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cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:31 pm

cron wrote:I suppose Bleep prices (£6.99 per album) probably do seem inflated to people who aren't in the UK where we're royally ripped off for music on CD.

Warp CDs are very expensive over here too. I usually get them straight from Warp.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:32 pm

And yet none of them seems to have the two Marc Almond / Soft Cell CD's I can't find anywhere

3*s · Post by **3*s** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:02 pm

RealRhapsody

10 USD a month, as much legal music on my computer as I want, almost instantly. $.80/song I believe for a cd burning.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:26 pm

pHz wrote:already bought stuff from bleep ...

... signed up for emusic for the free trial at least ... looks good so far but as someone said not sure if theres enough there (for me) to sustain monthly business ...

I just had a browse through emusic again, and it occurred to me that part of the reason I've thought there wasn't enough there maybe had to do with thinking about paying for music according to old forms of buying it.

The stuff I downloaded from emusic in the past was mostly stuff I wanted to buy specifically. One could feasibly approach it more on the disposable level, where you just pay to listen to something on the off chance that you like it. 40 downloads for $10 isn't a bad deal, especially if you get stuff where tracks are an hour long. If you're into stuff that'd fall into the classical department of the CD store, you could have a field day with the service.

I've been listening more to free music to fill that role, stuff from the Cafe or netlabels, but ten bucks a month isn't so steep for me that I wouldn't consider it.

pHz · Post by **pHz** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:34 pm

shamann wrote:
pHz wrote:already bought stuff from bleep ...
... signed up for emusic for the free trial at least ... looks good so far but as someone said not sure if theres enough there (for me) to sustain monthly business ...
I just had a browse through emusic again, and it occurred to me that part of the reason I've thought there wasn't enough there maybe had to do with thinking about paying for music according to old forms of buying it.
The stuff I downloaded from emusic in the past was mostly stuff I wanted to buy specifically. One could feasibly approach it more on the disposable level, where you just pay to listen to something on the off chance that you like it. 40 downloads for $10 isn't a bad deal, especially if you get stuff where tracks are an hour long. If you're into stuff that'd fall into the classical department of the CD store, you could have a field day with the service.
I've been listening more to free music to fill that role, stuff from the Cafe or netlabels, but ten bucks a month isn't so steep for me that I wouldn't consider it.

good point ... and if i stay with it ill be using it in this i-wonder-what-thats-like-??? way ... the 'related artists' links there are quite good for this type of chinese whispers browsing actually ...

slainte

rob

jdg · Post by **jdg** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:43 pm

shamann wrote:http://www.bleep.com

But, it's freaking expensive. If you download a whole album's worth, it comes to the same price as a CD (if not more). In my book, that's a rip off.

but lots of stuff there is now long out of print and/or only avail on collector prices... or on bleep as mp3s (for everyone to buy/hear)

also, may i plug: en:peg digital where u can buy every release for 2bux.. thats a deal..

edit: wtf do i know how to type?

Notron User · Post by **Notron User** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:55 am

http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/

The folkway's catalog on the web for $.99 a tune.

basic channel · Post by **basic channel** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:40 am

I signed up to Emusic for that freedownload deal.

Got Luomo's Vocal City (a landmark techhouse / dub techno album)

Couldn't really find anything else.

BC

baggio · Post by **baggio** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:45 am

In the UK I have a subscription with wippit.com which is quite useful - the deal is that there is always around 40,000 tracks you can download for free and these tracks are constantly changing - plus if you like Ninja Tunes artists they are all free as well - it works out £5.00 a month or £50.00 for the year.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:15 pm

basic channel wrote:I signed up to Emusic for that freedownload deal.

Got Luomo's Vocal City (a landmark techhouse / dub techno album)

If your into techhouse and the like, they have a whole bunch of the Force Inc./Mille Plateaux back catalog.

basic channel · Post by **basic channel** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:19 pm

shamann wrote:
basic channel wrote:I signed up to Emusic for that freedownload deal.

Got Luomo's Vocal City (a landmark techhouse / dub techno album)
If your into techhouse and the like, they have a whole bunch of the Force Inc./Mille Plateaux back catalog.

Really ?

Thanks - I must have missed that !

Rabid · Post by **Rabid** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:28 pm

I have not found anything I like, and really hate to spend money for a compressed song. After using iTunes for a while (since I have an iPod) and buying about 20 songs I switched to Napster. Yes, I know, not supposed to mention Napster. But, it works well for my system. $10 a month lets me use it on multiple computers. The best thing is browsing. If I want to check out an artist I download everything by them, decide what I like, then order the CD from Amazon. It pays for itself in the money I save by not buying a crap CD by an artist I usually like.

Robert

el davo · Post by **el davo** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:35 pm

http://www.traxsource.com great for house, including promotion material ahead of release. up to 320kb/s.

Whoomph · Post by **Whoomph** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:47 pm

Hey thanks to whoever said whippit.com
as I'm now downloading some really good freebies from them

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:14 pm

Whoomph wrote:whippit.com

It's http://www.wippit.com/ actually

your favourite pay-per-DL / subscription .mp3 service ...