Twitter #music App

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Checkerboard layout of #music app

The Twitter #music app has officially launched on the iPhone and on desktop computers. Twitter #music is all about getting to spend more quality time with Twitter. The most popular usage of this #music app is engagement.

Yes, the hashtag is on purpose. The hashtag, #music, correlates to your personal Twitter account to allow your followers to see what your listening to. People were confused on why Twitter would want to create a music app, when really the reason is simple. It creates new suggestions and ideas for your playlist and links to your Spotify and Rdio accounts as well as iTunes preview account to discover great new music.

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The free app allows you to follow your favorite music artists and musicians that focuses on music only. New information and new hit songs are posted daily based on whom you follow. The base platform of the Twitter #music app is to determine what’s trending and display up-and-coming artists.

The Twitter #music app suggest music and shows what is #NowPlaying on your playlist. This is similar to Spotify on Facebook. The Setup is like a checkerboard that displays album covers and you chose what you want to listen to. Also the Twitter #music app is broken down into four tabs: Suggest, #NowPlaying, Popular, Emerged.

The Twitter #music app is a music discovery service, not a free music streaming service. It allows Twitter to be a part of the music industry without competing with the music industry. For example: users such as Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber use it for spreading their new songs that are soon to be released to all their followers. This Twitter #music app is already growing at a fast pace and continues to grow on the path of being a media company. So go download it now and find out what all the hype is about!

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Twitter #music App Icon

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