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A cappella Saturday night

So we spent our Saturday night at Georgetown University's Cherry Tree Masacure. It is an annual event sponsored by the Georgetown Chimes, one of four a cappella groups at the school. Don't quote me on it, but I believe the Chimes are the oldest. My favorite, however, are the Georgetown Phantoms, which are a co-ed a cappella group we first heard at our friends Bart and Michelle's Christmas party a few years ago. That is where I fell in love with the song Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne.
Anyway, I have really grown to love a cappella music. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday night.

How much is music worth?

How Much Is Music Worth? [BusinessWeek]
Is 99 cents a fair price for a downloadable music track? "Some analysts are beginning to realize that lower prices could greatly expand the size of the digital-music market, still minuscule despite iTunes' success. A July survey by Jupiter Research of 2,500 adults who use the Internet found that 35% of people are willing to pay 51 cents to $1 for a song by a favorite artist; 20% are willing to pay 50 cents or less; and 19% would pay more than $1 (26% say no price is right, they'll pay nothing). Problem is, online-music services cannot significantly lower prices without losing money."

PC gettin' tunes...

iTunes Windows A Hit [BBC]
Apple's iTunes service for Windows computer users is a hit. "More than a million copies of the Windows version of its iTunes music software have been downloaded in the past three days. The program offers PC users the same services, prices and catalogue of songs, which Apple hopes to increase to 400,000 by the end of October." Since debuting earlier this year, Apple's Mac iTunes stores has sold 14 million songs.