Dave Matthews Band on iTunes
updated 09:15 am EDT, Tue April 4, 2006
Dave Matthews on iTunes
Dave Matthews Band and Apple today announced the availability of the entire Dave Matthews Band catalog on the iTunes Music Store, allowing fans to purchase and download individual songs from the band's catalog for just 99 cents per song exclusively from iTunes. "We're excited to offer Dave Matthews Band fans our entire catalog on iTunes for downloading to their computer or iPod," said Dave Matthews. "After releasing 'Stand Up' on iTunes the band received such great feedback that we decided to make all of our music available on the iTunes Music Store."
Beginning today, fans can download songs from Dave Matthews Band albums including; "Under the Table and Dreaming," "Crash," "Before These Crowded Streets," "Everyday," "Busted Stuff," "Stand Up" and "Remember Two Things." Dave Matthews solo album "Some Devil" and violinist Boyd Tinsley's solo album "True Reflections" are also available. Each album can be downloaded from iTunes for $9.99 and individual songs for 99 cents each.
"We're thrilled to be the first digital music store to offer the songs from Dave Matthews Band for individual purchase," said Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of iTunes. "We've sold over one billion songs since launching the iTunes Music Store just three years ago, and the availability of every Dave Matthews Band song for purchase is yet another major milestone for iTunes and digital music."
The Dave Matthews Band has sold more than 35 million albums in the United States alone and over 12 million concert tickets, making them a top album seller and concert draw year in and year out. The band begins their summer tour on May 30 with a date in St. Louis, Missouri's UMB Bank Pavilion and is not expected to finish until late September at which point the band will have played nearly 50 dates in total.












What Is Said Vs. Meant
04/04, 09:57am reply
"After releasing 'Stand Up' on iTunes the band received such great feedback that we decided to make all of our music available on the iTunes Music Store."
Translation:
"After releasing 'Stand Up' on iTunes the band received so much money that we decided to make all of our music available on the iTunes Music Store, as selling it digitally from our own site wasn't going all that great. See, the hardcore fans who visit the site already HAVE the CDs, and so this way we can make a few bucks the casual AOR radio listener-type-fan, and Joe Filesharer too, maybe."
I love Dave and his music, and I'm glad he's out there as an alternative to a lot of the c*** on radio, but I'm sure the proliferation of DMB tracks on file sharing networks has a lot more to do with them seeing the light than any fan-centric decisionmaking. DMB do a very fine job of offering lots of options to their fans, so long as those options bring in plenty of $$. Sometimes its better not to say anything rather than ackwardly putting spin on the situation.
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FINALLY
04/04, 10:11am reply
Oh Happy Day!
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