Staying alert to directions and changing the music you're listening to on your smartphone at the same time can be cumbersome, but Google Maps wants to fix that. One of the mapping service's features allows you to control music playing on Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music from inside of Google Maps — while you're navigating in the car, on public transport, or even on your bike.
Contrary to popular belief, it takes more than just one artist to create the sound, lyrics, and vocals of a song. With most music being enjoyed digitally nowadays, it's harder to know all of a track's collaborators, as this info used to be in the CD booklet. Well with Tidal, you can now easily find this information and more.
For most carriers, "unlimited" data plans aren't really unlimited, and they still cost more than data limited plans. So while subscribing to music streaming services and storing your own music library in the cloud may be more convenient, it may eat your data up like candy. To keep that from happening, try downloading tracks from Apple Music for offline playback.
When it comes to streaming services, Google Play Music is one of the best options for both Android and iOS. Perhaps its single greatest feature is the fact that you can upload as many as 50,000 of your own songs to Google's servers, then stream your library to any device without ever paying a dime.
It's always a pain to make sure you have enough storage on your smartphone. Pictures and videos occupy a lot of space, so your music library has to take a back seat—otherwise, you might see that pesky "Storage Full" notification at any time.
There is much to be learned about Apple Music and the revamped Music application introduced in iOS 8.4. Throwing their hat into an already competitive field with other companies like Spotify, Tidal, or Rdio, this is a bold move on Apple's part. So, before you consider signing up for the new streaming service, let's take you through all the changes and features you should know about before doing so.
In an attempt to get more people to subscribe to Apple Music, the Music app was completely revamped in the iOS 8.4 update for iPad and iPhone to include new tabs for New, For You, and Connect.
It's been rumored for months, but now we've got some official news about Google's newest music offering, YouTube Music Key. The subscription service will allow for an ad-free experience with background listening (i.e., having your screen off) and offline playback.
Included in Spotify's new darker, slimmed down redesign is a much needed My Music section, which consolidates all of your starred music, local files, and playlists into a personal collection of songs, albums, and artists, similar to how iTunes organizes your music. This makes me wonder...
There are a ton of streaming services available at your disposal in the Google Play Store—Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, Last.fm, and the list goes on and on. These apps help satisfy my day-to-day cravings for good beats, but I tend to do a little too much hopping around from music app to music app (and music widget to music widget) in the process.
Recording professional-sounding music at home is cheaper and easier than ever before, but still neither cheap nor easy compared to, say, grilled-cheese-sandwich-making. If you need some help getting started watch this video, which will teach you all about mics, cables, digital interfaces, and the other elements of the modern home recording studio.
The Roland TR-808 drum machine is one of the most important modern instruments, forming the backbone of both hip-hop and electronic music percussion. If you have gotten your hands on one, you're a lucky devil, but you have a long way to go before you can unlock it's true potential. Watch this video to learn how to program an 808 all the way up to a 64-step beat!
Old drum machines make some of the coolest sounds in modern music, but can be very hard to get used to for beginners. If you're lucky enough to have gotten your hands on a Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer drum machine, watch this video to learn how to program it.
Moog synthesizers can create a limitless variety of analog synth sounds, but making them make the cool, thick, full sounds you want to use in your music can be daunting. This video offers a variety of great tips for using multiple oscillators to create the types of sounds you want on your Moog. You lucky devil.
Looking for the best way to find and download new music? Check out this video to learn how to use the Google search engine to download music. You'll learn what search operators will help you find the artists and songs you are looking for, in the file format you want.
If you have an Android device, you have an enormous music library at your fingertips. Learn how to use the Amazon Cloud Player app to stream music to your Android smartphone and you'll be able to play any song you like anywhere, anytime.
If you can hear Shawn Michaels' entrance music playing in your head right now, then you've come to the right video. Learn his signature finishing move, the Sweet Chin Music Superkick. If you are looking for the perfect way to end your pro wrestling match, this is it.
This tutorial shows you one important lighting fixture for filming music videos - the ring light. Make your own ring light, and then learn how you can use it to greatest effect when you're filming your next music vidoe or indie project.
When it comes down to the very basics of movie making, video editing and sound editing are crucial for a film that makes sense and has pleasurable flow. Thus, even if you have the best creative vision in the world, it will not translate to the big screen unless you know how to perform these practical applications.
If you thought Jaden Smith was indeed the "new" Karate Kid, then you probably also loved the music video for the hit song "Never Say Never" by Jaden and pop sensation Justin Bieber. In this video, you'll learn how to do the dane routine from the music video and Karate Kid film, with a full breakdown of the dance.
You can get music from your iTunes library onto your Android phone! You won't need anything special to make this happen - it's a free download from DoubleTwist. Download and install (it only takes a few minutes), then boot up your phone and start syncing your music!
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to transfer music from an iPod device to their iTunes library using the program, Senuti. This application is only available for the Mac computer. Begin by opening your main browser and go to the site: Senuti. Then download the application and open it. Now insert your iPod device. Then select all music files in your iPod device and transfer it to your iTunes library. This video will benefit those viewers who use a Mac computer, and would like to learn ...
In this tutorial, learn how to easily download any music for free onto your Android phone by using the Music Junk app. This clip will walk you through the process of selecting and downloading this app from the Android Market and using it to add all the tunes you need. Rock on!
Math, chemistry, physics can all be a very difficult thing to understand. But if you have the right teacher, then it can make life a bit easier. Maybe even a music video explaining it can be a bit easier. In this tutorial, if you're having a tough time with calculating the percent error, this music video may be what you need. So check it out and good luck!
One of the Nintendo DSi's advantages over the standard DS is that it has an SD slot, allowing you to put all sorts of files on it, including music. Unfortunately, it doesn't play MP3 files. This video will demonstrate how to transfer the music files from your computer to you DSi by converting them to the appropriate format and thus putting them on an SD card, turning your DSi into a a combination digital music player / portable game console. Now if you want, you can download music to your dsi...
Almost anybody who owns an Apple product, especially an iPod or iPhone, has iTunes downloaded on their computer. It's a great piece of software that gives you easy access to all your favorite songs, shuffles your music in certain categories, and even updates you on the latest music out. But when it comes to downloading music from another source that is not iTunes, certain information may be missing. In this particular case: album artwork. It's nice to see what the album is playing without hav...
In this Software video tutorial you will learn how to add music to PowerPoint 2007. You will be using Partners in Rhyme for background music. On the site scroll down to ‘free midi files’. On the right of the page, you will see all the genres to choose from. Select your genre and select the band or song of your choice. Preview the music, download and save it. Open up PowerPoint 2007, select ‘insert’, select ‘sound’ and select the file you saved. Next select ‘animations’ > custom animation and ...
This how-to video will show the proper use of key modulation in music. Follow Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio as he takes you through the uses of key modulation in music writing. Watch as he explains the difference between direct modulation and pivot chord modulation. Once you know the different types of modulation, you can learn how to introduce both of them to your music writing as you continue growing as a muscian.
This video will show you how to download your favorite music to your PSP Gaming Console without using Limewire or other software programs. In order to do that you just need to follow these quick and simple steps and instructions: The first thing that you need to do is to go to your PSP browser and type in www.downloads.nl. Now select your favorite music and start downloading it to your PSP. And now you are done and you can listen to your favorite music. If you follow the simple instructions y...
If you've been looking for ways to add interest to your videos, this tutorial will teach you a very important lesson. Adding music will instantly make any video more interesting. The process is simpler than you would think. You will learn that you can add music from a CD or add SmartSound music. This tutorial specifically deals with adding SmartSound music. Learn how to choose sound clips from different genres and simply add the clips, either to play through the whole video or during a specif...
MicroHelper demonstrates how to transfer music, pictures, videos from an iPod to any computer using the SharePod application. Go to Get SharePod, click download and save the winrar file into your desktop. You can either use WinZip or winrar to open any .rar file. After finishing the download, extract the files. Click on the SharePod icon to launch the program. Once the SharePod program has launched, connect your iPod to your computer, the SharePod program will show the contents of your iPod. ...
If you like techno music and want to create your own music, this video takes us through the steps of how to do that. Using GarageBand '08, you can create your own techno beat. All you need to do is create a new file in GarageBand at 140 beats per minute. The piano tool will need to be changed to techno kit and can be altered to different octaves moving higher or lower along the scale. You can then record your beats and perfect it for your own custom techno beat, and the best part is you don't...
This video shows you a straightforward way for Windows users to transfer music from an iPod to your hard drive, without extra software:
Looking for a party game for your child's next birthday party? Follow these directions to have your party participants skipping around the room, playing "Musical Pillows".
A clod-hopping presenter demonstrates in this how-to video that Lindy hop skills can be used to dance to ska music. The trick, as explained in the video, is to master the art of putting the emphasis on the UP and not the DOWN. Watch this video dance tutorial and learn how to dance the lindy hop swing dance to ska music.
Got a song or two you need to convert from WAV to MP3 format? This music editing software tutorial will show you how to do it using Music Morpher Gold. See how to convert WAV to MP3 with MMG and this video.
This video tutorial will show you how to restore and rebuild your music library from what's on you iPod using free software, iDump. Find all your lost iPod music with this tutorial and iDump.
DJ can be a fun and exciting career for those who love music and entertaining people. Get all the important information needed to be a professional DJ from a professional DJ and music production instructor in this free music career video series.
In the event of your computer crashing without a backup or an external hard drive, your music amongst other things could be lost forever. There is way to your music collection back though, if you have an iPod. Take a look at this tutorial and learn how to transfer music from your iPod back into iTunes on the Mac.
Several great YouTubers have had their accounts suspended for illegally using copyrighted music from those easily agitated big record labels. This episode of Jim Shorts covers places you can go to find awesome music for your videos that won't end your YouTube career.
