Discovering music
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fearmeforiampinkSo, a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I decided to get an account with a site called eMusic. I wanted to listen to new and interesting music, to slowly increase my collection of music, and so forth.
Then I left them, because they'd got rid of the ability to redownload music from them, changed it from X songs a month to 'your subscription in cash plus a bonus for subscribing, get songs of variable value from that credit', and because (likely as a result of this) there were several bands leaving them.
Since then, largely due to general lack of extended employment, I've not replaced that with anything. I am considering doing so now.
The main contender would be a paid-for spotify account. It would have to be paid for, as listening to ads really irritates me (I have a very good retention of what I hear, so the jingles get stuck in my head).
But is there anything else? Decent selection, not too expensive, lets me slowly expand what I'm listening to, but also either makes it incredibly easy to listen to the new stuff (a la Spotify) or gives me some impetus to get new stuff (as having 30-40 new tracks a month did on eTarget?
Also, second question, if I end up going for Spotify, are there any particularly good deals to start off on?
Then I left them, because they'd got rid of the ability to redownload music from them, changed it from X songs a month to 'your subscription in cash plus a bonus for subscribing, get songs of variable value from that credit', and because (likely as a result of this) there were several bands leaving them.
Since then, largely due to general lack of extended employment, I've not replaced that with anything. I am considering doing so now.
The main contender would be a paid-for spotify account. It would have to be paid for, as listening to ads really irritates me (I have a very good retention of what I hear, so the jingles get stuck in my head).
But is there anything else? Decent selection, not too expensive, lets me slowly expand what I'm listening to, but also either makes it incredibly easy to listen to the new stuff (a la Spotify) or gives me some impetus to get new stuff (as having 30-40 new tracks a month did on eTarget?
Also, second question, if I end up going for Spotify, are there any particularly good deals to start off on?
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Date: 2012-01-30 10:47 pm (UTC)He does have a paid-for Spotify account, though, and says it's nearly an acceptable alternative to eMusic.
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Date: 2012-01-30 10:51 pm (UTC)When I'm watching the TV, I mute the ads. Don't mind watching the muted images, but I really don't want the sound.
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Date: 2012-01-31 01:09 am (UTC)Should you choose to give it a try, I'm dbsurfeit over there - and very happy to share.
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Date: 2012-01-31 09:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-31 12:47 pm (UTC)Of course, you lose that the moment you stop subscribing, whereas I still have all the songs I got from eMusic, so there's definietly downsides.
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Date: 2012-01-31 12:26 pm (UTC)Last.fm is also quite good for recommendations, though you can't really use it for downloads and I still prefer Spotify.
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Date: 2012-01-31 12:50 pm (UTC)Basicallly, the problem with Last.fm is that I sometimes want to go "I want *this*", and that doesn't work with that.
Essentially this post was mainly me using the great Interwebs Hive Mind to go "Am I missing anything here?" — making sure I've not missed another possibility, or a downside to Spotify I'm not aware of.