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The iTMS turns 2
Two years ago today, the iTunes Music Store graced us with its DRM-ified presence. We've been praising it and cursing it every since. At a buck a song, I still think it's a great value. So much so that I find myself oftren buying songs that I already own on CD just to save myself the extra few minutes of ripping it so I can have it on my iPod.In honor of the occassion, I'd suggest you head on over to the iTMS and grab the Dave Matthews Band latest single (the first DMB track to hit the iTMS): American Baby, from the upcoming album, Stand Up. One son leaves the fold... as another takes his place?
I'm thrilled that Dave has finally seen the light and agreed to have their music available in the iTMS, but there are still too many other holdouts. What would you still like to see - or see more of - in the iTunes Music Store? Other than the Beatles, the one thing I'd like to see more of is Broadway soundtracks. One can never have too many show tunes on their iPod.
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Aaron said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
I didn't know DMB held out from itunes? What was the reason? Do they need money for their shitty lawsuit?
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Kent said 8:11AM on 8-03-2005
I believe they didn't want their albums sold as individual tracks. I seem to recall DMB and Radiohead and some other bands being against the idea - and as a musician I totally agree. Albums like OK Computer or Busted Stuff really are complete works and are best enjoyed as a whole.
But perhaps, in the end, money talks...
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Dean said 10:09AM on 6-25-2005
People need to have the choice though, because most of the time you really only want that one track. No matter what the artist thinks is best.
I'd love to see video-game sountracks on the iTMS. It's really hard to find them in any music shop.
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harsh said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
I believe it's because DMB has realized that they have sucked since Befor these Crowded Strets. They didn't want to proliferate their horrible songs.
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Rhys said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
"So much so that I find myself oftren buying songs that I already own on CD just to save myself the extra few minutes of ripping it so I can have it on my iPod."
That is just really, really lazy. Besides, how much longer does it take to import your CDs (especially just importing one or two), than having to finding each song in the ITMS and downloading them?
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Wai-Tung Leung said 10:26AM on 7-02-2005
Sure albums display a piece of musical artwork that reflects the mood of the time it was recorded, though I think at the end of the day you gotta let people have freedom of choice, they chant on about it so much you might as well give them what they want just to shut them up a bit.
I'm hoping that a lot of old bands from past decades will eventually added to iTunes and other download services. Especially all those old 60's and 50's vinyls lying about from bands long since forgotten. Regardless of whether anyone will like the band or not I think it is important to preserve a lot of these albums because they are part of history at the time and if nothing is done soon these people work's will be lost forever.
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Laurie said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
Yes, I'm lazy. Not only that, but I'm the busiest lazy person you probably know. And time = money. Ripping a CD that may or may not easily locatable in my apartment takes a lot longer than the 2-3 clicks it takes me to just buy the song I want. Not to mention the fact that I often want instant gratification in listening to a particular song and since I don't tote hundreds of CDs around with me, it's worth $.99 for me to have what I want when I want it.
Am I spoiled? Yes. But I never claimed not to be.
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Eddie Hargreaves said 2:12PM on 7-25-2005
P.M. Dawn
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Waldo Jaquith said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
From one of my blogs:
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Waldo Jaquith said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
Erm. OK. That's a lot less useful with all of the URLs stripped out. Suffice it to say, you can find out more at:
http://www.nancies.org/news/2005/04/dmb-on-itunes/
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