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New iPods, New Apple Music Service

Originally posted by macguymike
There is no registration fee. Just Buy, Mix, iPod. :D
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You have register for the one-click portion of it, at least. I was one page 3 of the registration before I backed out, knowing full well I would spend a hundred dollars by tomorrow morning if I made it that easy.
 
Here's one thing to consider if you can't find your favorite artists.
More groups and artists will probably join the service as more people (PC users included) start downloading.
 
Here are some features that I would love to see in Apple Music 1.1

1. More artists (Beatles, Stones, Madonna, etc)

2. Ability to browse store while listening to a preview clip

3. Partnership with Billboard to view & download the top albums and singles

4. More artists

5. Movie soundtracks

6. User reviews and critic reviews

7. More artists

8. Ability to link to songs externally, like from my web siite. (This may be possible now??)

-Stu
 
Re: Thoughts for the future

Originally posted by sososowhat

Why not just make all music available as "pay per listen" at maybe 2-cents or whatever.
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Steve Jobs said specifically that this service was not about "renting" music. In fact he made a point of noting two places online where you can go and use music only as long as you're registered there and saying that model is not what is desirable.

Most people want to have their music to be able to port it around, and renting music doesn't play well with importing to other computers/iPods. :)
 
Quality?

Would someone listen to a Randy Newman (Live) song, and tell me that it is good quality. I have been pleased with other songs' quality, but this sounds like I am underwater?? What is the deal! Just making sure I'm not going crazy:D I hope this is an error, and someone accidentally encoded it at 64kbps:eek: I was convinced all the songs would sound good, but apparently you need to listen to them before you buy. I wonder why it sounds so bad? Otherwise I think the service is very good!
 
to elaborate more on the amazon cd art downloading...

also when i drag the art i find over to the box it only makes it for that specific song...not all the songs of that album...seems funny...and i'm not going to drag art for every single album i have on itunes
 
Hymns

Originally posted by jthrasher
And I also am a fan of Ned Flanders...but I don't think he's in charge otherwise there would be only hyms to download.
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Hahah..thank GAWD he isn't in charge.
 
For everyone concerned, you don't lose your iTunes play count and whatnot if you rerip the CD in AAC and click 'replace originals' when it asks. Just make sure you have Quicktime 6.2 and have AAC selected in the itunes prefs.
 
Originally posted by howard
to elaborate more on the amazon cd art downloading...

also when i drag the art i find over to the box it only makes it for that specific song...not all the songs of that album...seems funny...and i'm not going to drag art for every single album i have on itunes
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Hi-light all the songs you want the cover art to apply to, then drag-drop.
 
Originally posted by littlejim
Hi-light all the songs you want the cover art to apply to, then drag-drop.
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But I bet someone is writing an Applescript to automate this as we speak ...
 
Originally posted by lmalave
No way, dude. Believe me, the pricing of the 15GB is just a ploy to get more people to buy the 30GB. Before, the 10GB was the most popular because it was only $100 more than the 5GB. Twice as much space for only $100 more. Apple is betting that more people will pony up the extra $100 for the 30GB because it is perceived as a better value than the 15GB. (Though personally, cheap bastard that I am I'm about to put in an order for the 10GB).
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I agree with this. I don't perceive an extra $100 of value in the 15GB. Hell, if I take my lunches for a couple of months, I can scrape together an extra hundred to get the 30GB. I think this pricing strategy will pull SOME buyers up to the 30GB model.
 
Re: New download

Originally posted by thrice
Just downloaded a song off the new music service. Not bad!!!! Still can't browse through genre/artist/album menu, but I imagine it will happen soon enough. The download was fast and the song was automatically imported into the iTunes library. Also, there is a record of the sale in my personal account profile, though I don't know how long that will be there. Oh yeah, it's $0.99 a song + $0.5 tax charge, so $1.04 total.
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Just curious -- I suppose you create a username and provide them with a credit card number. Is that basically the gist of it?
 
Now I am not a picky audio guy, I barely notice the difference in bit rates and such....but listen to this song

Sonata "Moonlight" No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, Mvmt. I Adagio Sostenuto

I payed and downloaded it...and it is just not good enough quality. There is a horrible hissing noise in the backround.

Someone listen and tell me if I am crazy, and if not, are all the songs of this quality?

I hope not :(

Otherwise(big otherwise), great service! I love it from what little bit I have used.
 
Instant Gratification and B-sides

Two of the biggest advantages I see with the Apple Music service:

1) Instant Gratification - You want a song, you can preview it, buy it and own it without ever leaving your couch. How could you not like that?

2) I noticed that Who's Next was listed in Staff favorites. I took a look and it lists twenty nine songs on the album! Huh? Turns out this is a special edition album with remasters and live versions and a bunch of songs I never even heard of selling for $19.99. I imagine this is available as a CD from the store, but if I just want the extra live versions or songs that were B-sides, I can just buy those songs and not have to buy the whole CD.

I think this will be a great way to get some of the extra songs that aren't always on the CD.
 
Originally posted by trose
Now I am not a picky audio guy, I barely notice the difference in bit rates and such....but listen to this song

Sonata "Moonlight" No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, Mvmt. I Adagio Sostenuto

I payed and downloaded it...and it is just not good enough quality. There is a horrible hissing noise in the backround.

Someone listen and tell me if I am crazy, and if not, are all the songs of this quality?

I hope not :(

Otherwise(big otherwise), great service! I love it from what little bit I have used.
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A hiss like that might be from the original recording. Now if you find several songs, from different albums, genres, etc that all have the same hiss...
 
it just dawned on me that the firewire port is no longer built into the ipod itself. This would be a hassle for me; if I want to take it to a friends house and transfer files to their computer, I have to take the docking station instead of just a firewire cable. This kinda stinks.
 
Can't wait to get it

I was really impressed with the updates today to the iPod. I think the 15 gig iPod will be perfect for me. Now I just need to wait for the new 15" Aluminum PowerBook to be released and then I'll buy them both.
 
From Fortune.com, I found this interesting:

"And anybody who tries to upload iTunes Music Store songs onto KaZaA will be shocked. Each song is encrypted with a digital key so that it can be played only on three authorized computers, and that prevents songs from being transferred online. Even if you burn the AAC songs onto a CD that a conventional CD player can read and then re-rip them back into standard MP3 files, the sound quality is awful. "

So, could you take that CD, rip it to MP3, and load it up on KaZaA, even if it sounded "awful?"
 
I'm pretty sure someone will make a krack that'll remove the piracy feature from the song file.
 
Dang, I really wanted my metallica in this, too bad maybe they'll com into the service (probably not because their drummer will go psycho or something)
 
Can't authorize?!

So I downloaded New Order's _Bizarre Love Triangle_. Came down very quickly, dug the preview. Wicked, this is smooth as hell.

So I try to play it, and I get an error saying the machine needs to be authorized to play music purchased with my apple ID. OK, so I plug in my password.

And I still can't play the song. I get the message asking me to authorize the damn machine EVERY TIME I TRY TO PLAY THE TRACK. I tried de-authorizing and re-authorizing -- didn't help. I definitely do not have other machines authorized for iTunes 4 purchased music playback.

WHAT IS THE DEAL?!

Is the authorization server just dead or something? Is my copy of iTunes corrupt? Has anybody else run into this?

I am _really_ digging the service, but this is a real pain and is killing my buzz, frankly.
 
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