The Chronic Consumer

I’m not a huge music fan, as I prefer to load my iPod with audiobooks or free lectures from various universities, but every once in a while, I do add a few songs. I hadn’t put anything new on my iPod in ages, so last week I decided to browse through the iTunes music store to see what they had. I’ve looked at the music store before, but just stuck with the free stuff like podcasts and the aforementioned lectures.

Anyway, this time I decided to make a purchase. I wanted the song “Dice” by Finley Quaye & William Orbit. This song was featured on The O.C., a show that turned me on to a lot of other music as well, including stuff from the Pogues, Ryan Adams, Syd Matters, and Phantom Planet. I didn’t want to buy a whole CD, so I figured this would be a good time to make my iTunes test run.

The shopping process was extremely easy. It took less than 30 seconds to enter my search query and come up with the exact song I wanted. I then clicked another button to make my purchase, entered my credit card and address info, and had the song in my iTunes library shortly thereafter. It was a breeze from beginning to end!

I noticed that iTunes also accepts PayPal, and there’s no minimum purchase amount required (though now that I think about it, my credit card company probably has a minimum purchase requirement….). So you could spend $.99 for one song or $99 for a hundred songs. Because of this, I could easily see myself spending a ton of money on iTunes if I were in the right mood, so I better watch out for that!

Overall, I concur with what most music lovers have been saying for years now: iTunes rocks!