Jazz Kat Posted January 15, 2006 Report Posted January 15, 2006 I just got walmart 88 cent music downloads. Boy, what a selection! I'm not sure if it's better than I-tunes, but it's cheaper and I haven't had any trouble finding musicians I searched for. I downloaded about ten Blue Notes already. This is great! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Posted January 15, 2006 JK you should check out emusic.com Quote
JSngry Posted January 15, 2006 Report Posted January 15, 2006 Great as it may be, it's still Wal-Mart. Quote
ejp626 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Posted January 15, 2006 Emusic is greart, but it doesn't have any Blue Note or Verve, and while Walmart has a bunch of restrictions just like iTunes, it does have stuff from these labels. In fact, it looks like they may not have as many restrictions on the BN stuff as iTunes. I'll definitely check out the format of these downloads, and then I might well download Where is Brooklyn or something equivalent. Quote
ejp626 Posted January 15, 2006 Report Posted January 15, 2006 Emusic is greart, but it doesn't have any Blue Note or Verve, and while Walmart has a bunch of restrictions just like iTunes, it does have stuff from these labels. In fact, it looks like they may not have as many restrictions on the BN stuff as iTunes. I'll definitely check out the format of these downloads, and then I might well download Where is Brooklyn or something equivalent. Well, the DRM issues suck, as one might expect. One can't use these downloads with Macs or Linux or iPod without some serious hassles. That said, there are still a few BN albums with only a few tracks where you can buy them for much less than on iTunes (where you must buy the entire album). So in a handful of cases it is probably worth buying the Walmart tracks, converting them to mp3 through some software (which I do own) and then using them as you please. Quote
Man with the Golden Arm Posted January 15, 2006 Report Posted January 15, 2006 Great as it may be, it's still Wal-Mart. Yes, for every song downloaded from Wal-Mart, two tunes are not from those mom and pop distributors. One question - is there a wacky fat gal in stretch pants that welcomes you to the site? and are there any burka wearers?? Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 15, 2006 Report Posted January 15, 2006 Great as it may be, it's still Wal-Mart. Amen--one devil I won't shake hands with. Quote
Jazz Kat Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Posted January 16, 2006 Any source that get's me my Blue Notes is a friend of mine. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted January 16, 2006 Report Posted January 16, 2006 You have some fucked up friends... Quote
catesta Posted January 16, 2006 Report Posted January 16, 2006 Great as it may be, it's still Wal-Mart. Amen--one devil I won't shake hands with. Exactly. Quote
Alexander Posted January 16, 2006 Report Posted January 16, 2006 I admit that I have downloaded a few songs from Walmart because I couldn't find them elsewhere (a friend had lent me his copy of the "From Spirituals to Swing" box and one of the discs wouldn't copy to my computer, so I went online and found the missing songs at Walmart, of all places). I don't make it a regular practice, although I do often go to Walmart.com to find cover art for making CD covers... Quote
Neal Pomea Posted January 17, 2006 Report Posted January 17, 2006 (edited) I have downloaded some things from emusic.com, Cajun, old time country, and bluegrass. Getting ready to download some jazz with the trial of 50 free downloads. I have some technical questions maybe somebody can answer? I registered and got an e-music download manager. When I download a song, it loads quickly in the download manager, and then I click listen and it launches my mp3 player, MusicMatch Jukebox. Now, can I save the songs as mp3s and put them somewhere on my hard drive or do I always need to launch the download manager to reach the songs? I don't care for the way my songlist is just a list of songs without the name of the artist or the album. I usually organize mp3s on my hard drive better than that. Anybody can help with that? ejp626 mentioned there's a software that can do the trick. Thanks! Edited January 17, 2006 by It Should be You Quote
ejp626 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 I was talking about moving iTunes special format over to MP3. Anyway, emusic downloads are regular MP3s. They generally are saved into a folder on your desktop. Once you find them, you can move them anywhere else you like and play them in regular players like WinAmp and do whatever you want with the playlists. Quote
Neal Pomea Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 (edited) Yep, that worked. Thanks ejp626! Edited January 18, 2006 by It Should be You Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 I admit that I have downloaded a few songs from Walmart because I couldn't find them elsewhere (a friend had lent me his copy of the "From Spirituals to Swing" box and one of the discs wouldn't copy to my computer, so I went online and found the missing songs at Walmart, of all places). I don't make it a regular practice, although I do often go to Walmart.com to find cover art for making CD covers... I have two (2) problems here. You tried to copy (for free) a friend's discs and failing THAT you went to Walmart! Stand up and be an honorable human. Not sure I would want my kids in your room. Quote
Alexander Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 I admit that I have downloaded a few songs from Walmart because I couldn't find them elsewhere (a friend had lent me his copy of the "From Spirituals to Swing" box and one of the discs wouldn't copy to my computer, so I went online and found the missing songs at Walmart, of all places). I don't make it a regular practice, although I do often go to Walmart.com to find cover art for making CD covers... I have two (2) problems here. You tried to copy (for free) a friend's discs and failing THAT you went to Walmart! Stand up and be an honorable human. Not sure I would want my kids in your room. Well, the discs were being lent for the specific purpose of being copied. This friend and I often lend one another materials for copying. It's called "being thrifty." Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 Well, the discs were being lent for the specific purpose of being copied. This friend and I often lend one another materials for copying. It's called "being thrifty." Boy do I feel better now. Quote
Alexander Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 Well, the discs were being lent for the specific purpose of being copied. This friend and I often lend one another materials for copying. It's called "being thrifty." Boy do I feel better now. Can someone help me out here? This is a generational thing, right? I was raised on the concept of home taping. This was something my friends and I did all through high school and college. Want to share some good music with a friend? Make 'em a tape. I don't think there was *any* music that I was exposed to in high school and college (including jazz) that I didn't have *first* on a homemade tape. So then CD burning comes into play. I burn discs for friends, they burn discs for me in exchange. Is this a foreign concept? The idea was always to trade music for music. No one ever profits. If I like something a whole bunch, I'll usually pick it up in a commerical copy. It seems to me that the "ethics" of copying only came in once CD burning became a factor. No one was complaining when we were making dubs onto tape. Why is that? Is it a sound quality thing? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 Can someone help me out here? This is a generational thing, right? Yeah, it's 'cause I'm an "old guy". Home taping means you can make your own copies for your own use - like a cassette to play in your car. Time to grow up. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 Hey Alex, I have 5000+ cds, 2000+ lps, untold tapes and a couple of friends. How many copies can I pass on before I infringe on something? Quote
Aggie87 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 (edited) When I got my first computer with a CD recorder a few years back, the only thing i could figure that it was good for was making compilation cds for my own use. I never considered blatantly copying any of my music for others. It doesn't seem right to me, not to mention anything about legalities. Hell, I'm having problems justifying my recent purchase of a couple of Definitive/Disconforme cd's. Maybe it is an age thing (I'm 40). Or maybe the concept of stealing intellectual property just doesn't bother some, I dunno. Edited January 18, 2006 by Aggie87 Quote
Robert J Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 I was thinking about this now: re libraries. At my public library, there's copyright policies for photocopying texts. But as far as I know, none exist for the CDs they lend. Though I am sure there are many kids out there who realize the vast collections libraries have for CDs and now DVDs - available to burn. I've heard the argument that the library has paid for these CDs, so burning one won't hurt the artist. Seems obviously wrong. But are authors harmed by people who read library books and don't buy a copy themselves? Isn't that the purpose of a lending library? Digital media has changed the rules. Anyone here a librarian? Quote
ejp626 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 Honestly if the RIAA, etc. were around in the 1800s and as influential as they are today, there would be no libraries and the very concept would be derided as communistic. It's only the fact that they have such a long history that keeps them safe. Quote
Alexander Posted January 18, 2006 Report Posted January 18, 2006 Can someone help me out here? This is a generational thing, right? Yeah, it's 'cause I'm an "old guy". Home taping means you can make your own copies for your own use - like a cassette to play in your car. Time to grow up. See, to me there's a big difference between buring a copy of a friend's CD and illegally uploading that same CD to the internet via a file sharing service. We're talking about friends sharing the music they enjoy with one another (Remember sharing? It was an important concept back in Kindergarten), not sharing it with the entire world. Illegal downloading is bad because it is illegally *distributing* someone else's music (accross state lines and all that). What I'm talking about is *one* guy making *one* copy for himself. To play in the car, so to speak. How about this one: A good friend of mine is a music theory professor. He makes copies of copyrighted music available to his students for use in his class. They can borrow the (burned) CDs from the library and make their own copies. I believe he also makes sound files for them to download. Is this bad too? Quote
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