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Here are the top Downloads from iTunes for the first week of December.
New Music Releases
1. We the Kings – We the Kings
2. Road to Revolution – Linkin Park
3. Who’s Gonna Save Your Soul – Gnarls Barkley
4. A Cross the Universe – Justice
5. Night Enchanted – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Top Songs
1. Single Ladies – Beyoncé
2. Just Dance – Lady GaGa & Colby
3. Love Lockdown – Kanye West
4. If I Were a Boy – Beyoncé
5. You Found Me – The Fray
Top Albums
1. 808s & Heartbeat – Kanye West
2. Day & Age – The Killers
3. Twilight (Original Soundtrack) – Various Artists
4. Prospekt’s …read more

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Here’s a quick sneak peak of the brand new iTunes 8 for all of you iPod users out there. Let me know if anyone finds the program easier or harder to use. I want some feedback.

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The popular music management software iTunes has just came out with it’s iTunes 8 release. You can download it now through your current update centre or online, though be weary that it might not be all that different. It has a new feature that scans your database and offers suggestions for more downloads though there have been complaints that it has yet to be perfected.
Read a complete review of iTunes 8 by Seth Rosenblatt at Download Blog.
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A new series we’re going to be starting here on Our Digital Music is “The ABCs of Digital Music” where, if you didn’t guess, we’ll go through digital music terms that starts with every letter of the alphabet. Think of it as a crash course, or Cliff’s Notes, or a cheat sheet if you dare…
There is a plan lined out, but if you would like to see something additional covered here, please feel free to comment below and tell us what you think!

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What’s the key to fight the ultra-mega-super-giant iTunes? According to eMusic, social networks. eMusic will start adding links to their song pages where you can easily share your song of choice with the rest of the world, or just your friends. You’ll soon be able to share the song through del.icio.us, Digg, Facebook, and Twitter. Also to be added is the band’s Wikipedia page, Flickr pictures, and YouTube videos relating to the band.
“The aim is to make eMusic relevant for an audience that would otherwise link to bootlegs on blogs and elsewhere to get the same material.” -David Pakman, …read more

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If you haven’t heard (and really, by now you should have), Apple released this new fangled thing called the iPhone 3G. Not sure if it’s hit the major markets of if any of them have sold… Anyways, the bigger news in the digital market is that iTunes 7.7 was released, and PLEASE hold your applause.
Now then… iTunes 7.7 does offer some nice new improvements. It adds the capability to sync with your iPhone 3G along with your newly updated iPhones and iPod touches with 2.0 firmware. It also adds functionality for remote functionality on your iPhone or iPod touch that …read more

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Who said the digital music market is just iTunes? Apparently, Activision wants to see if they can shake things up by making their own online music store. Now, what would a gaming company have to do with music downloads? Well, not much… Until you consider the fact that Activision is the publisher of Guitar Hero.
“I don’t think there have been a lot of credible alternatives to iTunes, but Guitar Hero certainly has that potential.” -Bobby Kotick, chief executive of Activision Blizzard
Well, you keep thinking that Bobby. I agree that Guitar Hero has potential in the online market, but …read more

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You may remember Rhapsody as the people who brought you the $15 unlimited music plan where, as long as you paid $15 every month, you could download as many songs as you wanted. Well, that plan had DRM (digital rights management) so iPod users and users of MP3 players who didn’t have a Plays For Sure-player were out of luck. They have no seen the light and changed their ways to become more like the highly popular iTunes Store.
For just 99 cents you can buy an individual song and $9.99 will land you most complete albums. This is really …read more

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Hey everybody, my name is Zach Flauaus and you may recognize me from my previous b5 spot, High Def Delight. Well, I’ve moved onto Our Digital Music where I will blog about all the latest digital music news from the iTunes/iPod monopoly to the smaller folks like the Microsoft Zune and other MP3 players. Yes, this is a short post, but I think introductions are meant to be short most of the time.
Enjoy the blog!

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