New Music Mix is full of EDM & dance music all of a sudden
New Music Mix has been really good for music discovery - I've found 100's of new artists in a wide range of genres over the past 8+ years.
But now it is just full of EDM / dance music - what gives?
I've no EDM and very little electronica in my music collection. I studiously hit 'dislike' whenever I come across EDM / Dance in my New Music Mix - and yet it has got progressively more pervasive. When there used to be 3 or 4 at the end of the Mix this Friday EDM started in at the second track - and went for almost the entire Mix.
Normally I spend over an hour listening to new songs, trying other music by the artists that have been revealed to me - but I got through last Friday's list in less than 5 minutes... long enough to hit 'Dislike' and go to next track. Instead of it being something to look forward to - New Music Mix is now worthless to me.
What the heck is wrong when Apple Music's algorithm can not even learn from my extensive playlists of 'Loved' songs? Why are EDM tracks so pervasive? Is there any point in hitting 'Dislike' when all it seems to do is increase the frequency of disliked tracks? Has Apple Music in fact mixed up the 'Dislike' button and the 'Love' button? Sure as **** I'm not loving New Music Mix in the least.
For a long time New Music Mix has failed to surface new tracks by artists I love - but I can deal with it - I will do a search for new tracks by favorite artists every few months to find them... the real issue now with New Music Mix is I'm not finding new artists. In many ways New Music Mix acts for me like a radio station - releasing new songs into the wild for discovery.
Currently I'm tuning out of New Music Mix... that's really a shame. What alternatives are there?
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