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Notes from Apple's Meeting with Indies

I wonder if the reason the iTunes music store has partial albums (for instance the newest Matchbox Twenty album does not have the last track) is because the labels copy protected the CD's and can't figure out how to rip them. :D

(P.S. I was going for humor, not for reality)
 
Originally posted by robotrenegade
The labels that your calling indies are not indies in the true form.
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They're smaller than EMI. Look at how Apple is doing this, get the majors on board, then let it filter down. Eventually even Fugazi might join in. Maybe.
 
Originally posted by SilentPanda
I wonder if the reason the iTunes music store has partial albums (for instance the newest Matchbox Twenty album does not have the last track) is because the labels copy protected the CD's and can't figure out how to rip them. :D

(P.S. I was going for humor, not for reality)
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It really, really wouldn't surprise me if this actually happened.

AppleMatt
 
Derek Sivers & CD Baby

If CD Baby goes on board with iTMS, that will be an awesome development. Derek Sivers (the creator of CD Baby and who posted earlier on this thread) is such a cool, laid-back guy. I met him at the 2NMC music conference in Nashville last fall. What an amazing speaker and gave TONS of great tips for indie musicians. Check out http://www.cdbaby.net for much of this great info.

He actually started CD Baby out of his house/apartment or whatever he had at the time. Said he used to store band's CDs in a closet until someone ordered one and then he shipped it himself. Now of course CD Baby is huge and he's not running it out of his house anymore.

If I remember right, CD Baby keeps $4.00 of the money from each CD a band sells through its site. Not bad and a heck of a lot better than a label deal.

Way to go, guys!

CHAD V
 
Originally posted by AppleMatt
It really, really wouldn't surprise me if this actually happened.

AppleMatt
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While funny to think about, it's certainly not the case because the encoding isn't occuring from a CD, Apple's going back to the digital masters to encode into AAC.
 
re: CDBABY and true indie artists

HI, CDBABY is a great company but...... I would prefer to sell my songs on itunes directly through my own label instead of going through yet another middle man.. uGH! I have tried to read the link everyone keeps pointing to, but for some reason oon my browser it is not coming up as a link. Can someone please post the address of the link?

thanks
Singer
 
Re: re: CDBABY and true indie artists

Originally posted by Singer
HI, CDBABY is a great company but...... I would prefer to sell my songs on itunes directly through my own label instead of going through yet another middle man.. uGH! I have tried to read the link everyone keeps pointing to, but for some reason oon my browser it is not coming up as a link. Can someone please post the address of the link?

thanks
Singer
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They pulled it. I think at MacCentral someone posted the entire article in the forums section.
 
Originally posted by Hawthorne
They're smaller than EMI. Look at how Apple is doing this, get the majors on board, then let it filter down. Eventually even Fugazi might join in. Maybe.
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i sincerely doubt that fugazi will ever have anything to do with this. ever. if someone could confirm that dischord records was at that meeting/workshop then it becomes a slight possibility, but i'd be surprised...which is too bad for anyone who's never heard fugazi (or any of the other bands on dischord's roster).
 
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