Have you seen how much a set of drums cost? If a band put their money together they could do it, otherwise they probably don't have enough money to put together a band (think instruments, speakers, amps, PA) what to speak of record anything.Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
well, no offense, but thats kinda stupid. a garage band trying to make it big probably wont have enough money for a G5, even if it is discounted a little. and then what's to stop other people from saying that they are a garage band? anyone can play horrible instruments and call it a garage band. with government and education, you need to have verification that you are an educator or a government employee, don't you?
And who said anything about "verification", would you have to present your "not a rock star" badge to get the recording software? No one has to prove they are a digital photographer to get iPhoto.
I don't think this is in reference to indie labels as much as the prospect of bands that are independent of label to have their own shelf space, because that kind of stuff has been known to dilute a digital store or two before. I agree that actual labels of any worth should be in the same categories as the Big 5.Originally posted by crees!
This would be a total insult to indie labels. There are indie bands out there now that beat the pants off of major label bands. Also there are indie labels that have a hefty lineup of kickass bands too.
But, as stated before, due to the care Apple has put into the product of the rest of the store, I don't see anyone submitting to iTMS completely independantly as the encoding and samples are important to the overall iTMS experience. I think it is much more likely that it is some sort of recording software, to which I say: cool.