I have been expressing my frustration and displeasure of the Xbox music app, a feeling I've had ever since leaving Zune software and going to windows 8/ WP 8. Ive recently been contacted by someone at MS and while I wont go into what was said I was lead to believe MS is actually listening to ex and present Zuners and cares about how upset we are with the new Xbox music app and its continuing disappointingly basic service I am actually paying for, going on my 5th year or more. So, if you, MS are listening, I'm gonna give you a few suggestions that would improve your music app.
Mind you, these are not everything just a few things I miss about your previous music software. These suggestions apply to phones tablets and PC's.
1-Please fix your music sorting system. Right now, I have no idea what music I own, what I'm subscribing too, what I've ripped because of your cloud matching service has matched some songs I own but not all and changed the artwork. It would be nice to have a set up program with the final app. It could take me through the process by scanning my music collection, telling me what music I have purchased and own through your service, tell me what is in my personal collection like ripped cds and music I bought from other sources and most importantly MUSIC IVE DOWNLOADED AND IM SUBSCRIBING TO THROUGH YOUR SERVICE. It would also be nice if it showed every song I've subscribed to that I marked as a favorite WITH THE HEART. Then setup could ask me if I wanted to cloud match my personal collection OR STORE THEM IN THE CLOUD WITH ONE DRIVE. All this was standard with the Zune software.(everything but one drive storage)
2-Please allow multiple track purchase or whole playlists at once, the one song at a time purchasing is so 2002, your better than this. I used to select multiple tracks for purchase and the way I would know what tracks or albums to purchase was... you guessed it, THE HEART I USED TO MARK THEM. Let me give you an example, I would download an album at home from new releases on Zune, go to the gym listen to the album and mark the tracks I liked best with a heart then when I got home I would PURCHASE THOSE SONGS OR THE WHOLE ALBUM, POINT IS I KNEW WHAT SONGS IF ANY I LIKED ENOUGH TO BUY.
3-Please allow Xbox music to suggest music I might like based on the artists I like and types of music I like, this was such a compelling feature of Zune. Now every music service has copied this. In addition your music store should look a lot like your app store which I'm a fan of.
3-The related tab needs artists and influences and more of them.
4-And finally a Screensaver, this is a windows OS and lack of a SS is inexcusable. One thing I miss about the htc one was the beautiful screensaver it played while listening to music. It worked well while my phone was on its mount and I went on long drives.... it would be nice to have a Zune like one, you could call it classic or something. Oh another Zune did was when you looked at an artists albums it had the option of showing music that you had access to and all the albums by the artist even if Zune didn't have them, which was a music lovers dream. It really felt like a music app and not just a cold service selling you music.
I'm going to try to remain hopeful and optimistic that your listening as your contact told me so hopefully you can take these suggestions and use them as these are some of the features your loyal fan base want and I also welcome any other things ex zuners or music lovers have to say because believe me I want you to succeed.
Thanks for reading.
Mind you, these are not everything just a few things I miss about your previous music software. These suggestions apply to phones tablets and PC's.
1-Please fix your music sorting system. Right now, I have no idea what music I own, what I'm subscribing too, what I've ripped because of your cloud matching service has matched some songs I own but not all and changed the artwork. It would be nice to have a set up program with the final app. It could take me through the process by scanning my music collection, telling me what music I have purchased and own through your service, tell me what is in my personal collection like ripped cds and music I bought from other sources and most importantly MUSIC IVE DOWNLOADED AND IM SUBSCRIBING TO THROUGH YOUR SERVICE. It would also be nice if it showed every song I've subscribed to that I marked as a favorite WITH THE HEART. Then setup could ask me if I wanted to cloud match my personal collection OR STORE THEM IN THE CLOUD WITH ONE DRIVE. All this was standard with the Zune software.(everything but one drive storage)
2-Please allow multiple track purchase or whole playlists at once, the one song at a time purchasing is so 2002, your better than this. I used to select multiple tracks for purchase and the way I would know what tracks or albums to purchase was... you guessed it, THE HEART I USED TO MARK THEM. Let me give you an example, I would download an album at home from new releases on Zune, go to the gym listen to the album and mark the tracks I liked best with a heart then when I got home I would PURCHASE THOSE SONGS OR THE WHOLE ALBUM, POINT IS I KNEW WHAT SONGS IF ANY I LIKED ENOUGH TO BUY.
3-Please allow Xbox music to suggest music I might like based on the artists I like and types of music I like, this was such a compelling feature of Zune. Now every music service has copied this. In addition your music store should look a lot like your app store which I'm a fan of.
3-The related tab needs artists and influences and more of them.
4-And finally a Screensaver, this is a windows OS and lack of a SS is inexcusable. One thing I miss about the htc one was the beautiful screensaver it played while listening to music. It worked well while my phone was on its mount and I went on long drives.... it would be nice to have a Zune like one, you could call it classic or something. Oh another Zune did was when you looked at an artists albums it had the option of showing music that you had access to and all the albums by the artist even if Zune didn't have them, which was a music lovers dream. It really felt like a music app and not just a cold service selling you music.
I'm going to try to remain hopeful and optimistic that your listening as your contact told me so hopefully you can take these suggestions and use them as these are some of the features your loyal fan base want and I also welcome any other things ex zuners or music lovers have to say because believe me I want you to succeed.
Thanks for reading.
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