The iTunes/Kate Bush Mystery

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth

We in the Hellhole (our affectionate name for the flat we’re refurbishing) are firm believers in digital music – we just don’t buy CDs any more. In my case, it’s the combination of convenience and price, for my wife, it’s all about having fewer things cluttering up her living space.

So, I am hugely annoyed that the new Kate Bush album has yet to appear on iTunes. Each (New Music) Tuesday, I check in the hope that the album has appeared, but it doesn’t. Now, Charles Arthur has found a plausible reason why. It’s enough to drive me over to the Podsafe Music Network.

ituneskate bushmusicmusic industry
Adam Tinworth

Adam Tinworth Twitter

Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.

Comments

You might also like

Can Apple Music save a middle-aged man from the music of his youth? Members Public

Apple Music [http://www.apple.com/uk/music/] arrived last night, and with it Beats 1 [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/30/apple-musics-beats-1-zane-lowe] – a new, global music channel. And I’m not just quite hopeful that it’ll be god; I’ve been actively listening to it and

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
algorithms

Naming that GoPro tune Members Public

If you watch a number of GoPro-type extreme sports videos, you’re probably deeply familiar with this track: This tune is indelibly marked in my head as the “Le Web tune”, because as I sit in the main stage area, finishing liveblog posts, high-energy GoPro videos are often playing with

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
creativity

Featured Posts

Audience Engagement: two words, both matter

An abstract image of audience engagement

Why we need new gatekeepers to counter AI slop

Launching the Institute for Creativity and AI

What the hell is happening at Automattic (part 2)?

A knight standing in front of a tattered WordPress held aloft by an army.

AI: should publishers sign up or sue?

AI Friday: a human crafted-guide to our digitally-created future

A journalist kicking back and relaxing while an AI gets on with her work. Well, we can dream, can't we?

Author

Adam Tinworth

Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.