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Beats CEO Jimmy Iovine Meeting with Musicians Over Exclusive Beyonce-Like Album Releases

I've certainly bought music on iTunes before, I still prefer CDs most of the time, however, I will never buy an iTunes exclusive.
Matter of principle.

As if I was voting with my wallet to limit my own options and legitimize their shoddy business practice.

Glassed Silver:mac
 
Pakaku said:
It takes talent to program a successful audio-editing app :)
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Hahahaha yeah , but who's becoming famous and paid thousands of dollars to Lip sync to pre-recorded tracks? I don't think it's the programmer:D
 
Exclusive are a huge mistake.

Imagine the scenario where a band who you really like does an exclusive with google, or amazon etc. what are you going to do? Run multiple services so you can get theses albums..... Or just be pissed off. The consumer is the looser here.

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Frankied22 said:
There's no such thing as "exclusives" in music anymore. I'll just turn on my VPN, go to kickass.to, and torrent it for free. Then I'll put it in iTunes Match or Google music and have it on all my devices.
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That's just plain piracy. Your are completely missing the point of this thread.
 
dumastudetto said:
iTunes Exclusives is great for everyone. It rewards the best music fans who choose to consume music in the right way. It rewards the biggest and most talented artists with more revenues. And Apple also benefits from being at the forefront of the biggest music releases.
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uh. I think you have to be a little less obvious? Maybe a spelling error would help it look more real? Maybe you're new at this?
 
dumastudetto said:
iTunes Exclusives is great for everyone. It rewards the best music fans who choose to consume music in the right way. It rewards the biggest and most talented artists with more revenues. And Apple also benefits from being at the forefront of the biggest music releases.
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Merry Christmas, Tim.
 
Patriot24 said:
Question: are you willing to pay more for lossless or do you believe it is a standard that should be offered to all at current rates?

Ever since Neil Young introduced his Pono player and started advocating for lossless there have been rumors that Apple may do the same. I can envision a world in which they do offer it, but as somewhat of a premium offering.
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Ideally, lossless would be offered at the same rates. The difference in file size would be something like 2-3 times bigger than the 256 kbs files Apple currently offers and given the rate of technological advancement in hardware and networks since the update to 256 kbs on the iTunes Store, Apple and its users will hardly be affected by the switch.

Currently iTunes can take a lossless library and batch transcode it to 128, 192 or 256 kbs files when syncing to an iOS device. I think a system where your Mac or PC downloads and hosts lossless files and iOS devices download AAC lossy files would be the best way to make use of the still limited capacities of mobile devices.
 
The artists that would sign up for this probably aren't artists that I care about to begin with, but let's just say that Apple did manage to sign up an artist that I'd listen to, they would need to at least offer a Lossless option for me to bite.

If it is good enough to buy, then it is good enough to rip to (A/F)LAC. For everything else, there is Spotify or Tidal.
 
Sandstorm said:
First - I stongly disagree that iTunes is "the right way". Not until Apple offers a proper streaming at least.
Second - exclusives are a slippery slope. Do I really need to explain this?
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I dunno, I agree with your premise, but I liked the way iTunes Radio does exclusive playthroughs of new albums.
 
mozumder said:
Or you could just get over it?

It's not like you can tell the difference between lossy and lossless formats.
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An album on the iTunes Store is poor value when it costs a few dollars less than the same album on CD which is uncompressed and in a format that is compatible with many more devices and also lasts longer than any hard drive or SSD.

As for telling the difference, anyone with good hearing and a decent hi-fi system can hear the difference in an A/B test. There is more nuance and vibrancy in lossless format files than on lossy ones.
 
dumastudetto said:
iTunes Exclusives is great for everyone. It rewards the best music fans who choose to consume music in the right way.
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I agree. Fewer people will be confronted by Nicki Minaj's, Pharrell's, and Gwen Stefani's talents.

Music wins, everybody wins. I, for one, welcome Apple's new self-appointed role as the Dirtbuster of music.
 
Sol said:
An album on the iTunes Store is poor value when it costs a few dollars less than the same album on CD which is uncompressed and in a format that is compatible with many more devices and also lasts longer than any hard drive or SSD.
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The life of hard drives or SSDs is irrelevant, since users will typically copy their digital collection when upgrading to new equipment, and even if it does get lost you can download it again from iTunes without restriction.
 
dumastudetto said:
iTunes Exclusives is great for everyone. It rewards the best music fans who choose to consume music in the right way. It rewards the biggest and most talented artists with more revenues. And Apple also benefits from being at the forefront of the biggest music releases.
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Users of spotify, Google Play music, Amazon music, Pandora, Siriux XM beg to differ.

And FYI I think spotify and Google Play now both have more intuitive, user friendly features than the bloats are that has become iTunes.
 
Patriot24 said:
All of the major players charge more money to rent or purchase HD movies over their standard definition counterparts. There is no reason to think that the same will not be true of audio as we head further into the digital future.

The question is still relevant - will people pay slightly more for higher quality audio as they do with HD movies?
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You still aren't addressing the fact that the lossless files are already available via CD. Which then can be ripped and put on any device while saving the CD as a hard copy backup.

Hi Resolution, which is what I think you are referring to, is different. Hi Res is like comparing HD or Bluray to the former analog signal. So yes, you are correct that the market has said it will pay a little more for high resolution.

The iTunes junk is just the funniest thing I have seen in decades. Taking a product that has been available for decades in standard definition (vinyl, 8track, cassette, CD) and then DEGRADING it by chopping off the dynamic range and selling it for the same price! Wow!
 
wiredup72 said:
You still aren't addressing the fact that the lossless files are already available via CD. Which then can be ripped and put on any device while saving the CD as a hard copy backup.

Hi Resolution, which is what I think you are referring to, is different. Hi Res is like comparing HD or Bluray to the former analog signal. So yes, you are correct that the market has said it will pay a little more for high resolution.

The iTunes junk is just the funniest thing I have seen in decades. Taking a product that has been available for decades in standard definition (vinyl, 8track, cassette, CD) and then DEGRADING it by chopping off the dynamic range and selling it for the same price! Wow!
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People will pay for convenience. The strategy has worked out pretty well for Apple and their customers.
 
Patriot24 said:
People will pay for convenience. The strategy has worked out pretty well for Apple and their customers.
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Yep. No doubt. That has been well established across many different mediums.
And Apple has proven they want to be McDonalds (Burger King really, but that is another debate all together) and not the Prime Hamburger cafe they like to brand themselves.
 
dav1dd said:
I still don't understand how Nicky Minaj became relevant
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That is a valid argument, but at least I hear her songs on the radio.

Not saying Minaj is anymore talented then Beyoncé, but she gets airplay.

The I don't think I heard 5 seconds from the last 2 albums she released yet she is artist of the year.
 
Jimmy Iovine, meet Jay-Z who's already doing this.

#tidalforall

Tidal is about to relaunch. They just cut their $19.99 service for HD FLAC streaming to $9.99.

You were dead before you were alive Beats. #ripspotify.
 
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