its Spatial Audio offering, which they say greatly enhances the audio quality of streams on Apple Music. By the end of the year, they plan to roll
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Schmooze, the elder English bull terrier is now 13. She’s a little hung over from the party but otherwise fine. Now some music news for May 25, 2021. One person was killed and
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[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If you came of age musically in the 1970s and ’80s, you probably spent a lot of money on audio equipment. And I mean
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Readers of these posts will know that I’ve long whined about the decline in people who appreciate proper hi-fi audio when listening to music. For far too many, the tinny, compressed sound of
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Streaming is big and getting bigger. Here’s the latest. Thanks to the pandemic, the number of subscriptions–people actually paying for Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal or whatever–has risen 35% year-over-year. That’s the pandemic at
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