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More Speculation for Tomorrow: Beatles on iTunes
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(talking about soundhound)
It did? Source?
I doubt that whoever makes SoundHound has any inside info about any of this.
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Remember the certainty of 90 second previews and the tiny possibility of iTunes cloud.
I'm as big a Beatles fan as they come and could care less. Their music's been available everywhere for decades to the point where anyone who wanted a Beatles album probably already has one. Vinyl, cassettes, the 90's CD releases and the new remasters. Maybe in years to come when CDs are harder to get this will be useful but most people either own or have downloaded all of the Beatles' music by now.
It's a big win for Apple and iTunes, not so much for those wishing for updated features.
It's a big win for Apple and iTunes, not so much for those wishing for updated features.
By any measure, this is a big deal
"In 2009, 39 years after breaking up, [The Beatles] sold the third-highest number of albums of any act in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, with 3.3 million copies sold. In the past decade, the Beatles sold the second-highest number of albums of any artist (trailing Eminem by 2 million units), and the second-highest number of albums since SoundScan launched in 1991 (Garth Brooks has sold more) "
"In 2009, 39 years after breaking up, [The Beatles] sold the third-highest number of albums of any act in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, with 3.3 million copies sold. In the past decade, the Beatles sold the second-highest number of albums of any artist (trailing Eminem by 2 million units), and the second-highest number of albums since SoundScan launched in 1991 (Garth Brooks has sold more) "
If so, then oversold ...
Don't get me wrong, finally getting the Beatles on iTunes is a huge deal. But if that is the only announcement tomorrow--after making the world (California - New York - London - Tokyo) all tune in at the same time--well they will have overplayed themselves and their ability to make a buzz, and that ability will suffer in the future.
It will become a day that we will never forget because the hype was bigger, much bigger than the reveal.
(And Apple highjacking their entire front page for an entire day ... BIG DEAL. I honestly can't remember a time they have done that before. Gotta be bigger in their eyes than going over the One Billion mark of whatever was sold, etc.)
A simple box at the bottom of the page would have been much more appropriate, again, if this is the ONLY news.
I do wonder though, what else could they announce that would be that major and wouldn't need some kind of media/demo event.
Hmmm. Hope its not just the Beatles or they will have made a very cool thing come off as rather lame.
Don't get me wrong, finally getting the Beatles on iTunes is a huge deal. But if that is the only announcement tomorrow--after making the world (California - New York - London - Tokyo) all tune in at the same time--well they will have overplayed themselves and their ability to make a buzz, and that ability will suffer in the future.
It will become a day that we will never forget because the hype was bigger, much bigger than the reveal.
(And Apple highjacking their entire front page for an entire day ... BIG DEAL. I honestly can't remember a time they have done that before. Gotta be bigger in their eyes than going over the One Billion mark of whatever was sold, etc.)
A simple box at the bottom of the page would have been much more appropriate, again, if this is the ONLY news.
I do wonder though, what else could they announce that would be that major and wouldn't need some kind of media/demo event.
Hmmm. Hope its not just the Beatles or they will have made a very cool thing come off as rather lame.
I said that a few pages ago, but apparently nobody saw it. Probably because it was about 5 pages long.
I think you're overestimating how big of a deal Apple is making of this. An announcement on their homepage is hardly headline-grabbing.
I think they may have cracked the code. The cloud streaming and all that will be left for iTunes 11, or possibly 12.
Why it's big
Sure, I would have more excited so see The Cloud launch tomorrow, but this is important in a few ways:
1) The Beatles have never released digital downloads before.
2) As the the most famous band ever, this may have a slight ripple effect with other holdouts.
3) As success with the cloud is dependent on other copyright holders getting on board, (and given that these same copyright holders are dropping off like flies on GoogleTV), this creates a sense of momentum with in the industry that's important.
4) This is personal for Steve. The other Apple sued this Apple way back. According to all reports, this was difficult for Steve. This closes the loop.
5) Maybe there's some unreleased Beatles stuff here that will be part of the celebration.
Sure, I would have more excited so see The Cloud launch tomorrow, but this is important in a few ways:
1) The Beatles have never released digital downloads before.
2) As the the most famous band ever, this may have a slight ripple effect with other holdouts.
3) As success with the cloud is dependent on other copyright holders getting on board, (and given that these same copyright holders are dropping off like flies on GoogleTV), this creates a sense of momentum with in the industry that's important.
4) This is personal for Steve. The other Apple sued this Apple way back. According to all reports, this was difficult for Steve. This closes the loop.
5) Maybe there's some unreleased Beatles stuff here that will be part of the celebration.
this would not be news, anyone who likes the beatles already has them ripped or copied by now.. it would be a "hurray you're the last to show up to the party" announcement... unless the beatles have some brand new never heard of tracks, which i doubt
the beatles were dumb to not have released their stuff on itunes when 'Across the Universe' came out
the beatles were dumb to not have released their stuff on itunes when 'Across the Universe' came out
If it's the Beatles then this ranks right up there with the incredibly stupid "magical" iPad comment.
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I was trying out Soundhound app yesterday and noticed that all the Beatles songs had iTunes links. That's why I wasn't surprised by all the speculation. They must have known.
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I was trying out Soundhound app yesterday and noticed that all the Beatles songs had iTunes links. That's why I wasn't surprised by all the speculation. They must have known.