I'm not sure if anyone noticed this, but there is a new free song up (Avril Lavigne) today. I think this may be a free song a day, not a week.
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I was able to download the Foo Fighters song yesterday evening. Sometime between 9pm and midnight Pacific time, the photo on the main iTMS page changed to Avril Lavigne, but clicking it still took you to the Foo Fighters song.
I waited until after midnight to see if the free song actually changed, but it was still Foo Fighters at 12:15 Pacific time.
This morning, it was indeed Avril Lavigne. So I can't tell what time the switch actually happens. It would be nice to know.
(Speaking of clocks, the deadline for Pepsi iTunes redemptions is tomorrow night at midnight Eastern time, not Pacific time.)
I waited until after midnight to see if the free song actually changed, but it was still Foo Fighters at 12:15 Pacific time.
This morning, it was indeed Avril Lavigne. So I can't tell what time the switch actually happens. It would be nice to know.
(Speaking of clocks, the deadline for Pepsi iTunes redemptions is tomorrow night at midnight Eastern time, not Pacific time.)
Yes, I see, and it is clearly stated as free. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle!Mercury said:
Does anyone one what the future songs will be ? I am asking for the ones after the "free song every day for a week". I'm pretty happy with the free song a week business, do you think if everyone gets the free song every week it will make the song be very popular outside of Apple and Itunes? Now that would be a success story.
I presume downloading the free song requires an update to iTunes 4.5? Or, am I just not taking enough time to figure out how to download the free song once I hit the 'free song' link?
I wonder how many people who are downloading are current iTMS users. It would be interesting if Apple would report the number of people signing up and then immediately downloading the free song. This would say how many people they managed to lead in. I'm guessing this number will be low. Current users can 1-click and grab it without any effort. I have 3 so far. Keep em coming Apple.
That's crazy that they require you to move to 4.5. Buying music doesn't require you to be on 4.5, why should any other download. It's simply a ploy to get you to upgrade or download the latest version.
Every day, Wed April 28 thru Wed May 5, then every Tuesday thereafter, i.e., Tue May 11, Tue May 18, Tue May 25, etc.wdlove said:
They are giving you something for free. If they say you must first submit a photo of yourself wearing a clown nose, then do it or don't take the freebie.
griz said:
Ummmm a ploy to get you to upgrade to 4.5 which costs a whopping 0 dollars. Well for one iTunes 4.5 defeats the current fairplay strippers so that's one good reason right there. Although I can't see the conspiracy or "craziness" as you put it. Why wouldn't someone want to upgrade. iTunes is improved in plenty of ways. Sounds like your setting up a straw man.
I'm a huge Gabriel & Dresden fan and it was neat to see their remix featured as the free song of the day. G&D do some amazing remixes. Though their best stuff is not the mainstream stuff that has been released on iTMS, it's nice just to see some of their stuff on there. iTMS has a decent electronica section, but I'd really like it if they could expand that section. I think there are a lot of people who would buy songs on iTMS - especially since often that music is really hard to buy unless you want to get it on vinyl.
direct link from webpage to iTunes
Interestingly enough the "free song" link on Apples frontpage opens iTunes and takes you directly to that part of the music store... nice touch of integration. Does this work on Windows as well? And what if you don't have iTunes installed?
Interestingly enough the "free song" link on Apples frontpage opens iTunes and takes you directly to that part of the music store... nice touch of integration. Does this work on Windows as well? And what if you don't have iTunes installed?
iMan said:
Yeah these links are all over Apple, especially www.apple.com/itunes. I dunno how it works really, but Phobos.apple.com is always included in the URL.
And yes it does work on Windows and I dunno what happens if you don't have iTunes installed, although I have a feeling it would bring you to a download page.
Edit: Here is a thread on it.
I find it odd that today's giveaway (Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows) is a single. Giving away a tune is a good way to get people to listen to a group they may not have heard before, with the hope that they will like it and buy the album or other songs by that artist. In this case, there's no album to buy, and that seems to remove one type of impulse shopping Apple would hope to see. The freebie might still get people into the store and get them to listen to other Counting Crows music, but it seems a little strange that out of all the available music, Apple picked a single.
Does somebody wanna phone Steve Jobs and ask how much these freebies have affected sales? I'm curious.
Does somebody wanna phone Steve Jobs and ask how much these freebies have affected sales? I'm curious.
wdlove said:The requirement is OK with me. I have now downloaded and installed iTunes 4.5 and QuickTime 6.5.1. Then it was very easy to get my free song, "Hold on To Me" by Courtney Love. Does anyone know when the free song will be available each week?
I think it was kind of like holding the carrot in front of the horse. iTunes 4.5 has more FairPlay protections and upgrades, so I guess by offering free songs only if you upgrade to 4.5 is a way to help slow down the current DRM stripping frenzy.
If you click on a Protected AAC (iTMS download) in iTunes, and control-click "Get Info," you'll see that it says "FairPlay Version 2." Interesting change.
I don't see why apple doesn't let you pick the songs you want. I'm not a fan of the music they are giving away.