On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 08:14, Lee wrote: > Michael Thompson wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 14:43, Tanner Lovelace wrote: > >>I dearly hope that people turn away from RIAA artists and discover some > >>of the wonderful music on the smaller labels. > > > > And, I believe this should be the way to fight the RIAA... It may be more > > difficult to endure the hardship of a "non-commercialized" music collection, > > but nobody ever said freedom was free... > For those who are looking for an alternative, may I suggest EMusic (www.emusic.com)? I've subscribed to their service for about three months and am very happy with them (and haven't bought a new CD since). They have an interesting pricing model ($10/month for all you can download VBR MP3s, which can be burned at will, as long as you keep copies in your immediate family). While you won't find Clear Channel schlock there, there are some very good indie labels, an outstanding jazz selection and a fair-to-middling classical section (emphasis on labels distributed by Qualiton).
The other nice thing is that their entire catalog can be browsed and sampled (30 second samples) by anyone, subscriber or not. While their customer service isn't world class and their naming conventions could use some work, it's an interesting and affordable way to listen to good music. You may want to give a listen. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
