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| From | "Matthew Marcinowski" <matthew@beattheindiedrum.com> |
| Subject | Re: Emusic/Audities etc |
| Date | Thu, 02 Jun 2005 13:00:56 -0400 |
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Though it can be said Weed's selection leaves much to be desired as of
now and that is a very, very big con. I don't know about others but I
can't say I've ever had any trouble finding 40 mp3's to download every
month on Emusic. In fact, I find myself buying up more 'booster packs',
if you will. However, I would wager I lean more towards the 'indie' side
of the room than most on the list so the lack of fringe artists on
Emusic (which is quite true) doesn't seem to bother me all that much. To
sum up, Weed could occasionally be a nice supplement to Emusic but
definitely not a replacement.
Matthew
> Dear Bob,
>
> I just signed up for Emusic and tried it out. There are a couple of
issues.
>
> Pro: all files are mp3 - can play on any platform
> Con: only 30 second samples
> Pro: you get 40 tracks for $9.95 a month
> Con: they don't roll over at the end of the month - use it or lose it.
> Pro: lots of indie music, some out of print stuff
> Con: not much fringe-of-mainstream content
>
> Trying Emusic made me that much more proud of Weed (www.weedshare.com)
>
> Weed is Windows only for the moment, but has three full free plays,
and the
> music is sharable - you are encouraged to share the Weed files. You
only pay
> for what you want to keep and share, and there is an interesting
spectrum of
> music on Weed, including Roger Joseph Manning, Jr and Imperial Drag (see
> http://www.arsdivina.com/ImperialDrag/). I just had an interview published
> at http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/05/25/weed.html about Weed...
>
> ...Steve>>>
> http://www.arsdivina.com/
> http://www.weedfilegarden.com/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On
Behalf Of
> bob_hutton@standardlife.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 5:47 AM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Emusic/Audities etc
>
> Also can you chaps tell me about Emusic - is it worth using? Are
there any
> similar things out there which are as good or even better? (I did try
> RealRhapsody but it only accepts subscription if from United States
> residents, not for us over in the UK).
>
> Bob Hutton
> Systems Developer
> IS DG2
>
>
>
>
>
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