Apple Music / Beats 1

For a few months now as Ennie and I were sitting down to slowly wind down the evening we started putting on Apple Music's Beats 1. (This isn't me be Apple fan-boy -- I am and I'm not afraid to say so. This is me simply talking about a service they're putting out) I was skeptical when it was first announced around half a year ago... I signed up for the free trial not expecting much, but it's free, so what the hell?A year or two ago we used to put on Songza for a similar feel of a new mix of music. But then Google acquired the service and subsequently shut it down.  :-(But as I started listening to Beats 1 (yes, I am a bit annoyed at the branding, but well, I don't give a crap as you'll see) I really found that I more than a little bit missed DJs. In Seattle we're lucky that we still have a couple radio stations that still have local DJs -- but many (most?) markets just have syndication with songs that are very machine-picked feeling.The art of the DJ (not from a strictly EDM perspective) almost seems to be dying art form. Growing up in Cleveland I remember listening to The End (* - brand began here in Seattle...) specifically to some local shows that I still hold dear -- the one that stands out most is the one from Pat the Producer where he just played songs that you never really heard on his show Inner Sanctum.I was listening to a show on Apple Music today from a week or so ago -- the first episode of Fatboy Slim's show. As I listened I couldn't help but think how much I missed a well-arraigned set of songs.If you have an iDevice you may as well check it out.