- Apple launches DJ with Apple Music along with leading DJ -Software/Hardware
- Unlike Spotify’s AI DJ, this DJS helps build and mix -set using Apple Music
- It adds to Apple’s first integration with Algoriddims Djay Pro –Software
If you read this headline and thought, ‘Great! Apple Music has finally got a response to Spotify’s AI DJ! Now, come Apple, vocalize what I listened to after the big breakdown in 2017, and make it snapped! ‘This will not be the news you wanted.
No, despite Spotify’s apparent plans to let you talk to his AI disk jockey, Apple Music is going in a different direction – and it’s one I wholeheartedly approve. (I actually won’t be reminded of the time I didn’t get out of bed or ate a meal for three days Spotify, thanks the same …)
Apple Music has today launched DJ with Apple Music. Note the title; You are using Apple Music to be A DJ yourself – or to help you hone your craft and build sets on the way to a concert if you are already a functioning DJ.
Thank you for coming out tonight, weymouth …
Yes, I now imagine my epic set and my DJ name -but there is also a DJ name generator if you want to waste a few minutes working on your brand.
Either way, let’s get granular: DJ with Apple Music (launched today, March 25) is an integrated experience with leading DJ software and hardware platforms Alphattheta, Serato, Inmusic’s Engine DJ, Denon DJ, Numark and Rane DJ.
Its purpose? Apple Apple Music subscribers to build and mix sets directly from the Apple Music catalog and add to a first integration with Algoriddim’s Djay Pro software.
This Integration – Free to Apple Music subscribers – means that budding DJs or experienced professionals can easily and intuitively access Apple Music’s catalog of over 100 million songs to create and practice their sets on any of the above -mentioned DJ software and hardware platforms.
“Apple Music is obliged to support DJs,” said Stephen Campbell, Global Head of Dance, Electronic & DJ Mixes on Apple Music. “With this latest integration, we take this commitment even more – seamlessly to connect Apple Music with the industry’s leading DJ software and hardware. This innovation brings Apple Music’s full power into the creative workflow, making it easier than ever for DJS to access, play and discover music in real time.”
As of today, users can also access a new dedicated DJ with the Apple Music category page, which illustrates a number of DJ-friendly editorial playlists. There are also new curator pages for each DJ software and hardware platform that show mixtures or trial lists that can be used as a starting point for practice.
DJ with Apple Music is also building on success with Apple Music’s DJ Mixes, a program announced in September 2021 (but available in Apple’s immersive spatial sound with Dolby Atmos in 2022) to put you in a virtual dance club experience – oh how I would have loved it during the first London lock in 2020.
In December, Apple Music also launched the Apple Music Club, a live global radio station where blends from prominent DJs are curated to offer fans an endless set, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
You may have guessed that I’m not a DJ (my area of expertise is solely the dancing part), but I’ve been a loyal Apple Music subscriber since 2016. If you’re a DJ, or even if you’re mild DJ-Curious, why not check DJ with Apple Music now? There is a list of platform partners, blends to get your creative appetite and playlists to get started, including titles such as ‘Melodic Techno’, ‘Club Floor Fillers’ ‘and’ Afro Diaspora. ‘
Again, I am not an expert on mixing a smooth set of cold cuts, but at a time when it seems that AI muscles into our music (and our best -loved musicians), it seems to encourage human input and creativity a very positive effort.
It certainly adds weight to Apple Music’s bid to be the best music flow service around.
