This is a really interesting article: This guy is claiming that the real reason the record companies want to change pricing at the iTunes music store is because they want to establish 'image' that a higher priced song is 'better'. It makes a lot of sense.

The iTunes music store currently sells all tracks at $0.99 a song. If the record companies get their way, then they would sell more popular tracks for more money. But now what happens? If popular, 'good' tracks sell for $3.00 a song, then what kind of song is a $0.89 song? You or I might might be able to say that it doesn't matter, but the majority of people will automatically go for the higher priced songs because they are what are 'cool', 'popular' and ... 'good'. Now the record companies have another barganing chip in their deals with artists. Don't want to agree with what we want? We'll price your songs lower.

You know, I like music, but at times I wish I didn't like it so much. I really like to support artists I listen to, but when most of the money I pay for their music goes to these damn record companies, it makes me feel kinda ... unclean. Maybe I don't know how everything is from their side of the issue, but really ... when every move they seem to make is an attempt at keeping their wallets padded, I can hardly show feel like they have the best interests of the music artists at heart can I?

Heraldk