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Classical Music for Elevators

July 6, 2015 By Ian Sidden

Kirk McElhearn writing on Kirkville:

I know Apple Music is just getting started, but they can certainly do better than just provide “Classical Music for Elevators.” Maybe Apple needs to hire some classical music “curators.”

I actually haven’t even received a single classical music playlist suggestion under the “For You” tab. So he’s ahead of me in this metric. It’s been all popular music like rap and classical rock even though I “love” (click or tap the little heart icon) many of the classical tracks I do find. I do get album suggestions.

They do have curators, but for some reason, the myriad playlists offered don’t actually make it to the “For You” section. Except for the elevator music one apparently.

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