Upon the launch of Apple Music, I was wondering if anyone here uses any services like these. What do you think? (I personally am not getting behind one until lossless is offered, though I am sure as shit not getting on board Tidal.)
I think any possible argument against these services’ mere existence is a lost cause. Obviously, however, they are still issues about paying royalties.
As a fan/user, I use Rdio. I formerly used Spotify.
As an artist, I get very little in the way of royalties from subscription services. But my own music isn’t often purchased for listening, but rather DJing instead. So, until Traktor/Serato/AbletonLive have a Spotify/Beats plugin built in, it shouldn’t eat away too much at the royalties I am already making.
I’ll note that the main reason I use Rdio is it is free for artists who have music on the service, and that has value for me. I’m actually using it to DJ my own wedding in a couple months. Rdio circumvents the whole multiple logged in locations with one account by setting it up so that you can remote control from one device when music plays on the other. So the mobile in my pocket will be able to cue from the playlist that the iPad plugged into speakers is playing.
This is a handy added functionality. It’s allowed me to remotely “Rick Roll” my fiancée several times while she has used my account to listen at work.