You all have been waiting all the while for Google Music that would make your music experience far simpler and convenient. Now that Google Music has become available to everyone all you need to do is to have a set up and you all will be rocking your head to the music beats wherever you are. Let’s accent all your music experiences with better listening tips ranging from beginner to advanced. It allows you to discover, listen and buy music that too very conveniently. To know what more Google Music brings to you read further.
Difficulty Level: Easy
Time required: Depends on the user and the resources he/she has
Resources required:
1. High end mobile phone with sufficient memory
2. Android handset or iPhone
3. Google Chrome or Mozilla FireFox
Instructions:
When you are first getting started:
Listening to albums as well as songs is as simple as double clicking. Once you have highlighted the song you wish to hear, just click on the tiny triangle placed to the right side of the song title and you will get set of options, which includes options such as add songs to playlists, make instant mix on the basis of artist as well as certain standard file options. Also you can load music in the Android Market if interested.
You can create custom playlists as well, just drag any song over to a playlist and itâs done. If you are searching for something more similar to Genius Playlists in iTunes, Google Music offers Instant Mixes which has the same features.
Listening on the go:
a. Full size android: Once you have downloaded the Google Music app on your Android phone, you will be able to shop music from the Android Market as well as listen to it on your device. Provided you have enough space in your device to download as many songs as you want for offline listening. It’s an easy music player that has limited features nevertheless it works.
b. Mobile: The mobile web application version of Google Music works very well. Just point your browser to the main music site and automatically it loads all the songs that you can stream right away.
c. iOS: iPhone users are constrained to use the web application especially in matters of official solutions, but the earlier gMusic application is an outstanding music player app that plays Google Music.
Regardless of your phone type, you should be careful not to surpass the data capacity if you are streaming in the network.
Get more out of the store:
It is better to remember that Android Market and Google Music are two dissimilar things. You purchase music from the Android Market which is transferred to your Google Music storage; nevertheless they are two separate places. In your collection of Google Music, you will see all the recommended albums, with a click on any of it you will be taken to the Android Market in a new window.
The best part of the store is the free section, which allows you to browse a selection of songs, including new and old that you can add to the library instantly. If you have Music Manager Software which downloads tracks automatically, songs that you download in the free store will also be downloaded to your computer. The free tracks need to hand over your credit card if you donât have Google Wallet.
Take it to the next level with extensions, apps, and workarounds:
a. Google music player (windows): Google Music Player fills your Google Music experience in to the taskbar so you wonât have to worry about having unintentionally closing the browser and disconnecting your music.
b. Safari dashboard: If you are a Mac user and if you are looking for something alike to Google Music Player, you are not that lucky. Nevertheless, it doesn’t mean that there is no way out. Safari allows you to navigate and login in to your Google Music account. Click on File then Open in Dashboard and select the whole window and click Add. Now in your Dashboard click the small I placed in the bottom right corner and uncheck the âOnly play audioâ in Dashboard box. Now you can have a small player accessible any time.
c. Music plus (chrome): Googleâs Chrome extension does all that Google Music doesn’t. It adds lyrics, has popup controller, bios, notifications as well as a download button. If Chrome is your choice of browser then listening to music would become even easier.
d. Google music downloader + hotkeys + artist bio (firefox): If you are not a Chrome user, this Firefox add on will be of great help to you. It does most of the things that Music Plus does in Chrome.
Frequently asked questions:
Q. How do I download music for my Iphone?
A. Add music from your iTunes library, Windows Media Player library, My Music folder or folders of your choosing to Music Beta
Choose to add songs automatically or else completely manually
Adjust the bandwidth available for adding songs
View the progress of songs youâre adding
Quick tips:
1. To search for music in Google music, Go to Google; copy and paste in ?intitle:index.of? mp3 and after mp3 put in an artist or album name and press enter. You will get a list of downloadable mp3s.
For eg:?intitle:index.of? mp3 enrique
Things to watch out for:
The negative point of the mobile Google music application is that you can’t store songs for offline listening.
I am quite sure that this article would be of great help to explore the extensions, hidden features, applications as well as other add ons for Google Music. Now you can just have a great time listing to music!
