At 55, founder Steve Jobs continues to be touted as a “boy genius”. Genius, you need to earn the money that I’m not paying you.”Īpple has no problem with throwing the word genius around.
Of course they are going to sound complimentary. I don’t need to see three or four other tracks from Skylarking. I do not like it when the Genius serves up tunes from the same album the mix was based upon. Huh? But it does a really good job of matching genres, feel, and even bands that hail from the same city. It is also pretty cool that it digs through some stuff you have never heard in your music collection, like, oh ‘Roscoe’ by Midlake.
Overall, I am really impressed with iTunes’ ability to keep a ‘vibe’ with a given mix, which is what I mainly want. One based upon ‘Sacrificial Bonfire’, the last track on XTC’s Rundgren-produced ‘Skylarking’, and another based upon ‘Snowden’ by Doves from ‘Some Cities’. As for the recommendations, I’ve already purchased way too many songs as a result of this in the last 24 hours. I wished you could also make a playlist and then be able to “genius” the entire playlist. It seems to be populating the playlist by related genres I’d like there to be more a diverse genre mix. So for example, when I “genius” the song Trashcan by Delta Spirit, the genius gives me a good mix of my alternative/modern/indie rock related songs from my playlist. However, I am finding that the playlists it is generating are not as eclectic as I would like. My initial reaction is that it is cool that it generates a playlist based on one song. Well, I have downloaded it and have begun experimenting. Let us see if the Apple music geeks can start preparing their applications to Mensa.
Broken social scene all to all genius crack#
In addition to our crack team at UsedWigs Labs, we’ve asked a bunch of local music mavens to give us some feedback on the product. On the design side of things, it doesn’t take a real genius to see from where those lazy Apple designer stole the logo. “Underpaid, Half-Interested in Your Problem Nerd Bar” would be a more realistic moniker. For those who purchase affordable computers, you may not know that Apple has a “Genius Bar” in its stores, very misleading, there’s nothing genius about a bar with no alcohol. Yes, “Genius” is a silly name and just begs for a good drubbing, but that’s the ever-haughty Apple for ya. I always enjoy a good “If you like this _ you might like this_” recommendation from a music reviewer, so I was excited to give my updated iTunes (now with genius power) a whirl. Seems simple enough, very similar to Pandora.
Click on an artist or song and Genius will give you recommendations in the sidebar. This new functionality creates playlists from your existing iTunes library and suggests new music available at the iTunes Store (how convenient) based on the music you like. Being like-minded music snobs aficionados, you’ve probably heard iTunes recently debuted its “Genius” recommendation gizmo in its latest version (8).
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