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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Taster on February 13, 2006, 01:00:00 pm
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Who has it? Do you like it?
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Kosmo in 5,4,3,2....
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brennser is 5,4,3,2,...
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if you dont care about not actually having the cd and dont care about having a large library of mainstream music, then its just fine
and it lets you keep your goats and blow them as many times as you like
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i've been a emusic subscriber since 2001 and have never been disappointed, even after they went from unlimited downloads to metered subs.
if you are looking for chart top songs and willing to put up with DRM then eMusic is not for you. however if indie music without DRM boat anchors at a lower cost then eMusic for you. right now is quickly becoming the digital repository for smaller labels with titles going out of print. i.e. SST, Dischord, Twin Tone, etc. it's also bring on board several UK indie labels making available releases only available as import, like Cherry Red
it's also got several big indies like YepRoc, Merge, Matador, Ryko, Sufjan's label, Kill Rock Stars, Vice, Din Mak, and added several V2 UK single b-sides. Sure it's missing SubPop and others but
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I like it alot, as a supplement to my normal CD buying....and Kosmo is right - they fill a great niche with stuff thats a pain to find in most record shops anyway
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Do the songs you've downloaded "expire" if you don't keep up your monthly subscription, or are the downloads yours to keep?
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Originally posted by Bags:
Do the songs you've downloaded "expire" if you don't keep up your monthly subscription, or are the downloads yours to keep?
Yours to keep. And they keep them for you too, in case of hard drive failure. Re-download your entire emusic collection.
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i really like emusic, if you go annual you can get 90 songs/month for about $15/mnth ... i generally use it to download a couple of new albums a month, and then fill holes in my older collection (just completed my superchunk discography this month!)
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I'd been wondering about that - very very cool
now we get to fight over who gets to refer Bags and Taster!
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by Bags:
Do the songs you've downloaded "expire" if you don't keep up your monthly subscription, or are the downloads yours to keep?
Yours to keep. And they keep them for you too, in case of hard drive failure. Re-download your entire emusic collection. [/b]
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I just bought five excellent jazz lp's at my library for 50 cents each.
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favorite download this month:
MF Doom - Live From Planet X (http://www.emusic.com/album/10858/10858953.html)
check this if you're curious about what all the backpack hip-hop kids are raving about ... it's perfect for emusic because the whole album is only one 40-min track
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Originally posted by brennser:
now we get to fight over who gets to refer Bags and Taster!
Ah, is it helpful to refer someone? If so, someone should refer me!! I'm a signin' up.
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have it. love it!.
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Hey -- today's "review of the day" for Bobby Patterson is written by a friend of mine from college! Bitchin'
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So what Ted Leo album do I get??
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Originally posted by Bags:
So what Ted Leo album do I get??
1- Hearts of Oak
2- The Tyranny Of Distance
3- Shake The Sheets
4- Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead
5- Treble In Trouble
99- the first ted leo and pharmacists album
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So what Ted Leo album do I get??
the first six songs from "tyranny of distance" and the first six songs from "hearts of oak" plus "tell balgeary, balgury is dead."
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You ever notice that Ted Leo sometimes sounds like an overexcited leprauchan? I'd love to her him do a version of the Lucky Charms theme song.
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Can you scan their library without actually joining up just to see what they have?? I would like to see what's available from Cherry Red,SST,etc........Leading shareholder Kosmo,anyone,......what's the deal?.....
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I'm sure kosmov will tell you where in their vast library you should stick it.
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Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
Can you scan their library without actually joining up just to see what they have?? I would like to see what's available from Cherry Red,SST,etc........Leading shareholder Kosmo,anyone,......what's the deal?.....
From the homepage - which sends you to the promo offer if you don't have a cookie on your computer saying that you're a member - click 'log in', and then click the 'browse' tab on the next page.
EDIT: or link (http://www.emusic.com/browse/all.html)
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Luv luv luv it, too. Even if I am only a jr. Thanx Hoya for the tip, those 1-track albums are like, incredible. Might be a good thread---fav e download o' the month.
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Originally posted by BookerT:
the first six songs from "tyranny of distance" and the first six songs from "hearts of oak" plus "tell balgeary, balgury is dead."
I'm happy to read someone else thinks this.
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The UK's Ella Guru (http://www.emusic.com/album/10881/10881089.html) is not my favorite recent download it's just a great discovery. Often compared to Lambchop... I'm also doing the DJ nod to the Computerman (http://www.emusic.com/album/10892/10892080.html) EP released by Must Destroy Music. In fact mucho UK indie material is being added via the Vital PIAS service.
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more great news on the eMusic front
http://www.theorchard.com/news/tomembers_021306.php (http://www.theorchard.com/news/tomembers_021306.php)
The Orchard To Digitize the Best Rare Vinyl For First-Ever Digital Release
Orchard Commissions World's Foremost Audio Designers To Build Landmark Transcription Platform
"Digital Wax" Program Provides Orchard-Distributed Labels With Archival-Quality Digital Masters Of Out-Of-Print Gems For The First Time
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The initial Orchard-distributed labels participating in the program include SST, Delicious Vinyl, Lookout! Records, In the Red, Amphetamine Reptile, and Bizarre/Straight. The newly mastered vinyl releases will begin appearing in March in digital music stores worldwide, including eMusic, iTunes, Napster, Real/Rhapsody, MSN, Yahoo!/Musicmatch and over 70 others under the moniker "When It Was Wax." The service is free to Orchard labels.