Monday, July 12, 2004
iTunes Music Store hits 100,000,000 songs
Thats pretty amazing, when you consider that before iTMS they were predicting that Kazaa and the like were killing music. They seem to be doing ok now :)
The amazing thing is how fast it went up after it got above 99,000,000... At first I thought it was because the free entries were counting as songs, but they weren't -- they really did sell a million songs in the last 36 hours! I did my bit by buying 6 albums and 2 EPs yesterday...
Of course, iTMS still has its detractors, not least because it is primarily supporting the large labels, not the musicians. Perhaps now Apple can focus on making it easier for independent artists to get their music in there. How cool would it be if as a band you could create an account in the iTMS and upload your songs directly into the store, then have your account credited as folks bought your music.
Of course, the major labels would have a fit, but I know several musicians who are extremely frustrated that there is no way for them to get their music in there. Come on Apple!
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The amazing thing is how fast it went up after it got above 99,000,000... At first I thought it was because the free entries were counting as songs, but they weren't -- they really did sell a million songs in the last 36 hours! I did my bit by buying 6 albums and 2 EPs yesterday...
Of course, iTMS still has its detractors, not least because it is primarily supporting the large labels, not the musicians. Perhaps now Apple can focus on making it easier for independent artists to get their music in there. How cool would it be if as a band you could create an account in the iTMS and upload your songs directly into the store, then have your account credited as folks bought your music.
Of course, the major labels would have a fit, but I know several musicians who are extremely frustrated that there is no way for them to get their music in there. Come on Apple!
