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08 Sep 2005, 11:01 PM
FX

Downloading Music

Can anyone tell me what they think is the best available music download service?

I don't want to do that "pay per song" crap. I'd like to do the one-time flat fee and get it over with.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

- FX
08 Sep 2005, 11:16 PM
Rumpy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fighter-X

I don't want to do that "pay per song" crap. I'd like to do the one-time flat fee and get it over with.

Umm....go buy the CD?

Everyone does the pay per song thing, though I'm not sure if anyone does full album sales. Might as well just buy the actual cd then.

The Napster "deal" where you pay like 15 bucks for whatever you want is more like renting the music. There's like a timer on the files and if you stop subscribing to the service, the files become useless (it checks every time you update your lists and get new music and such).
08 Sep 2005, 11:17 PM
Thief Silver

So wait.. if you stop subscribing and don't update your lists etc.. then you're good?
08 Sep 2005, 11:21 PM
Rumpy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

So wait.. if you stop subscribing and don't update your lists etc.. then you're good?

Hell no. You think they'd have a loop hole in there like that? The timer is on the files, if it doesn't talk to the service after whatever time, the files don't work.

We talked about this in another thread, check this out for more info,

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...hlight=napster
08 Sep 2005, 11:23 PM
Giltch

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rumpy

Umm....go buy the CD?

I agree. MP3s have shit for quality, which is one of the main reasons I don't do the whole MP3 thing, but it's also just the decent thing to do to just go out and drop fifteen bucks on an album.
08 Sep 2005, 11:25 PM
kedawa

You really are better off just buying the CD.
You'll have an uncompressed hard copy of the music and you'll never have to deal with any DRM horseshit.
08 Sep 2005, 11:33 PM
Rumpy

And you can rip the cd in 10 minutes to put on your favorite mp3 player.
08 Sep 2005, 11:36 PM
Drewbacca

CD's are cheap. Don't be a lazy asshole.
08 Sep 2005, 11:39 PM
FX

I buy CDs all the time. I don't need a sermon, I'm just asking a question. If you can help, I appreciate it.

I have a few songs here and there that I'm trying to find (not that many), and I'm not going to go around the world trying to find all of the individual CDs.
08 Sep 2005, 11:40 PM
Joust Williams

Yahoo! Music is pretty slick. It's cheap and easy to use
08 Sep 2005, 11:41 PM
FX

How much are we talking, and what's the deal? Any catches?

If Pay-per-song is the best way, I'd go for it. I'm flexible.

EDIT: Checked it out, thanks. :tu:

Anyone else have any recommendations?

Thanks,

- FX
08 Sep 2005, 11:48 PM
Rumpy

Check it out. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/

Free 7 day trial.

I think they're pretty much all the same now. Probably comes down to whichever interface you like most.
09 Sep 2005, 12:30 AM
frostwolf ex

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew

CD's are cheap. Don't be a lazy asshole.

yeah but, some cd's have exactly one good song on them, now im not paying 10-15 dollars for one good song, i do the itunes 99cents deal, its actually pretty good, i would have saved a lot if it had been around long ago, but you notice a lot of good bands arent on different services,check em out to see who has contracts with whom. itunes has no mettalica, which hurts only because i cant grab any of their pre-load stuff that was really good,and that i only have on cassette.
09 Sep 2005, 12:58 AM
Revoltor

Quote:

Originally Posted by frostwolf ex

yeah but, some cd's have exactly one good song on them, now im not paying 10-15 dollars for one good song...

Those usually aren't very good artists anyway.
09 Sep 2005, 01:47 AM
frostwolf ex

yes, but they have one good song, so they get one good dollar, if they were better i'd buy their whole cd, so the ball is really in their court to be better for more cash.
09 Sep 2005, 01:58 AM
Giltch

Quote:

Originally Posted by frostwolf ex

yes, but they have one good song, so they get one good dollar, if they were better i'd buy their whole cd, so the ball is really in their court to be better for more cash.

How much of that dollar do you think they get?

One-hits aren't even worth the time spent listening to them.
09 Sep 2005, 02:16 AM
Revoltor

That's what these are for:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
lolz.
09 Sep 2005, 02:19 AM
Josh

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09 Sep 2005, 06:09 AM
Cowutopia

what about that russian(?) site that lets you pay per file size?
09 Sep 2005, 09:54 AM
Diff-chan

Used CD stores are the way to go, mortal. The music is cheap, $2-$8, with liner notes, and isnt a shitty compressed computer file. Dont be a tool.
09 Sep 2005, 10:08 AM
Frogacuda

Quote:

Originally Posted by diffusionx

Used CD stores are the way to go, mortal. The music is cheap, $2-$8, with liner notes, and isnt a shitty compressed computer file. Dont be a tool.

Dude, I know you know New Brunswick. It has one CD store, which is also a cell phone store, and they mostly cell CD-R burns of 50cent and Lil John cds. Not every place has one of those great music shops out of High Fidelity or something. Shit, I'd be glad for a Sam Goody.
09 Sep 2005, 12:23 PM
Timber

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cowutopia

what about that russian(?) site that lets you pay per file size?

www.allofmp3.com

If I was ever to pay for downloading MP3s, it would only be from this site. Most songs are in the 15 cent range.
09 Sep 2005, 12:56 PM
FX

THERE we go! :D
09 Sep 2005, 02:04 PM
Diff-chan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Dude, I know you know New Brunswick. It has one CD store, which is also a cell phone store, and they mostly cell CD-R burns of 50cent and Lil John cds. Not every place has one of those great music shops out of High Fidelity or something. Shit, I'd be glad for a Sam Goody.

New Brunswick is anus, get out of there. But in the meantime...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...music&n=507846

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