Garageband

Apple to Debut Variable Pricing, DRM-Free Library on iTunes

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 6, 2009 - 8:25am.

San Francisco - Capitulating to insistent demands from the major labels, Apple (NASD: AAPL) on Tuesday introduced a three-tiered variable pricing scheme for songs sold from its iTunes Store, and further announced that its entire library will be available for purchase free of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions by the spring. Beginning in April, labels may choose to sell older tracks for 69 cents and newer, popular tracks for $1.29, or continue with the standard 99 cent price tag.

Radiohead Launches Song Remix Contest with iTunes

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 1, 2008 - 11:30am.

Los Angeles - Radiohead has partnered with Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iTunes Store to give fans the ability to create their own remix for their new single "Nude," offering the separate vocal and instrumental parts of the song for download from the online store.

Garageband.com Offers New Free Sites for 250,000 Former MP3.com Artists

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 21, 2004 - 4:07am.

San Francisco -- Garageband.com, a site that allows bands to post their MP3s and create their own Web pages, announced on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with Trusonic, which currently holds the mass library of digital songs once housed at MP3.com, to allow those artists to create their own pages easily on Garageband's network. Trusonic, which also distributes background music for businesses, will offer its 250,000 artists the ability to create a new home for their 1.7 million songs with a few clicks, on a site free to the public. The first three songs will be free to post, with the company charging bands $6.99 per track thereafter or $99 for unlimited uploads. "Thanks to Trusonic's ingenuity and cooperation, it's a bright day for independent music around the world," said GarageBand CEO Ali Partovi. "Now musicians can have the best of both worlds: free exposure to consumers and royalties from business users."

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