Brett Eldredge Unveils New “Christmas Countdown” Alexa Skill

A new Alexa skill from platinum-selling recording artist Brett Eldredge launched today, giving fans the opportunity to interact with the award-winning country artist via their home virtual assistant, just in time for the holiday season.

'Brett Eldredge’s Christmas Countdown' is an interactive voice skill, set to complement Eldredge’s popular and critically acclaimed Christmas album GLOW. The recently released 'Glow' Deluxe features five brand-new tracks that include “Do You Hear What I Hear,” “Silver Bells,” “Sleigh Ride,” “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” and “Christmas Time Is Here.”

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Here are some OTHER things you can ask Brett:
- Alexa, ask Brett Eldredge's Christmas Countdown what's up?
- Alexa, ask Brett Eldredge's Christmas Countdown to play a tune for me.
- Alexa ask Brett Eldredge's Christmas Countdown to tell me the inspiration behind Glow.
- Alexa ask Brett Eldredge's Christmas Countdown where he is playing next.
- Alexa ask Brett Eldredge's Christmas Countdown what inspired [song name from Glow].
- Alexa ask Brett Eldredge's Christmas Countdown why he chose the big band sound for Glow.
-  Alexa ask Brett Eldredge's Christmas Countdown what it was like working with Meghan Trainor.

Once the skill has been enabled, fans can use the voice prompt “Alexa, open Brett Eldredge’s Christmas Countdown” to engage with Eldredge – asking him questions about the 'Glow' production process, his favorite Christmas songs, his inspiration for recording a Christmas album and more. Additionally, Amazon Echo users will be able to quiz Eldredge about his upcoming tour dates and the story behind individual tracks.

Perhaps most notably, the skill offers fans an unparalleled insight into their favorite artist’s daily life with its “Gratitude Journal” feature. As part of this, each day from December 15 through January 1, Eldredge will read subscribers an exclusive entry from his personal gratitude journal – something he has often cited as a valuable tool for practicing mindfulness.

“With the release of this latest voice skill, we’re ushering in a new era of fan engagement,” said Chad Schultz, Warner Music Nashville’s VP Radio & Streaming, Marketing. “Fans increasingly crave an intimate and authentic connection that extends beyond the music – voice technology represents a powerful opportunity for artists like Brett to satisfy this demand and reach broad audiences.”

“It’s no secret that Brett Eldredge loves Christmas, and we’re delighted to help fans experience the magic of the holiday season with him,” said Ben Fisher, CEO of voice consultancy Magic + Co., who worked closely with Warner Music Group ("WMG") to develop the skill. “We believe that voice technology will shape the future of the entertainment industry. Our ongoing partnership with WMG is not only driving more meaningful artist-fan interactions, but also enabling musicians such as Eldredge to position themselves firmly at the forefront of this nascent trend.”

Brett Eldredge's Christmas Countdown is available on all Amazon Alexa devices.

To welcome Brett Eldredge's Christmas Countdown into your home, please visit http://www.bretteldredgecountdown.com

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Up to ten devices can use Amazon Music on one account, and music can be downloaded to play offline on the iOS, Android and Fire tablet platforms.

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Amazon Music Unlimited is a premium music subscription service (Like Spotify) featuring over 40 million songs and thousands of expert-programmed playlists and stations. Listen ad-free with unlimited skips.

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Amazon Music Unlimited or Spotify: Which offers better sound?

Amazon hasn't revealed the streaming bitrate quality of its library, but it’s probably at 320kbps (Highest MP3 quality) and this would put it on par with Spotify who reserve the 320kbps streaming quality for its Spotify Premium tier (advert free). It's called high quality on computer and extreme quality on mobile. If you use the free tier and listen on a mobile, you can choose between 96kbps normal quality or 160kbps high quality. The same 160kbps streams are called standard quality on computer with adverts.

Amazon Music Unlimited FAQs

AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED has announced a FAMILY subscription plan (Amazon.com), allowing up to six family members access to its streaming service for only $14.99 a month for both PRIME (Amazon.com) and non-PRIME customers, or $149 a year for PRIME members.

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It’s a smart speaker (known in-development as Doppler or Project D and shortened and referred to as Echo) developed by Amazon.com (Webpage) http://amzn.to/2faT3v3.

The device consists of a 9.25-inch (23.5 cm) tall cylinder speaker with a seven-piece microphone array.

The device responds to the name "Alexa"! This "wake word" can be changed by the user to either "Amazon" or "Echo".

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