Apple counting down to one billion iTunes
Apple on Tuesday announced the iTunes Music Store Billion Songs Countdown, a thank you offering to its music fans in 21 countries around the globe that have combined to purchase nearly one billion songs from the iTunes Music Store.
As the company marks its way to the one billion, the iTunes shopper who download every 100,000th song will receive a prize package featuring a black 4GB iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card, the company said.
One lucky grand-prize winner who downloads the billionth song from the iTunes Music Store will receive a 20-inch iMac, ten 60GB iPods (5 white/5 black), and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card to jumpstart their digital music collection.
In addition, Apple will also create a full-ride scholarship in the name of the grand-prize winner to a world-renowned music school.
"Just think: You could help launch the careers of an entire generation of musicians," Apple wrote on its Web site. An official set of contets rules was also published.
Apple kicked-off a similar promotion last July in anticipation of the 500 millionth song sold through the iTunes service. The grand-prize winner of that promotion was awarded 10 iPods of their choice to share with family and friends, an iTunes gift card for 10,000 songs and an all-expenses paid trip for four to see Coldplay on their world tour.?
As the company marks its way to the one billion, the iTunes shopper who download every 100,000th song will receive a prize package featuring a black 4GB iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card, the company said.
One lucky grand-prize winner who downloads the billionth song from the iTunes Music Store will receive a 20-inch iMac, ten 60GB iPods (5 white/5 black), and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card to jumpstart their digital music collection.
In addition, Apple will also create a full-ride scholarship in the name of the grand-prize winner to a world-renowned music school.
"Just think: You could help launch the careers of an entire generation of musicians," Apple wrote on its Web site. An official set of contets rules was also published.
Apple kicked-off a similar promotion last July in anticipation of the 500 millionth song sold through the iTunes service. The grand-prize winner of that promotion was awarded 10 iPods of their choice to share with family and friends, an iTunes gift card for 10,000 songs and an all-expenses paid trip for four to see Coldplay on their world tour.?
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{I have almost everything on CD and/or Vinyl but it would be nice for the rest of the population to have the option of 'discovering' Radiohead).
Originally posted by Eduardo
Oh when, oh when will Radiohead have their songs on iTunes?
{I have almost everything on CD and/or Vinyl but it would be nice for the rest of the population to have the option of 'discovering' Radiohead).
Bah! Those who would care already know about them. And those that don't, what makes you think they'd be able to find them in order to 'discover' them. (that's the whole problem with the theory that the store makes it easy to discover new music. With all the music that's there, you have to spend a lot of time swilling around just to find a new artist you might like, which, for most people, probably ain't worth the effort).
a $10,000 iTunes Music Card to jumpstart their digital music collection
I'd say that $10,000 worth of music is more than just a "jumpstart."
I understand real-time tracking of it is almost impossible... but....
i'd love some radiohead on itunes
i'm a fan of them but not of every song.
Originally posted by BRussell
I'd say that $10,000 worth of music is more than just a "jumpstart."
I'd say it's a whole new electrical system. Battery and all.
Originally posted by Elixir
sometimes i wonder if people actually win this shit.
i'd love some radiohead on itunes
i'm a fan of them but not of every song.
They would have to, wouldn't they?
It's not exactly obscure.
Originally posted by AppleInsider
In addition, Apple will also create a full-ride scholarship in the name of the grand-prize winner to a world-renowned music school
I wonder if you could take the scholarship yourself. I'd love to take a few years off and just study music at a world-renowned music school...
Probably not...
Originally posted by DCQ
I wonder if you could take the scholarship yourself. I'd love to take a few years off and just study music at a world-renowned music school...
Probably not...
It's not a scholarship.
It's a scholarship PROGRAM.
The school whould have to decide to whom it would be given each year.
Originally posted by melgross
It's not a scholarship.
It's a scholarship PROGRAM.
The school whould have to decide to whom it would be given each year.
Mmmm. Probably Julliard. But other places would be nice, maybe the winner gets to pick!
Originally posted by iShawn
Mmmm. Probably Julliard. But other places would be nice, maybe the winner gets to pick!
I've been thinking that the winner might be allowed to pick.
I would pick Juliard. That's right across the street from her HS, the LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts.
Originally posted by CosmoNut
Remember, the school would have to accept the student first.
What this sounds like it this:
The school gets the scholorship program, and treats it like any other scholorship program. Either it is granted to those who apply and meet the requirements, or, it is offered to those who meet the requirements.
The requirements are usually both financial, as well as artistic.
This year, for example, One senior from my daughters school whose father I know, was offered a full scholarship to Julliard. He is a concert pianist. He won several competitions, and is in the lower middle income bracket.
so i said, iTMS! she said: what's that?? anyway, managed to get a nice custom playlist of the tracks she liked, which actually came from 3 different albums. you could buy each track individually, there was no album-only.
the deal-breaker was the payment part. she does not do any buying online with credit card or paypal ("what with hacking, phishing, scams, spam, viruses"). so she'll continue to hunt at cd shops.
so, a little anecdote. and two major barriers for apple's next billion song milestone. 1. awareness of the iTMS and technical know how for those in the 40-70 year old range
Originally posted by sunilraman
she does not do any buying online with credit card or paypal ("what with hacking, phishing, scams, spam, viruses").
"I'm telling you Agnes, buying online just isn't safe. Just too much risk of my credit card number being stolen."
"Ma'am, how was your meal?"
"Oh, excellent, here's my credit card!"
"I'll be right back with your receipt."
"Anyway, Agnes, you don't want your credit card info to fall into the wrong hands!"