iTunes Music Store Downloads Top 150 Million Songs

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Originally Posted by child810

New iPods just released. Color screen PhotoPod. Looks very nice.

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I thought he was joking, but he's right.
http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/

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Originally Posted by Mman

psst...im not talking 'bout downloading an entire album. I am talking about downloading an individual song.

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ummm, yeah. I can read. I'm pointing out entire albums are available at a discount for those who prefer that route.

I wish I had the money to buy all the games AND music that I would like to experience. I buy what I can. I pirate the rest and buy it later if I can.

As long as I'm putting all possible income towards the entertainment industry, I don't see what more they want from me.

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Originally Posted by child810

New iPods just released. Color screen PhotoPod. Looks very nice.

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Shut up, you don't know me. =[

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Originally Posted by shidoshi

BTW, iTunes is the music playing application. iTunes Music Store is the thing that lets you pay to download music.

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Ah sorry...I ment the download feature...I used iTunes when I had my Apple Powerbook...

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Originally Posted by Mman

Why not? Well, I might be a snob, but if an artist cannot make an album that is at least somewhat enjoyable then why should I support them for their one song. Not to mention if it is popular I can just turn on my radio to hear it. I also like the idea of "albums" being a sum of their whole, not just a collection of songs. Downloading individual songs just fuels this idea.

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Well, I agree - you're a snob. So you're saying that for every single CD you own, you love at least 75% of the songs on there? I'd be happy to be like that. There are times that I love a song but don't like a lot of the rest of the album. Paying $1 for that song is far, far better to me than paying $13+ for the CD just to get that one song. I'd rather own and enjoy that one or two songs from an artist than I like instead of boycott the CD entirely just because I don't like most of the rest of it.

And "concept" albums, 90% of the time, are just stupid ways for a musician or band to try to make themselves look "deep" or something. I'd rather each song stand on its own and be a good, solid song than have every song come together as some sort of theme and be brought down by that.

Plus, being into Japanese music like I am, 90% of music is released as singles. Thus, albums are really only good as collections of the songs if you haven't been picking up the singles, and the chance to hear a few new tracks.

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I also do not like the idea of downloading music legally because I do not see how in anyway this is benefitting the artists. I might simply be confused here, but they are not being payed anymore through this means, right? But recording companies save on money because it is all digital. That really does not add up.

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You buy a song online, the artist gets some money from it. You download it illegally, they don't. Simple as that. I will agree, though, that prices for digital downloads are a bit simple. $.99 is okay, but this talk about raising the price is absurd. Costs for digital music are far lower than putting music onto CDs and then putting those CDs into shops.