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, he knew he had them over a barrel. Music piracy, kicked into high
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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 involved that this was the future and the way to combat the piracy
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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 app became more powerful and useful and became an essential part of 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 and 33 seconds). Divided into three movements (30 seconds, 2:23 and 1:40), it
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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 news for June 10, 2022. The Alanis Morissette musical, Jagged Little Pill, is
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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 lit under it when it comes to addressing the NFT debacle created by
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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 and arrogant and going through the motions of being apologetic without actually taking
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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 of the hot new songs, much like we see with the Billboard Hot
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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 that one song blended seamlessly into the next. These transitions and segues were
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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 Drake. Billy Duffy of The Cult is auctioning off a bunch of his
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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 to Catalina. This is the release (10.15) that finally kills iTunes dead. Good.
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