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Kid Rock is refusing to make his music available on itunes because he says he won’t get paid enough by the apple download store. He called it “an old system, where iTunes takes the money, the record company takes the money, and they don’t give it to the artists”. His latest album Rock ‘n’ Roll Jesus went to number one in the US last year, despite being absent from iTunes. Confusingly, his new single All Summer Long has, though, just been made available on iTunes in Europe. Kid Rock estimates he will lose 10/20% sales by not making his music available at iTunes. But, he says, he can afford it. Garth Brooks, who also refuses to put his albums on iTunes, says he wants fans to download only full albums because he says each album is a complete work and the songs are designed to be heard together. “And if people try to make it a money issue, I can get the full album to the consumer for much less than they can get it at 99 cents a song.” [BBC News]
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