Internet, and Music

The internet. A place with vast entertainment for everyone. In fact, some big sources would be social networks, but one of my main entertainment hotspots, is in fact YouTube. Now, YouTube is a great concept, and one that was executed well. The other part of entertainment is music. Get your iPods out! But wait... can't the internet take care of this? This leads me to my point; why don't I use my iPod?: I can just search a song on the internet, and there will be a result, ready for me to listen to. Even services like "Spotify" are trying to make the internet and music industry become friendly, but personally, I'm not a fan. See, you might have heard about this "internet censorship" stuff, but quite frankly, we're safe from it. That's also why companies like "Vevo" are given precise permissions to stream an artists tracks over YouTube. With these things right in front of us, we have been able to reduce our number of devices just because of how the internet and the music industry have worked together.

Google Music!

Today, Google hosted a special announcement event called "These go to Eleven". In the event, the main attraction was Google Music. Google Music is officially released; no longer a beta. There are some awesome changes now, too. Your Google Music can be accessed at music.google.com. You can access that from any browser, even the iOS browser. There is also integration with the Android Market. There you will be able to buy "millions of songs", says Google. Of course, these features will only be available to people with their Android's updated to 2.2, and running the newest Android Markt version. Also, there will be a "free song of the day" similar to what Amazon does. Google wraps all of their software together, as what you listen to on Google Music, shows up on your Google+ stream. This stuff is pretty exciting, therefore, I'll be getting my Google Music set up ASAP. So, what about you? Will you be sticking with iTunes? Or is this even an iTunes competitor? Tell us in the comments below.