Okay, so I’m not the biggest fan of Starbucks, I didn’t exactly enjoy working for them, and I’m not exactly what you would call and Apply Fanboy, but even I can admit when my enemies have hit on a good idea.
Starbucks has partnered with Apple, I suspect in an attempt to further respective empires, and every Tuesday they offer us the Starbucks/iTunes Pick of the Week. While I have reservations about both companies, this is an awesome idea. Each week they feature a new artist/song. You pick your free download card up from Starbucks, punch the code into iTunes and you get your free song. What a great idea. Sure Starbucks makes money off me be because I tend to buy my MEDIUM Soy Latte while I’m there, and Apple wins because occasionally the Pick of the Week is a real winner and buy more music by the chosen artist. But it also gives artists another outlet for exposure and gives me, and everyone else, a chance to discover artists we never would have heard of otherwise. Best of all, FREE MUSIC! Everybody wins.
I’m not trying to advertise for either company, we all know they don’t need the help. I just want to share with you a way I have found to experience music I probably wouldn’t have found otherwise.
Have you found any favorites this way? What’s your favorite way to find new music?
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