Who chooses the tunes for Apple’s iPod commercials?  CEO Steve Jobs

“Ever wonder how those catchy tunes find their way into Apple’s iPod commercials? You’ll have to look no further than the ear of chief executive Steve Jobs,” AppleInsider reports.

“In a SongFacts interview with the Asteroids Galaxy Tour, beatmaker Lars Iversen explains how his band’s hyperkinetic track Around The Bend was selected as the jingle for Apple’s second-generation iPod touch television ad,” AppleInsider reports.

“The Danish band is represented in the United States by a little-known company called Synch, which managed to get in touch with Apple and arrange for a sit down meeting with Jobs himself,” AppleInsider reports.

Full article here.

Apple 2nd-gen iPod touch ad, “Funnest” featuring “Around the Bend” by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour:

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Carl H.” for the heads up.]

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