![]() ![]() If you do upload music from your library, you’re presented with a metadata editing interface.īut for each of these methods, all content is uploaded from iOS only. So, for instance, there’s no obvious way to upload a snippet from a music creation app to the app – other than go through the library, anyway. I’m hoping that you’ll be able to share via other facilities, but for now, you can’t. #APPLE LINKMAKER PLUS#Basically, you get access to your iTunes Music library on your device, and photos and video stored in your library, plus the ability to make these Soundbites. The library of Apple Music is the one way to go beyond what you already own. ![]() Uploaded content (Video, photo, a song from your music library, or a Soundbite recorded from the mic) The actual content is associated with your profile (or one of your profiles). You can only add content – for now – via the iOS app, not even via the new iTunes on Mac. On iTunes on desktop, content lives in a fixed layout that doesn’t adapt to the width of your screen. Comments are public, but there’s a ‘report concern’ link (if someone starts saying something unseemly to Trent, which for me hadn’t happened yet).Īnd then you scroll forever. You can “heart” content, comment, or share (via Apple’s standard sharing facility). But there’s no Web interface, and that means no Facebook integration and the like. You can still find artists manually, via a search feature. (That or else I’ve made some horrible karmic error that makes Apple think I like One Direction.) You can also choose to “find more” artists, though that leads to a somewhat alarming selection of “recommended” artists that seems to be the same for everyone. You can also drill down and follow or unfollow certain artists. On mobile, you can choose to switch on or off the “automatic” follow feature (based on adding artists to your library). (Not a terrible thing, but there you are.) So, in my case, I was greeted with what appeared to be Instagram if Instagram were entirely about Trent Reznor. On desktop iTunes, your choices are pretty limited. By default, this is artists you’ve already got in your iTunes Library. (Android support is somewhere in the future.)Ĭonnect is based on “following” artists. #APPLE LINKMAKER UPDATE#On iOS, you’ll need to update the entire operating system to iOS 8.4. On OS X, that’s easy – you can just update iTunes, without a restart. To get the Apple Music app, you’ll need to update your software. So, whereas I can add content to Facebook and SoundCloud from desktop and mobile apps but also from the Web interface, Apple is apps-or-nothing. No, to actually use “Music for Artists,” you have to switch to the app. (You’ll see in my screenshot here Apple approved me as a soloist but appears to be waiting on my label for the duo I’m part of.) You can see if an account is verified, but that’s it. From this point on, “Connect” will refer to the fledgling social media-style channel that appears in the new Apple Music.Īnd from there, you can … do nothing, actually. It’s also related to a similar ‘iTunes Connect’ feature that for years has allowed labels and major artists to upload content to iTunes, though here we’re talking about functionality and content that appears in a new, unrelated section. Developers for iOS and the OS X App Store will find this familiar: there’s a Web interface for administering your identity, with the same name. Once that’s done, you can see your account in iTunes Connect. #APPLE LINKMAKER HOW TO#Here’s How To Get Yourself on Apple Music – Even Unsigned The ability to both read and add content from the Apple Music app on iOSįirst, you’ll need to verify an artist profile and wait for approval. A (read-only) presence with content in iTunes on desktopģ. A Web-administered identity, connected to your iTunes accountĢ. If you followed my previous advice about signing up for “Music for Artists” via Apple Connect, you may already be having a look. So you’ll see plenty of people talking about how it looks to listeners. Apple Music, the company’s streaming / social / radio service, rolls out today. ![]()
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