bUGLYbLOG

Deals with devils. That is what you, the listener, are engaging in when you buy from the big music boys - Sony BMG, Universal, Warner, EMI, and quite possibly in the near future, Apple.

What? How can you say that? Apple represents all that is good and pure and hip and is everything that the big four are not. Well, it’s not the DRM. Sure, that’s a major pain in the buttocks for alot of you, but all I have to do is burn it as a DRM free Audio CD once I buy it (which is perfectly legal). No, the downer for me starts and ends with number 128, as in 128kbps. See, when I buy a song from the iTunes music store, it comes in one size…one flavor…it comes as a 128kbps AAC file. My ears aren’t what they once were, but come on, 128kbps. So, for the convenience of being able to get the album I want on demand without leaving my house, I have to give up the tangible CD and CD insert, and take a hit on sound quality. I am no lawyer (if you are a regular bUGLYbLOG reader, this obviously is a huge shock to you), but it appears that the recent kiss and make up session between Apple Computer and Apple Music (the Beatles company) may pave the way for Apple being a bigger player in the music industry. What I don’t want to happen is for Apple to sign deals with artists to release their content exclusively on iTunes (they do this already with Live Sessions EP’s). Talk about horsecrap, what if the only way you could get Biz Markies “The Biz Never Sleeps” was via iTunes at 128kbps sound quality. I mean, seriously folks, that is borderline criminal. Please Apple, change your ways before you become one of them. Deals with Devils….

“So I came to her room and opened the door