Tag: music

Makers of music instruments and accessories are hoping that Apple, with its recently introduced GarageBand, can have the same energizing effect on their market that iTunes has had for recorded music. “For us, all of a sudden, music is the No. 1 priority of the company,” Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice president of applications marketing, told Reuters. “We’re trying to be a part of the music evolution overall.

The Los Angeles Times reports today that Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon.com, MTV and AOL Time Warner’s America Online unit are among the companies expected to launch services to compete with Apple’s iTunes Music Store. “Microsoft has recently shown its version of a downloadable music store to executives at several record companies.