Dear Jim Hodgson,
Thank you for your interest in iTunes.
After careful consideration of your application, we believe that the most efficient way to get your content up on iTunes in a timely fashion would be for you to deliver the content through one of the several digital service providers with whom we currently work.
Well fuck. Now I have to try to find a back door. Too bad Apple and Steve aren’t as supportive of the indies as they implied at first.
Update: I just signed up for TuneCore, and they promise my songs will be on iTunes in six to eight weeks! Huzzah!
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We’ll probably beat that by a long shot, Jim.
Lately, things have been quick at Apple. Some albums have gone live in three weeks! I can only hope that’ll stay true in time for yours. Please be sure to send us that CD if you haven’t yet already.
Thanks, and welcome aboard!
–Peter
Peter Wells
TuneCore.com
peter@tunecore.com
One possible alternative.