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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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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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Random music news for Wednesday, November 11, 2020

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Trebek, Apple Music, Beyonce, Jeopardy, Liam Gallagher, Niall Horan, Payola, Phil Collins, Sinead O'Connor, Spotify, YouTube Music

Lest we forget. And now, music news for November 11, 2020. This song won’t play well with the MAGA types

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Random music news for Saturday, October 31, 2020

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aespa, Album Artwork, Albums, Donald Trump, Eddie Van Halen, Kanye, Lil Wayne, Ministry, Shazam, Ticketmaster, U2, White Supremacists, YouTube, YouTube Music

I’ll bet you’re expecting an opening link to something Halloween related. Nope. This is much more interesting. And so is

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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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Random music news for Tuesday, October 13, 2020

October 13, 2020October 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments BTS, Eddie Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Jay-Z, Madonna, Radio, The Wanted, TikTok, Tupac, YouTube Music

You were probably taught the maximum speed of sound. But what about the maximum speed of sound through hydrogen? Weird

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Random music news for Saturday, August 22, 2020

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Lifeson, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Germany, Longplay, Ozzy, Podcasts, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood, Rush, Slayer, Spotify, Streaming, Taylor Swift, Tesla, Toronto, Vanilla Ice, Village People, YouTube Music

This explains EXACTLY how I’ve been feeling the last few weeks! I’m so glad I’m not alone. Read that article

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

May 23, 2020October 16, 2020 Amber Healy 42 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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