The Challenge: Get every free iTune (Free iTunes 2004)

[Doctor Q]

For those who didn't spot it, SilentPanda is referring to a new set of monthly freebies from Apple. Here are screenshots of the graphic and playlist notes from the first one.

Notice that the wording is ambiguous. They didn't make it clear that the mixtape is free but the "songs that inspired it" are not.

 

[slytle]

Hmm..



Hmm... Where are today's songs??

.sly

 

[Elan0204]

This week's (November 30) Free Single is finally up:

Sway by The Perishers from the album Sway - EP

Still no sign of this week's Discovery Download, however.

 

[Doctor Q]

And now it's time for our monthly Rap Mix too. Maybe tomorrow.

 

[iMeowbot]

I wonder how long Apple's freebies will continue? I posed "The Challenge" as a game for 2004. Will we still be doing this in 2040?

I've been noticing that for at least some of these tracks, labels have been dishing them out as free MP3s elsewhere. I'm thinking that it will be around for a long time.

 

[SilentPanda]

I did see the discovery download at some point but clicking on it brought up a blank slate of songs. This is semi-common so I didn't think to remember the name of it. I'm pretty sure it was in the Folk section but possibly Electronic... I usually go through each section alphabetically and know I got past Dance and didn't hit Holiday. But it's not anywhere to be found anymore...

 

[freebird]

Well keep looking! We have a couple of days before next Tuesday.

 

[rendezvouscp]

It was in folk, even though the song was in the Rock section. I kept the url for a few days, but they never fixed it. It was Sleeping with the Lights on, by Teitur.
-Chase

 

[Rower_CPU]

It was in folk, even though the song was in the Rock section. I kept the url for a few days, but they never fixed it. It was Sleeping with the Lights on, by Teitur.
-Chase

Hmmm, right now it's not listed as "free"...

 

[Doctor Q]

Teitur's "Sleeping with the Lights On" was last week's (Nov. 23) discovery download. They didn't post one this week (Nov. 30) and still haven't. Maybe their better-late-than-never Canadian store distracted them.

 

[Elan0204]

It looks like the week of November 30th has ended without a Discovery Download.

On a happier note, the iTMS has been updated (and it's before 12:00AM PST) with some new free goodies:

Free Single of the Week: O'Ryan - Jus Anotha Shorty

Discovery Download (from the Vocal genre): Beth Waters - Sweaters

Street Official Mixtape, Vol. 2 has also been made available for download. Note that my link does not currently work for whatever reason, but the mixtape can be found under the Hip Hop/Rap genre and also rotates as one of the ads the iTMS home page.

Enjoy!

 

[CTPorter]

Drats about this weeks Discovery Download, I bought Beth Waters Sweater back in march! In fact, I had that song in a playlist I published a long time ago, you can see it here:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPublishedPlaylist?id=33649

I like most of the discovery downloads they have each week, and missed having one last week

 

[Elan0204]

Drats about this weeks Discovery Download, I bought Beth Waters Sweater back in march!

Yeah, I noticed that her song was added to the iTMS on March 2, 2004, and thought is was a little strange. I thought the whole idea of the Discovery Download was to "discover" something new and different that was just coming to the market.

 

[slytle]

Free Audible Download

Free Chapter from Michael Crichton's novel "State of Fear":

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=33227362


.sly

 

[Doctor Q]

Suddenly some silly schemer's seemingly sneaking some special surprises!

This is really weird!

Look at the names of the last free downloads in each category: the weekly iTunes, the Discovery Downloads, the Mixtapes, and the Audiobooks:

Sleeping with the Lights On
Sway
Sweaters
Street Mix 1
Street Mix 2
State of Fear
Stumblin
Synergy​

The only one not starting with S since around Thanksgiving was "Jus Anotha Shorty".

Yes, I know 'S' is a common letter, but 8 out of the last 9!?

 

[Doctor Q]

An extra freebie named "Lalala" by Julien Civange and Louis Haeri. See the first post in this thread for the link.

You can also find it starting from the iTMS home page: Click the "MUSIC2TITAN" picture when it rotates into position at the top. Then click "Free Track".

 

[Doctor Q]

We may end the year on a nice round number: 80 free tunes. I hope this thread helped make it easy to get some free music and that you found some you liked.

How many members downloaded all 80 for free? 79? 78? 1? I thought I had missed one, but it turns out I didn't, so I got all 80. My favorites happened to be some of the Rock and Alternative tunes.

To get ready for next year, I started a similar thread for free iTunes 2005. Apple hasn't said how long they will continue giving away tunes, but we might as well have a place to keep track of them.

Here are the free iTunes for 2004 in order of release.

 

[Doctor Q]

A year late and a dollar short

I have updated the first two posts of this thread to include 45 public service audiobooks from 2004 that were not previously included. They are all still free for anybody who is interested.

Edit: Updated again 3/1/05. Added additional public service audiobooks.