How much longer before we can’t buy digital music downloads?
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When Steve Jobs made the rounds of major record labels in 2000,
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iTunes
Weekly survey: Do you still buy digital music files?
The introduction of iTunes in 2001 was a game-changer for the music industry. Steve Jobs was able to convince everyone
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We have entered the last days of iTunes as we know it
When Apple introduced iTunes on January 9, 2001, it was just a music manager for Mac users. Over time, the
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Ongoing History Daily: The 4’33” download
In 1952, composer John Cage came up with something he called “4’33″” (read as “four thirty-three,” as in four minutes
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Random music news for Friday, June 10, 2022
Wait: Auto insurance covers getting an STD in a car? Apparently so. Mull that over as you skim through music
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RIAA takes swift action against HitPiece and warns any potential copycats to reconsider
Rarely does anything within the music industry move fast. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), however, has a fire
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Day two of the HitPiece saga: Major artists involved, but were any laws broken?
Within a calendar day of making a notoriously terrible first impression, HitPiece has zapped its website back to life, smug
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Why are old songs dominating the iTunes charts?
A strange thing is happening with the iTunes chart Top Songs chart. In the past, it functioned as a barometer
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Ongoing History Daily: The end of planned song segues
In the old days of physical media, it was very common for albums to be mixed in such a way
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Random music news for Thursday, October 10, 2019
I love this guy. Over to music news for October 10, 2019. Think you’ve got father issues? Read this about
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The new MacOS is out: Catalina kills iTunes dead. Good.
If you have a Mac, you might have already seen a notification saying that it’s time to upgrade from Mojave
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