iTunes vs. Amazon mp3 Downloads

A few months back I went to Yuma to visit my Dad.  My sister Karin was visiting from Oregon along with her kids.  We had a BLAST!

One of the fun things we did was put together a DVD.  My MacBook Pro has wonderful software for editing video and audio and burning a professional DVD with iDVD.  It’s great!

After we shot our interviews and edited it all down it was time for the credits.  We needed some closing music.  No problem!  I have a zillion (or maybe a few hundred) of my favorite songs in iTunes!  Awesome.  Imagine my surprise and utter disappointment (I’m exagerarting here for slight comedic affect) when most of my songs were REJECTED by Final Cut Express.  Every song that I downloaded from iTunes was not accepted.  I had a handful of tunes I could use that I had imported from CDs that I owned.  We ended up using some Hall & Oates song I had from “The Wedding Singer” CD.  (don’t judge me!)

Ever since this somewhat tragic event (OK.  Mildly unfortunate maybe) I have switched tactics.  I can find all of the same music at exactly the same price and quality at Amazon.com!  Best part is, I can use the tunes in movies and videos, even iTunes and it’s no problem!

Well.  If I have some music on a video that I upload to say, YouTube or GodTube, and the artist tells me to cease and desist?  I will.  But, for videos for my own personal use and distribution among my friends and family?  No problemo!

That’s why Amazon.com beats iTunes for music.

Now.  iTunes is amazing for Podcasts!  My favorite Pastor, Pastor Duane Sheriff has a must listen too Podcast in audio, or if you prefer, video.  All of his sermons are uploaded the same day, I believe.  Listen and be blessed!

Of course, you can download thousands of God inspired messages at the ministry web site, or subscribe to his podcast:  www.dsheriff.org

See ya on YouTube and Facebook :-)

Mike