Notification issues when playing music apps (google music & spotify)

Anyone else having the issue when you play your music app of choice (in my case google music or spotify) and the now playing persistent notification that usually stays at the top is no longer there? It shows it on the lock screen in that new location at the bottom middle, but there is no way to access the now playing persistent notification that used to live at the top on previous devices. I have to find the music app on my phone if I want to open it vs using the notification to change or adjust the music and it's driving me nuts!

And yes I have my notification bar switched back to the old version where it's NOT separated.