I subscribe to the UK eMusic store. We just got an email yesterday saying
they were moving to the per track pricing. We, as yet, don't get the major
label artists though it looks as though it's coming. I think this is a shame
as I like the fact it's all indie label releases - I certainly discover a
lot of good but more obscure bands because of this and I suspect this will
be lost if they're being crowded out by more high profile temptations.

From reading what they've sent me it doesn't look as though my plan will
change however. Previously I paid just under £10 and could download 65
tracks- this is going to stay the same - I'll still pay the £10 and still
get the same number of downloads so effectively I'll get £27.50 worth of
credit for my £10. I wonder if this will change at some point in the future?

The only downside I can see for me is that albums will cost the sum of all
the tracks. So a 10 track album will be £4.20. However, if a band releases
an album with 25 short tracks on it, it'll cost £10.50. There may be
instances then when it's silly to download from eMusic as likely iTunes,
Amazon or even the physical product will work out a lot cheaper.

Mark


>
> Oct 11, 2010 09:27:55 PM, audities@smoe.org wrote:
>
>  >Okay, I'm seriously looking to cut things out of my budget and it
>  looks like
>  >my Emusic subscription will be the first to go after this new round
>  of plan changing.
>  > I didn't get grandfathered in with a great plan, I'm paying $11.99
>  for
>  >30 tracks and now that's going to be $11.99 and I will barely be
>  able to afford
>  >two albums per month for that.
>  >
>  >Anyone else care to bitch about it? I feel for them, but I mean, I
>  can go to
>  >Amoeba, or buy cds at half.com for much less. Yes, I understand that
>  used cds mean
>  >the artist doesn't get anything, but I really don't know what else
>  to do
>  >at this point. Especially since my music buying is so limited
>  anyway. I find I'm
>  >struggling to use up the 30 credits Emusic used to give me.
>  >
>  >
>  >Anna Borg
>  >TallBoy Records
>  >P.O. Box 460652
>  >San Francisco, CA 94146
>  >
>  >http://www.tallboyrecords.com
>  >
>