Yes:
The result I am seeking is the following:
1. Play music from any app, whether Apple Music app, Google Music, etc.
2. Launch app.
3. Login
4. Speech recognition is initiated.
5. Music continues to play while speech is recognized at the same time, without the music app being forced to pause or stop playing.
What actually happens after #3:
4. Speech recognition is initiated.
5. Music fades out and is paused.
6. In order to play in the background, I have to manually hit play on whatever music app I was using after speech recognition is initialized.
7. Manually tap play on music app.
8. Now music will play while speech recognition is working.