[Fester Chugabrew]

My first digital downloads track-by-track were through MSN music. Later on hooked up with an iPod shuffle, then hooked up with iTunes. Digital library is now by weighed heavily with iTunes; pretty much my exclusive source for new material. The interface and convenience is terrific.

Now owner of a small record label (brass, jazz, blues) - have content available through both MSN music and iTunes. One or two tunes have played on VH1 programming, the royalties amounting to enough to purchase several large pizzas and an 0bama Joker Poster or fifty.

This is a great time to be alive when it comes to recorded music, considering the history, skills, and variations.

[Star Traveler]

You said — This is a great time to be alive when it comes to recorded music, considering the history, skills, and variations.

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Yes it is and Apple iTunes and the iPod has been a great “game changer” in bringing about some of that change and advancement. I’m sure glad that Apple had a major part in something to do about that and not Microsoft... :-)

Thanks to the development that Apple did with QuickTime, as that’s an important component of all of this, along with their push to get AAC accepted as a viable and open standard (as opposed to what Microsoft wanted to do).

[spectre]

This is a great time to be alive when it comes to recorded music, considering the history, skills, and variations.

I was just "gifted" an IPod Classic and it has over 1400 songs on it. I plug in and zip thru my house work happy as a clam. What a great invention :)

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