2. iTunes is the main music distributor for those who own iPhones,
iPods, iPads and Macs. It is the main feature for music that
allows you to download music and albums straight onto your
Apple devise that gives you easy access to music that you want.
It also allows you to buy and download music videos that you can
have and watch on your phone for extra money.
Google Play/music and Amazon are for those who own Android
phones and wish to download music, this can be accessed on any
computer or laptop such as Apple. This allows people who aren’t
into Apple products and iTunes to download music without having
to be on the iPhone wave.
Spotify is another music distributor, it allows you to play any
song, anytime and you can listen to music when you are offline
and has no restrictions for the price of £9.99 a month, with a
free month before you start.
THE MAIN MUSIC DISTRIBUTORS
3. eMusic is a slightly less known distributor of music online, you
have to pay to sign up with 7 days of free music although
after that you still have to continue to pay for music as well if
exceed the amount of downloads you are allowed in that
month as your monthly subscription.
Napster is another website that is seen less compared to the
main distributors. It allows you to play millions of songs on
your computer, mobile or home audio system. Gives you a free
month trial and after that is it only £10 a month and gives you
the opportunity to cancel anytime.
Rhapsody is on computer, Apple products, android and tablet
devises, combined with different apps and MP3 players. It
gives you a two week trial and then £9.99 a month to listen to
any music tracks and albums that you wish to.
OTHER UNKNOWN MUSIC DISTRIBUTORS
4. Napster was originally founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer
file sharing internet service that emphasized sharing audio
files, typically music and encoded in MP3 format. It started in
1999 and was developed by John Fanning, Shawn Fanning and
Sean Parker. It’s technology allowed people to easily share
their MP3 files with other participants. Although the original
service was shut down by court order.
In July 2001, Napster shut down its entire network in order to
comply with the injunction. On September 24, 2001, the case
was partially settled. Napster agreed to pay music creators
and copyright owners a $26 million settlement for past,
unauthorized uses of music, as well as an advance against
future licensing royalties of $10 million.
NAPSTER AND THE BEGINNING
5. iTunes was first released on January 9th 2001.
SoundJam MP, developed by Bill Kincaid and released by Casady &
Greene in 1999, was renamed iTunes when Apple purchased it in 2000.
SoundJam MP was an early Mac OS compatible MP3 player that was
released in July 1998 and was available until June 2001. Apple, Inc.
purchased SoundJam MP in 2000 and further developed the code to
create iTunes version 1.0.
On January 9, 2001, iTunes 1.0 was released at Macworld San
Francisco.
Reasons for its popularity and rapid development:
- Portable. iTunes makes your music portable. You download your
favorite songs from the internet and off you go. No need to remember to
bring CD’s with you or a CD player.
- Organized. The application that you download onto your computer
allows you to organize your files in a multitude of ways. Organize by
artist, genre, year or alphabetical just to name a few.
- iTunes is free to download but costs to buy songs, albums and movies
ITUNES AND THE DEVELOPMENT
6. In September 2014 over 500 million users of iTunes were surprised
when their music library had a free received U2’s new album for free.
“For a global rock band that has sold more than 150m records
worldwide, won 22 Grammy awards and has a frontman whose ego is
as big as the stadiums they sell out, U2’s explanation for why gave
away their latest album to half a billion iTunes users seems unlikely:
they were worried that otherwise no one would listen.” – The Guardian.
Many people were outraged when they looked at their music library on
their iPhones and iTunes. A lot of comments about this were extremely
negative saying that they didn’t want their album and it was taking up
storage on their phones.
U2’s manager defended the band and the album by saying ‘It’s a gift
from Apple. If someone doesn’t like the gift, they should delete it. We
just want to share it with as many people as possible. If you don’t want
it and you don’t need it, delete it.’
U2 have collaborated with Apple in the past. The terms of the deal for
the iTunes release are not known.
ARTIST MARKETING STUNTS
