the roir free sampler they have up right now is pretty decent, tho i have a fair bit of it already.
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Thursday, 13 November 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
when I'm browsing I usually start with one of the "dozens" and then go from there on the albums' pages. The search engine is pretty sweet for finding remixes since it will look for an artists' name in individual song titles
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 13 November 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Anybody have any tips for finding stuff on eMusic?
I usually check New and Noteworthy and Dozens and then I browse categories or labels by editor's picks if I don't have a specific artist or album I want.
There's pretty much always some Riverside/Fantasy jazz record or Folkways record worth having when I run out of other ideas.
― Albert Jeans (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 November 2008 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Noticed the Load Records catalog is up. Not sure if that's new. Not sure if that's exciting.
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 February 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i'll tell you what's exciting is the new nels cline album, which everybody should get right now.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 February 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
^^
emusic also has the album his brother Alex Cline released the same day, which is not as good but still worth a look.
I was thinking of doing a rolling 2009 emusic thread, should I make a new one or just use this?
― some dude, Thursday, 26 February 2009 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey mister, I could use a rolling thread.
― Frank Sumatra (NickB), Thursday, 26 February 2009 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
yes please rolling thread
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Thursday, 26 February 2009 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Can't argue with 35 free downloads, no strings attached (assuming you remember to cancel your account within a week)
The genre tags on their dls are pretty o_0 though. Apparently Amadou et Miriam are reggae, while Funkadelic and Debbie Deb are both hip-hop.
― some random sauce like lentils jalapenos and donkey milk (Whitey on the Moon), Friday, 6 November 2009 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
A ton of "world" albums on eMusic are mistagged as "reggae."
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 6 November 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
what's the bitrate on eMusic these days? I can't find anything on the site and I think it was something like 128 last time I used it (c. 2001). but Chilly Gonzales has released six or so hours of his Guinness World Record 24-hour piano concert digitally and I'm v keen to check it out (and finally buy something where the royalties might make it to him, after Kitty-Yo).
alternatively, anyone got better things to say about Amazon, 7Digital, Deezer, AOL, Starzik or We7, who also seem to be "stocking" the "albums"?
― an terror has occurred (sic), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 04:53 (fourteen years ago) link
it's a higher VBR now, 192 i think?
i've bought a lot of stuff from 7digital, no quality issues, and they have the gonzales stuff at 320k CBR, though they are more expensive than emusic.
― blarinet (electricsound), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 05:00 (fourteen years ago) link
You won't find major label material besides Sony/CBS etc., but if it carries the independent labels you follow (in my case Warp, 4AD/Beggar's Banquet, and a few others), the costs per download are lower than elsewhere and a subscription makes sense. Everytime I think of cancelling I find at least 5+ albums to queue up.
I like lala.com a good deal. They've got an unusual first streaming play = free/unlimited streaming play = $0.10/download = $0.89 pricing scheme, but no subscriptions, and are licensing a good deal of major label (and others like ECM) material. Also, you can load your music collection to their server cloud to facilitate copyright violation prosecution so that you can play any of your collection on any net connected computer. Something like 180 GB on their network is now devoted to my music which didn't match previous users'.
― Biodegradable (Derelict), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 05:13 (fourteen years ago) link
anyway k1t unless you are currently a subscriber it is academic as they are no longer accepting new regs from australians
― blarinet (electricsound), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 05:16 (fourteen years ago) link
fuc that noize :(
will have a look at 7Digital later, ta - I remember finding their sign-up too frustrating to bother for some exclusive track a year or two ago, but for a whole bunch at 320k I'll grit my teeth harder
― an terror has occurred (sic), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 05:20 (fourteen years ago) link
lala looks like a rip-off of last.fm, which is so attractive.
― US EEL (u s steel), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link
eMusic always has higher bitrates than 192 - most things are VBR. Occasionally you'll see things at 256 kbps, but for the most part they're high.
― Shannon Whirry and the Bad Brains, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
emusic.com/lovefilm lets you download fifty tracks for free.
its handy if you want to build your william basinski collection as many of his albums are one "track".
― djh, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 22:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Just got an email from them saying the entire Hendrix catalog goes up on Jan. 1.
― Thulsa Doob (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
has anyone else experienced emusic crashing when trying to download something in firefox on a mac?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
No but I have deliberately avoided upgrading the eMusic DL Manager bcuz I'm afraid of stuff like that...
― Thulsa Doob (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
noticed that supermarkets here have emusic cards for sale for £10. i think it works out as twice as expensive as a subscription but without the subscription hassle (or the need for a credit card, which is where i fail)
― koogs, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 11:01 (fourteen years ago) link
actually, the prepaid cards are 20 for £10 which is ok compared to 24 for £9.99 subscription
they also do cards for 100 downloads for about £30 (and 50 for £21) but apparently these higher denominations are thin on the ground.
― koogs, Wednesday, 16 December 2009 11:08 (fourteen years ago) link
eMusic is now having a sale on its "Booster Packs." Fifty credits for $20.00, which basically cranks out to .40 a song.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 16 December 2009 11:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Cool, thanks for the tip. I'll bite on that.
― Thulsa Doob (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 16 December 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I was going to, but then I spotted this 7Digital sale. So many good MP3 albums for $2.00. I think the downloading process is a pain.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 16 December 2009 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
So I forgot that my account refreshes on the 26th or thereabouts, rather than the end/beginning of the month, and thus got ROBBED of $5.01 (was hemming and hawing on how to spend it since seemingly every album I wanted was $5.89 or $5.99. Totally fed up with this horseshit plus the relatively low bit rates and wanted to cancel my account. Short story long, they offered me a free month to stay. I took it, but am so cancelling after that.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i've been on the $6.49/month plan for the last few months just as kind of a minimum involvement thing to see whether i want to stay in the long-term and increase my subscription again at some point, and it's really frustrating that pretty much every time i'm interested in a new album it's $6.99 (or it's even higher, which is frustrating in a different way because at that point i can usually get it cheaper on Amazon mp3). last month i kept delaying using it my downloads hoping that something new would come along with a lower price and then i forgot to go ahead and just download something older and cheaper before the new month rolled over.
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
so they've taken away record label name and release date from the new releases page
was there a point to doing this? uh i mean congrats on fucking it up for new bands i only discover through knowing the label name, wtg
― Преве́д LIVE (electricsound), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i can't imagine the hassle having that info there was causing, i am sorry for your lots
― Преве́д LIVE (electricsound), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
cockmunchers
That really sucks. I browse classical new releases primarily where label is v v v important.
― how do I Mothman a ho? (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 23:58 (thirteen years ago) link
it looks like it's only gone when the cover art is thumbnailed (my default view). so not the end of the world but still hell of annoying
― Преве́д LIVE (electricsound), Thursday, 31 March 2011 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Found a good classical label (Radioservis, seeming to specialize in Polish and Hungarian stuff) whose album price is $4.40. Good to know about for those end of month situations. Has anyone noticed any other labels (of whatever genre) at this price?
― how do I Mothman a ho? (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 31 March 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
The 61-track Homage a Nesuhi is a great comp of Atlantic Jazz for $5.99
― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Thursday, 31 March 2011 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, good tip! There are a few such 2fer deals on there-- the Rhino Larry Levan comp is (or was) the price of one disc, as is Daniel Barenboim's killer 2cd of the Schumann symphonies. Some others I'm not remembering.
― how do I Mothman a ho? (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 April 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Now that the dust has settled on eMusic's new pricing structure, are there many people still using it? And if so are you satisfied with it? I let my account lapse about a year ago when I a little cash-strapped, but am thinking of signing back up. Is it worth it?
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm still in but mostly just to irritate them. My "grandfathered" account = Price: £6.39 (every 30 days) Bonus: £10.41 (every 30 days) Total Credit: £16.80 (every 30 days)
― these are my everyday balloons (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
argh why do i keep forgetting to cancel my membership
― blbllbllllllrlrrghgghhh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
at this point i basically keep my minimum membership partly as an excuse to look at eMusic's new releases slate every few weeks, which tends to be much easier to navigate than iTunes etc.
― some dude, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
still cheaper than the alternatives for me
― pitch defect (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Same here.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm still grandfathered in at 22¢/track
― jay lenonononono (abanana), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
― pitch defect (electricsound), Wednesday, May 11, 2011 7:13 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark
i haven't done a lot of side-by-side comparison pricing but in my experience Amazon MP3 tends to have whatever new album i want for less than eMusic is selling it for
― contenderoni (some dude), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I got grandfathered in too - I use it, mainly for stuff I want to be able to listen to on my ipod while I'm running or sleeping. Sometimes I think it's a waste, but I always enjoy choosing my music and it is cheaper/easier to manage than alternatives. I don't like the switch from downloads to cash, though. It makes me feel way more likely to cancel.
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
amazon is not available to non-US residents
my alternative is 7digital, which occasionally is cheaper but not as a rule
― pitch defect (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
oh right, forgot where you live -- still, though, i would like to give a shout out to Amazon MP3 for anyone who cares, they're pretty good!
― contenderoni (some dude), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Amazon has some stuff that emusic doesn't, they had a lot of seventies glam and bubblegum type stuff I like, but the navigation is atrocious. Emusic is definitely worth keeping if you're a big music fan. I'm glad they expanded actually!
― Sebastian Cabinet (u s steel), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:22 (thirteen years ago) link
It's available in the UK. But, more to the point, when are they going to stop with this 'region' shit?
― these are my everyday balloons (Ned Trifle II), Thursday, 12 May 2011 08:06 (thirteen years ago) link
when are they going to stop with this 'region' shit?
yeah i am fucking sick of it. australia gets fucked in the ass with this stuff all the time because we don't have any competitive local alternatives, either in range or price. itunes is more expensive than buying a cd.
― pitch defect (electricsound), Thursday, 12 May 2011 08:19 (thirteen years ago) link