Track Listing
2007-10-06
I've signed up with eMusic, who sell DRM-free music in MP3 format.
Up until now (and perhaps still), I've been staying away from buying music online, because I don't like the state of DRM at the moment: I don't like the idea of buying a license for something but later lose access to it by not being able to prove entitlement. A DRM-free world is a pipe-dream (it's a lovely idea, but there's a reason Wikis have user accounts, if you know what I mean), but I'd at least like to give the DRM-full world a few years to mature before I commit any money to it.
CDs aren't so bad. I only normally buy them when they're really cheap anyway, and looking at my existing collection there are an awful lot of good songs I might have missed completely had I bought them on a per-track basis. The sleeve-notes are sometimes quite interesting, plus I get a physical backup in case my electronic storage fails.
Anyway, eMusic. The first 25 tracks (in two weeks) are free, but having seen their pricing model (pay a monthly subscription and get a number of tracks each month) I doubt I'll stay, because I'll only end up paying and forgetting to get my money's worth.
So, in the meantime, having got the track I initially joined for (and three tracks worth of a symphony by the same composer, recorded by the same orchestra) I'm at a loss as to what I might want for the other 21 tracks.
Anyone want to recommend anything?
Examples of music I already have and/or like can be found in memes and other posts like theses: one, two, three.
Up until now (and perhaps still), I've been staying away from buying music online, because I don't like the state of DRM at the moment: I don't like the idea of buying a license for something but later lose access to it by not being able to prove entitlement. A DRM-free world is a pipe-dream (it's a lovely idea, but there's a reason Wikis have user accounts, if you know what I mean), but I'd at least like to give the DRM-full world a few years to mature before I commit any money to it.
CDs aren't so bad. I only normally buy them when they're really cheap anyway, and looking at my existing collection there are an awful lot of good songs I might have missed completely had I bought them on a per-track basis. The sleeve-notes are sometimes quite interesting, plus I get a physical backup in case my electronic storage fails.
Anyway, eMusic. The first 25 tracks (in two weeks) are free, but having seen their pricing model (pay a monthly subscription and get a number of tracks each month) I doubt I'll stay, because I'll only end up paying and forgetting to get my money's worth.
So, in the meantime, having got the track I initially joined for (and three tracks worth of a symphony by the same composer, recorded by the same orchestra) I'm at a loss as to what I might want for the other 21 tracks.
Anyone want to recommend anything?
Examples of music I already have and/or like can be found in memes and other posts like theses: one, two, three.
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