Cyberwoo Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Apologies if this has been discussed before (I did search for what its worth) but I'm curious what sites people use to download music...legally. I got linked to emusic.com last night while reading a review of an album I was interested in. Well the site has a 14day trial period where you can download 50songs for free. During that 14day trial period you can cancel at anytime and you wont get charged a dime. Let the 14 day trial run its course and you will be billed according to the monthly plan you signed up for each month until you cancel. I signed up for the $19.95 per month plan that allows 75 downloads per month. Considering how much music I listen to and the fact you can cancel at anytime I figured it was worth a shot. I'm happy to pay $20 for the priveledge of downloading 6 or 7 albums. I get tired of going to local music shops and being disapointed with the selection. Even using not so legal methods (newsgroups, etc) I find it hard to find what I want. Granted I don't listen to mainstream stuff so its always harder to find what I'm lookin for. Anyway I'm just curious to see who if anyone uses emusic or anything similar. Downloaded 2 albums already and the download speeds were decent enough. Sound quality is high using variable bitrate. Music selection seems pretty good so far as well. Edit: I should probably specify that I listen to alot of electronic ambient/IDM/down tempo/experiemental type of stuff. If there are sites that cater specifically to that type of music I'd like to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 eMusic is pretty awesome, it used to be even better when it was download all you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlucci Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I tried Emusic but I guess I'm more into mainstream music and found their selection lacking. I really want to use legal means to get music, to set a good example for my boys, so... For two months I have been using Rhapsody. It's $15 a month for me and my two sons to have unlimited downloads to our MP3 players. You can't burn to disk and you don't "own" the song -- the right to play the songs ends when you stop the Rhapsody service. It's a far more economical solution for all 3 of us rather than buying songs on an adhoc basis. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlucci Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I recently upgraded to a Sansa Rhapsody branded MP3 player. this type of player integrates fully with the Rhapsody online music service. I'm loving the way this works. I can create my own custom playlists online and download individual albums/tracks to my player of course, but I can also subscribe to "dynamic playlists" that will automatically download songs in particular genre's to my Sansa for me to listen to and evaluate. I can rate the songs from 1-5 stars, or vote that I don't want to ever hear it again. Rhapsody then "learns" from my ratings and offers me more that I might like. If I like one of the dynamic playlist songs enough to keep it, I just choose "add to my library", and it is no longer in danger of being replaced by a dynamic playlist refresh. It will remain on my player until I choose to get rid of it. It's suiting my listening habits perfectly. There are times when I want to hear something new or classics that I haven't thought to download, but other times when I want to hear my tried-and-true favorites. There are hundreds and hundreds of user-submitted playlists to check out also. My main gripe is that there doesn't seem to be a way to search playlists. I would love to find playlists that people created with keyword "workout" for example, but I haven't found a way to do that. Or find playlists containing an artist or song. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberwoo Posted May 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 I'm really getting my moneys worth out of emusic lately. I signed up for the $19.95 a month deal which nets you 80 downloads a month (or is it 70...). Well worth it so far. Been using it so much that I've bought my share of booster packs when I use up my monthly downloads. Dangerous being able to click "buy booster pack" and boom you just added 30 downloads for whatever it is they charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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