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iTunes Music Store: Made in iTunes Section

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[Update] Apple has removed the Made in iTunes section from the iTunes Music Store for all countries, leaving no visible evidence of the unexplained additions last night.
 
nagromme said:
FYI, I believe indie artists can already bypass the conventional labels and get onto iTunes, via services like RainDog and CDBaby.
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What is raindog? A google search didn't run up anything music related.
 
razzmatazz said:
Or it could be that Steve Jobs has declared a country his calling it iTunes and all all the singers have moved there. So when they make a album it says Made In iTunes on the album. Just a thought :D
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Hey, truth is stranger than fiction. I have a friend who grew up in USA city in Japan. Specifically founded to put "Made in USA" on stuff. Kid you not. :cool:
 
I can't believe no one thought of this (or at least posted it).

"Made in iTunes" refers to a list of artists, who's musical success was caused by the iTMS. Basically, any artist who was not very big when they put their music collection on iTMS, but then grew a following through iTMS and is now very popular. Jobs made a reference to how many artists have found their target audience and success through iTunes Music Store not too long ago. Many of these artists were free downloads at one point.
 
Chaszmyr said:
I was half joking, it would be cool if it was indicative of iTunes 7, but that would imply something like Garageband built into iTunes and I really don't think that's going to happen. Still, the iTunes Music Store content isn't a part of the iTunes software... Your comment is just like saying "Would it make sense for Apple to release a new version of Safari after making a tweak to Apple.com? Nah."
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You're right. I wasn't thinking.
 
6.0.5

First of all, please remember that the when the Music Store is updated for a new version of iTunes, older versions see the features too, but can't use them. I think this is a slip of a new iTunes feature in the next version of iTunes: 6.0.5, which was already announced. 6.0.5 will add support for shoe integration, and this thing too.

The fact that there was a slip leads me to beleive that iTunes 6.0.5 will be released next tuesday.
 
hyperpasta said:
6.0.5 will add support for shoe integration, and this thing too.
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I still think it's goofy that statements like this can be made without any sarcasm and half-jokes, because, in fact, a music application IS integrating with your shoe.

Strange truths.
 
mainstreetmark said:
I still think it's goofy that statements like this can be made without any sarcasm and half-jokes, because, in fact, a music application IS integrating with your shoe.

Strange truths.
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I know, right? Seems so weird... but that's what it is!
 
Claris Records

ChrisA said:
No, Thr new lable will be called "iTunes" and not use tha Apple logo". As long as they leave the Apple name and logo out of it they will be fine.
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How about "Claris Records" ;) :D


I don't know the details well enough to say, but it sounded like apple, as a company, would have to remain a retail operation in the music biz ... and not just forego using the apple logo if/when moving into record label operations.

in other words, because the company is 'apple' branded, they would have to start a separate company under a different name, with no formal ties to apple, to do their record label operations... ? Or maybe it could be a company like Filemaker, a "wholly owned subsidiary of apple computer"?

Would love to know the real scoop on this from someone who knows the legal side of the settlement... :)

(Of course as someone else noted, apple can't threaten the existing labels or the labels will just pull the catalog out from under them. So ultimately the next phase of cutting out the label/middleman may have to come from elsewhere (a digital downloading CDbaby?) without ties to traditional labels...)
 
-Could be a section where anyone can upload their home made music.
-Could be a more complex version of iMix.. instead of just selecting the songs into a list, maybe we're getting some basic, non destructive, sound mixing controls in iTunes which can be exported/published to other users together with selected songs.
 
s10 said:
-Could be a section where anyone can upload their home made music.
-Could be a more complex version of iMix.. instead of just selecting the songs into a list, maybe we're getting some basic, non destructive, sound mixing controls in iTunes which can be exported/published to other users together with selected songs.
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Made IN iTunes? I think we're missing a piece of the puzzle.
 
hyperpasta said:
Made IN iTunes? I think we're missing a piece of the puzzle.
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The Italian iTMS said "Fatto da iTunes" I don't really know Italian, but I do know some other Roman languages, and none of them translate da/de/... with "in", it's more like "from"

Can anyone translate?

EDIT: google translate also says from, but we would really need someone who knows more than one meaning of a word
 
Macnoviz said:
The Italian iTMS said "Fatto da iTunes" I don't really know Italian, but I do know some other Roman languages, and none of them translate da/de/... with "in", it's more like "from"

Can anyone translate?

EDIT: google translate also says from, but we would really need someone who knows more than one meaning of a word
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The spanish translation does mean "in"

a lot of timees clothes might say "hecho en china" made in china. I'm 100% sure of this
 
I think it refers to bands that have done well from iTunes, like Gnarls Barkley who went to number 1 even though it was download only for it's 1st weeek.
 
Still the case?...

dbw784 said:
it means apple's going to get sued again! settlement with apple corps specifically prohibits entry into music biz. court found itunes in compliance, since it is merely a retailer. once apple starts signing/distributing/marketing their own musicians, the apple corps will pounce again. let's hope they know what they're doing.
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That's assuming the old music supply chain model still stands. If the bands aren't 'signed' or 'promoted' in the traditional sense and do their own production (on Macs?) iTunes is still just the distribution medium it has always claimed to be. No conflict, just change.

What's the use of an Apple Corp when everyone wants canned puree?

McD
 
Macnoviz said:
The Italian iTMS said "Fatto da iTunes" I don't really know Italian, but I do know some other Roman languages, and none of them translate da/de/... with "in", it's more like "from"

Can anyone translate?
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I think the Italian phrase would translate to "made by iTunes".

A Google search for the phrase "made in iTunes" shows that things made in iTunes are:
1) playlists
2) changes
3) equalizer settings

A Google search for the phrase "made by iTunes" shows that things that are made by iTunes are:
1) smart playlists
2) CD(R)s
3) files
4) MP3s
5) errors
6) money
7) queries/requests

My guess is that soon to this list will be added:
8) albums
 
Here's what it is going to be..

Certain European contries are going to demand iPods change to meet certain wireless/electrical standards..Also at the same time Apple may have to open up iTunes/iPods protected format..

Certain kinds of protected aac format songs purchased from iTunes..

Soon,if those standards take effect,people will be able to buy the song with something other than an iPod.When that happens and folks use iTunes to load the song directly to a differenr mp3 player the read out on that player will say "Made In iTunes"


you heard it here first ;)
 
Perhaps this was a reference to that little known app iTunes Producer.

iTunes Producer is a free software application that allows you to prepare your music for submission to iTunes. Use it to encode your music into AAC format; enter album, song, and artwork information; and send all your prepared files directly to Apple for consideration.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/musicmarketing/
 
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