Amazon offers DRM-free MP3 downloads
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Yay[^]. Now i just need Warner to get with the program and make their stuff available... so i can finally use Amazon gift cards to buy a mix-disc of the half-decent TSO tracks. You know, the ones without vocals.
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?
Sadly it's US amazon only. You can't purchase from outside the U.S. On a separate note why does amazon.ca suck so badly compared to amazon.com? Same company but the Canadian site only sells the lines of products that Amazon.com started selling when they opened for business, i.e. books and cd's and dvd's only.
Modo vincis, modo vinceris.
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The buying of mp3s is a mystery to me. Until it costs a lot less than buying a CD, I'd rather have a physical object, with artwork, etc.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Hey old timer, stop killing the trees! And, um, whatever plastic grows on. Yah! :P
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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Yay[^]. Now i just need Warner to get with the program and make their stuff available... so i can finally use Amazon gift cards to buy a mix-disc of the half-decent TSO tracks. You know, the ones without vocals.
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?
Well, you've already seen my blog post, but just to be obstinate.... ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW :sigh:
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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That's funny because I remember distinctly the dissapointment when everything went from vinyl LP to CD that all the cool artwork and stickers and other stuff that used to be in LP's was now gone. Personally I would like to buy cheap unencumbered mp3's song by song because all modern albums suck and aren't worth buying whole and there are thousands of songs I would like to buy that were on old lp's I used to own and sold off or got stolen over the years. Having boxes or racks of cd's is just a pain, they take up space, they dissappear when you have a party, they need to be dusted, there is no real artwork or anything cool in any of them other than the cover itself which windows media player displays anyway.
Modo vincis, modo vinceris.
John Cardinal wrote:
because all modern albums suck and aren't worth buying whole
Totally disagreed. Most music does suck, but there's a ton of awesome glam and metal bands, and it's very rare for them to have only one or two good songs, more like one or two that are not as good as the others.
John Cardinal wrote:
there are thousands of songs I would like to buy that were on old lp's I used to own and sold off or got stolen over the years.
Me too, I just like buying them on CD
John Cardinal wrote:
Having boxes or racks of cd's is just a pain
I like it, I have a huge rack as you walk into my room.
John Cardinal wrote:
they dissappear when you have a party
LOL - party ?
John Cardinal wrote:
they need to be dusted
I'm a guy, I don't dust.
John Cardinal wrote:
there is no real artwork or anything cool in any of them other than the cover itself which windows media player displays anyway.
Actually, CD packaging is getting cooler and cooler, I've noticed. I do think LPs allowed for better covers, but there's still some excellent booklets and other packaging going on, to combat piracy, I presume.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Hey old timer, stop killing the trees! And, um, whatever plastic grows on. Yah! :P
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
LOL - actually, I do buy a lot of new music now, but in the past I've mostly bought second hand. So, the tree is already dead, the oil already out of the ground.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Hey old timer, stop killing the trees! And, um, whatever plastic grows on. Yah! :P
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
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The buying of mp3s is a mystery to me. Until it costs a lot less than buying a CD, I'd rather have a physical object, with artwork, etc.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
Until it costs a lot less than buying a CD
Check out emusic. 30 songs for 10 bucks. They don't have Britney or Justin, but they do have Patty Griffin, John Hiatt, and Gillian Welch. Not to mention Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Wes Montgomery... They have the long tail, just not the head. And it's DRM free MP3. I heart emusic.
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Well, you've already seen my blog post, but just to be obstinate.... ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW :sigh:
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
Apparently, you should be blaming the licensing agencies[^].
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Christian Graus wrote:
Until it costs a lot less than buying a CD
Check out emusic. 30 songs for 10 bucks. They don't have Britney or Justin, but they do have Patty Griffin, John Hiatt, and Gillian Welch. Not to mention Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Wes Montgomery... They have the long tail, just not the head. And it's DRM free MP3. I heart emusic.
X| I tried Emusic, unless you are into obscure indy bands it's a waste of money. I like my music to have a hook and a beat and be well crafted with interesting lyrics, not some pointless wankfest of what to me sounds in general like folk-light of the worst kind from people that haven't done enough, haven't suffered enough in their lives to have anything interesting to say.
Modo vincis, modo vinceris.
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Hey old timer, stop killing the trees! And, um, whatever plastic grows on. Yah! :P
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Andy Brummer wrote:
Watson's law: As an online discussion of cars grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Bugatti Veyron approaches one.
I've tried unsuccessfully to play these new fangled CD's on my record player, but I just get scratchy noises - no music. I've tried both sides but still nothing. Lots of scratches on the CD surface though and I had to buy 2 new needles. What gives??? :confused: I'm sticking with my groovy vinyl.
Gary
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X| I tried Emusic, unless you are into obscure indy bands it's a waste of money. I like my music to have a hook and a beat and be well crafted with interesting lyrics, not some pointless wankfest of what to me sounds in general like folk-light of the worst kind from people that haven't done enough, haven't suffered enough in their lives to have anything interesting to say.
Modo vincis, modo vinceris.
I'll admit that emusic isn't for everyone. I'll also admit that 90% of everything is crap, even on emusic. I will not admit that Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong, for example, haven't suffered enough in their lives to have anything interesting to say. I will not admit that the songs of John Hiatt are not well-crafted with interesting lyrics. I joined almost a year ago, and I've downloaded some of the best music in my collection. Music I wanted for years, but couldn't afford it new, couldn't find it used, and wasn't available from my music club. For me, it's been more than worthwhile.
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I'll admit that emusic isn't for everyone. I'll also admit that 90% of everything is crap, even on emusic. I will not admit that Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong, for example, haven't suffered enough in their lives to have anything interesting to say. I will not admit that the songs of John Hiatt are not well-crafted with interesting lyrics. I joined almost a year ago, and I've downloaded some of the best music in my collection. Music I wanted for years, but couldn't afford it new, couldn't find it used, and wasn't available from my music club. For me, it's been more than worthwhile.
Or Gary Numann or the soundtrack to Hedwig and the Angry Inch or their great collection of obscure 70's funk, lot's of other stuff I downloaded from Emusic on a free trial, but once you get past the obvious stuff you like you're faced with a hell of a lot of bands you never heard of and when I sampled their stuff from the top 100 list or whatever I just couldn't get into it. The problem with Emusic is you have to subscribe, I'd rather just go and buy songs on demand when I want them one by one. Let's face it the whole scenario sucks right now, you and I both know that there should be one or more sites that contain the entire history of recorded music that you can purchase or subscribe to. This whole breaking up into different sites and different labels and neglect of the rest of the world outside the U.S. is just a mess all around. I'd like to see artists just sell their music directly to the end user to be honest.
Modo vincis, modo vinceris.
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Or Gary Numann or the soundtrack to Hedwig and the Angry Inch or their great collection of obscure 70's funk, lot's of other stuff I downloaded from Emusic on a free trial, but once you get past the obvious stuff you like you're faced with a hell of a lot of bands you never heard of and when I sampled their stuff from the top 100 list or whatever I just couldn't get into it. The problem with Emusic is you have to subscribe, I'd rather just go and buy songs on demand when I want them one by one. Let's face it the whole scenario sucks right now, you and I both know that there should be one or more sites that contain the entire history of recorded music that you can purchase or subscribe to. This whole breaking up into different sites and different labels and neglect of the rest of the world outside the U.S. is just a mess all around. I'd like to see artists just sell their music directly to the end user to be honest.
Modo vincis, modo vinceris.
Hear, hear, and Amen. I especially like that bit about the entire history of recorded music should be available on-line. I've never looked through emusic's top 100. I started by searching for every band on my Amazon wish list. After I downloaded all that, emusic was able to make helpful suggestions. My Save For Later list is pretty long, so it will be a while before I run out of things I want to download. I've also tried SpiralFrog.com recently. They have a much different selection than emusic. Their songs are free, but are DRM wma files. To download an album, you have to babysit the downloader and click the button for each song. But hey, free music. I got a couple of Weezer records of various colors.
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The buying of mp3s is a mystery to me. Until it costs a lot less than buying a CD, I'd rather have a physical object, with artwork, etc.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Yay[^]. Now i just need Warner to get with the program and make their stuff available... so i can finally use Amazon gift cards to buy a mix-disc of the half-decent TSO tracks. You know, the ones without vocals.
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?
I had an interesting experience with iTunes. I won a free iTune song from one of those McDonalds Online games, so after receiving the code, I followed the directions and entered all my personal info to setup an account. I entered the gift code and the website insisted that I needed to download the newest version of iTunes first. I did, and then the code wouldn't work! Now here is the cool part, I emailed McDonalds and they sent me another code, which worked and then a few weeks later they sent me a second code from another music download service. (I never heard of it and I didn't have to sign up/give any personal info or download a player!) They insisted that I use both, so I did. I got one MP3 and one iTune. Let's just say I don't listen to the either, I'd rather listen to my hard earned CD collections while I code/surf/whatever. Plus I'm running out of disk space, again! Where would I put it? On my iPod? ROFL:wtf: Maybe you'll let me barrow yours?
Shohom67
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John Cardinal wrote:
because all modern albums suck and aren't worth buying whole
Totally disagreed. Most music does suck, but there's a ton of awesome glam and metal bands, and it's very rare for them to have only one or two good songs, more like one or two that are not as good as the others.
John Cardinal wrote:
there are thousands of songs I would like to buy that were on old lp's I used to own and sold off or got stolen over the years.
Me too, I just like buying them on CD
John Cardinal wrote:
Having boxes or racks of cd's is just a pain
I like it, I have a huge rack as you walk into my room.
John Cardinal wrote:
they dissappear when you have a party
LOL - party ?
John Cardinal wrote:
they need to be dusted
I'm a guy, I don't dust.
John Cardinal wrote:
there is no real artwork or anything cool in any of them other than the cover itself which windows media player displays anyway.
Actually, CD packaging is getting cooler and cooler, I've noticed. I do think LPs allowed for better covers, but there's still some excellent booklets and other packaging going on, to combat piracy, I presume.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )