after all this talk of pinching free MP3's on the net I thought I'd point
out som decent payed-for MP3's.
www.crunch.co.uk - if you go to Crunch there are quite a few good bits here.
Downloads are 99p (UK) each. Not bad...
Sirkus Records have just signed up with them and I downloaded
Two Banks of Four - Hook And A Line (Zed Bias mix)
Quality 2-step track that I've been trying to get my hands on for a while. I
think the vinyl is coming out soon.
www.emusic.com - I'm not to fond of emusic but they had a free month trial -
which means its free but royalties are still paid. Remember to cancel before
the month though. I forgot and got lumbered paying a month's subscription.
They have a lot of stuff on Ubiquity, Second Skin, Ultimate Dilemma and
similar labels. They've also got a jazz section. I downloaded
P-taah - The Crossing Evacuation of Form remix (Ubiquity records)
Has anyone else been paying for downloads?
----- Original Message -----
From: Olaf Molenveld <olaf@interactivelink.nl>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: Napster
> mmm..just thinking about all these "big" bands signed to the big
> recordcompanies are tied with hands and feet to those companies..they get
> all these advantages in money, and they have to pay back by releasing
> several albums and touring and promoting etc. i guess when their
> recordcompany is telling them the payback isn't working very well and
using
> napster as an argument for less sales these "big" bands are getting a
little
> pissed of at Napster..but the reality is/was that the big recordcompanies
> where pushing these bands through the throaths of the common audience
using
> their recordstores and promotion-campaigns...but now these days are
over...
>
> Olaf
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jason Martin <suenomartino@bigpond.com>
> To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: zaterdag 31 maart 2001 3:16
> Subject: Re: Napster
>
>
> > the facts are:
> >
> > *everyone copied music before napster, but now people can be more
> selective
> > about what they do get to copy, and can hook up with others who have
same
> > tastes as them
> >
> > *it is only Mp3 and any audiophile knows that mp3 is severely compressed
> and
> > totally lacks any sound quality found on original cd recordings and
_any_
> > vinyl recording full stop (but this doesnt make any real difference for
> > 'pop' listeners or minidisc users since these are majorly compressed
> anyway)
> >
> > *if the music is comercially accessible and the listener really loves
it,
> > they'll buy the original 95% of the time. After all, materialism is what
> its
> > all about :) (metallica dont fall in to this 'really love it' catagory,
> > hence the reason they stress.. ;)
> >
> > *"real" artists want their share no doubt, but im sure most genuine
> artists
> > are happy to see their music getting more exposure either way -> im
> thinking
> > less commercial artists along the lines of what people here listen to.
> >
> > i think it is a great resource for any music lover for the simple fact
> that
> > you _do_ have access to all that music which is locally unavailable or
> > totally rare and not currently reissued.. the argument for me is that
the
> > majors are shooting themselves in the foot, because for every "napster"
> they
> > try to shut down, 10 others will spring up in its midst..
> >
> >
> > martino
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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