It's official...iTunes rules.
Yes, I'll admit, I've been suckered in by Pepsi's iTunes promotion. All the soda I usually drink during the course of the day has all been replaced with Pepsi. Regular Pepsi in the twenty-ounce bottles, of course...all because of the one-in-three chance of getting one of those free songs. What can I say? Caffeine is gooooood! I've gotten ten of them so far, and my goal is to eventually complete THE most bad-ass, bang-your-head, hardest-of-the-hardcore, fuck-the-world-and-just-break-something eighty minutes of audio adrenaline ever assembled on one CD. Well, ok, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but still. It's cool, because now I can get all those rock and alternative songs I like from the radio without having to buy entire albums. Because, well...it's all happened to us before. A new band will come out and have a couple of good songs released as singles, and we'll run out and drop $15 for the CD...only to find out that those were the only two decent songs on the whole 12-song album! It pisses me off to no end...
So, thank you, iTunes. Now I no longer have that problem. Even when my 'free' songs run out, I'll still be able to burn my own 21-song albums for a measly $20.79 and know, absolutely, positively, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I'll LOVE every song on them.
And I know some of y'all are saying. What an idiot, right? You can get the same thing for free off Kazaa or Morphius or iTouch or any of those other Napster clones. Yes, but I have a few problems with those. First, there's always the virus issue. When you download something from one of those sites, you have no idea who you're getting it from or even IF you're getting the file you think you're getting in the first place. Also, there are the little questions of legality and royalties. See, I come from a long line of wannabe artists of varying types and skill levels. My grandmother and my Uncle Rick, for instance, are both in this Southern Gospel band. My cousin Kristi is a Christian recording artist, and my half-brother Tim used to play sax for another Gospel band. Meanwhile, Granny Coker, Aunt Tammy, and even I (despite all evidence to the contrary) all consider ourselves "writers." So, I'm a little...sensitive when it comes to the wholesale theft of others' creative works. At least this way the artists are getting PAID.
So, I'm glad I've been turned on to this iTunes concept. Even if I haven't slept in three days.
Yes, I'll admit, I've been suckered in by Pepsi's iTunes promotion. All the soda I usually drink during the course of the day has all been replaced with Pepsi. Regular Pepsi in the twenty-ounce bottles, of course...all because of the one-in-three chance of getting one of those free songs. What can I say? Caffeine is gooooood! I've gotten ten of them so far, and my goal is to eventually complete THE most bad-ass, bang-your-head, hardest-of-the-hardcore, fuck-the-world-and-just-break-something eighty minutes of audio adrenaline ever assembled on one CD. Well, ok, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but still. It's cool, because now I can get all those rock and alternative songs I like from the radio without having to buy entire albums. Because, well...it's all happened to us before. A new band will come out and have a couple of good songs released as singles, and we'll run out and drop $15 for the CD...only to find out that those were the only two decent songs on the whole 12-song album! It pisses me off to no end...
So, thank you, iTunes. Now I no longer have that problem. Even when my 'free' songs run out, I'll still be able to burn my own 21-song albums for a measly $20.79 and know, absolutely, positively, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I'll LOVE every song on them.
And I know some of y'all are saying. What an idiot, right? You can get the same thing for free off Kazaa or Morphius or iTouch or any of those other Napster clones. Yes, but I have a few problems with those. First, there's always the virus issue. When you download something from one of those sites, you have no idea who you're getting it from or even IF you're getting the file you think you're getting in the first place. Also, there are the little questions of legality and royalties. See, I come from a long line of wannabe artists of varying types and skill levels. My grandmother and my Uncle Rick, for instance, are both in this Southern Gospel band. My cousin Kristi is a Christian recording artist, and my half-brother Tim used to play sax for another Gospel band. Meanwhile, Granny Coker, Aunt Tammy, and even I (despite all evidence to the contrary) all consider ourselves "writers." So, I'm a little...sensitive when it comes to the wholesale theft of others' creative works. At least this way the artists are getting PAID.
So, I'm glad I've been turned on to this iTunes concept. Even if I haven't slept in three days.