AI: Details of New Music Service Emerge
From our very own front page:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=112
The proffered details sound good: Easy ordering, pay only to get what you want, buy individual tracks or whole albums for less than the sum of the cost of the individual tracks. iPhoto-like integration into iTunes. And, critically, support from the big labels (although I'm curious about support from the little guys, too, since that's where I find most of the music I'm interested in, and I'm also curious about the availability of previously out of print titles).
Tentative date: April 28.
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=112
The proffered details sound good: Easy ordering, pay only to get what you want, buy individual tracks or whole albums for less than the sum of the cost of the individual tracks. iPhoto-like integration into iTunes. And, critically, support from the big labels (although I'm curious about support from the little guys, too, since that's where I find most of the music I'm interested in, and I'm also curious about the availability of previously out of print titles).
Tentative date: April 28.
Comments
(and they managed to use the word "chicanary" in a sentence!)
We have a front page????
The cabal of twerps comes through.
Originally posted by alcimedes
(and they managed to use the word "chicanary" in a sentence!)
I am shocked and awed by the use of this term.
Originally posted by Jonathan
I am shocked and awed by the use of this term.
hahahahahahahaahaha
Originally posted by alcimedes
sounds interesting!
(and they managed to use the word "chicanary" in a sentence!)
Is that a small, female Hispanic bird, or did you mean chicanery?
Originally posted by Jonathan
I am shocked and awed by the use of this term.
When I read the word "vicissitudes", I was expecting that Kasper would refer to the vicious war in Irak as a factor that may delay the April 28 introduction of an Apple music service.
Anyway, I'm overjoyed that Kasper Jade is back on board and that AppleInsider is publishing again. Hurray! 8)
Escher
NewOrder helped contribute to this report
??? the thot plickens....
Rumor: iMusic to Play April 28?
more updates, updates of actual interest to AI members....weeeeeeee, let the fun begin
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thanks for the info neworder
Originally posted by thegelding
so are the mods taking over the front page of AI??
Nope. The writers are the same, and we have just as little to do with them as ever. As usual, I first noticed the article on MacSurfer.
more updates, updates of actual interest to AI members....weeeeeeee, let the fun begin
We can all hope so. At any rate, it looks like Kasper and the gang really are trying to get the ball moving.
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I've never been opposed to paying for music...I simply think that the $15-18 regularly charged for commercial CDs is a bit ridiculous.
And, like thegelding said, I hope it's a wide-ranging source and that maybe I can find some cool, obscure 70's and 80's nuggets there from time to time, as well as "off the beaten path" bands, artists, albums, songs, etc.
This whole thing isn't going to do me any good if the only thing I can purchase is overplayed, overexposed mainstream crap like Celine Dion, Aerosmith, Shania Twain, Limp Korn and the like.
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That was the beauty of Napster: I could ALWAYS find what I was looking for. Somebody, somewhere in the world had it: old Dave Edmunds or Nick Lowe stuff, a Flock of Seagulls remix, soundtracks from long-forgotten movies, one hit wonders from my youth, obscure bluegrass/folk artists, demo recordings, outtakes, etc.
It was a treasure chest!
Originally posted by Overhope
I never trust that AppleInsider: it's always full of half-guesses, suppositions, hobby horses and good old-fashioned BS.
If you think AI is bad, you should read AppleOutsider. Woo-wee!
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vicissitude n: the quality or state of being changeable
chicanery n: deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry
subterfuge n: deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
Now that I'm well-read, good article. It's good to see that AI still does that from time to time.