Repeated iTunes Downloads on Multiple Devices?
(Image Source : American Songwriter Magazine ) BY MOLLY BOLAND You’re watching multisource entertainment video news analysis from Newsy. While techies obsess over details about Apple’s new iPad 2, iTunes is also grabbing some headlines. “…Apple is in talks with record companies to make it easier for iTunes customers to access music they bought across multiple devices and to give users a permanent back up. That means we will be able the get back songs even if the original downloads are lost or damaged…” (KSDK) According to a Bloomberg report, Apple is looking into making digital music access more flexible. “Apple and the record labels are eager to maintain demand for digital downloading amid rising popularity for Internet services such as Pandora Media Inc., which don’t sell tracks and instead let users stream songs from the Web, whatever the device.” “A deal would provide iTunes customers with a permanent backup of music purchases … The service also would allow downloads to iPad, iPod and iPhone devices linked to the same iTunes account…” You would also be able to download to any device without paying a second time. Sound convenient? TG Daily writes — an idea like this should have been in the works for a while now and called the current iTunes system for keeping track of your music… “…needlessly cumbersome, and now Apple seems to feel the same way.” The record companies rumored to be involved include Universal, Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI. PCWorld heard …
Jim Brickman, whose music is synonymous with love and romance, releases his new greatest hits collection on the eve of Valentines Day. Ultimate Love Songs: The Very Best of Jim Brickman, will be available at all major retailers and online on January 27th and, for the first time ever, includes all of his hit collaborations on one album as well as four new songs. Guest artists include Martina McBride, 2008 CMA Best New Artist winner and Grammy Best New Artist nominee Lady Antebellum, Michael Bolton and Rush of Fools, who sing on the brand new single Never Far Away. Ultimate Love Songs showcases Brickmans remarkable gift for coaxing powerful emotion from his piano keys, revealing why he has quickly risen to become the most popular pianist in contemporary music and the most successful male act on the Adult Contemporary charts. For this special collection and to honor his 15th year as a recording artist, Brickman teams up with Rush of Fools, Shannon Brown, Stephanie Bentley and Mark Masri for four brand new tracks. The album also features Valentine, recorded with Martina McBride, Never Alone with Lady Antebellum, Simple Things with Rebecca Lynn Howard, Love of My Life with Michael W. Smith and Hear Me (Tears into Wine) with Michael Bolton, all previously released on earlier studio albums. Emmy award winning artist Wayne Brady and Tony Award winning entertainer Jane Krakowski appear on the album as well and multiple CMT award winner Collin Raye is showcased on two tracks, The …
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