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Apple already allows you, if you are an artist, to submit yourself for consideration to be featured in the iTunes Music Store. Many, not label signed, indie ba
by joao 17y ago
Apple already allows you, if you are an artist, to submit yourself for consideration to be featured in the iTunes Music Store.
Many, not label signed, indie bands alreay do this. They go through a similar process as the app store aproval, and yes, many are refused.
Not mentioning this process in his post, the author shows how he doesn't know what he is writing about really well.
- dbreunig 17y ago(*Clueless) Author here: This process isn't streamlined, you need a hearty foundation of financials to accept payment and there's not a whole lot of relations or management support. PLUS: most of the data on this program is no longer in Apple's support. As of last week I couldn't find any process on their site, even with Dev login to iTunes Manager.
- nuweborder 17y agoThat's the problem. Some indie artits may do this, but not nearly enough, due to Apple's approval process. Most actually are refused as you mentioned, and this is why itunes is not a viable option for unsigned musicians, as many sites are not. The industry is catered to major label musicians, and FCC regulation stricken. It does not meet the needs of the unsigned musician. Checkout Pandora's plight. http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-tech-observer/2008/08/18/first-bytes-pandora-u2-fcc-techcrunch-vs-demo/ http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-tech-observer/2008/... http://blog.pandora.com/pandora/archives/2009/07/important_updat_1.html http://blog.pandora.com/pandora/archives/2009/07/important_u... http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/14/pandora-teams-up-with-record-labels-wants-regular-radio-to-pay-music-fees-too/ http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/14/pandora-teams-up-with-r...