mjzee Posted January 14, 2005 Report Posted January 14, 2005 So there's no way to get album covers or liner notes? Quote
RDK Posted January 14, 2005 Report Posted January 14, 2005 Perhaps the best deal on emusic are the Braxton albums. Often only one or two tracks to download and you have the entire disc. Conversely, I can't understand why anyone would ever download any of the JSP sets that are available. At a hundred or so tracks, it may actually be cheaper to buy the budget-priced JSP boxes in the first place. Quote
mjzee Posted January 22, 2005 Report Posted January 22, 2005 How does the average sound quality compare to that of a CD? I understand that it won't be as good, but is it almost as good? Quote
RDK Posted January 23, 2005 Report Posted January 23, 2005 How does the average sound quality compare to that of a CD? I understand that it won't be as good, but is it almost as good? A few years back, when emusic used 128 kps mp3s, I could easily hear a difference. Sometimes it was objectionable, sometimes not. Since they switched to VBR (probably 99% of their stuff now), the quality is much better. I'm sure you'd be able to hear a difference if you A-B'd the tracks with a real CD, but just listening casually you might not even notice. Quote
John B Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Posted January 25, 2005 I don't think this has been mentioned yet: emusic has now added the Aum Fidelity label. There are some great albums to be found here. Artists they have up and running so far include: Joe Morris Daniel Carter And Reuben Radding William Parker And Hamid Drake David S. Ware Quartet Whit Dickey Trio Joe Morris And Mat Maneri Quote
WD45 Posted January 25, 2005 Report Posted January 25, 2005 I don't think this has been mentioned yet: emusic has now added the Aum Fidelity label. There are some great albums to be found here. Artists they have up and running so far include: Joe Morris Daniel Carter And Reuben Radding William Parker And Hamid Drake David S. Ware Quartet Whit Dickey Trio Joe Morris And Mat Maneri That Joe Morris album features his acoustic guitar playing. I was surprised at how well his language translated to the non-electric guitar. I downloaded a few cuts and now I think I will buy the darned thing! Having not heard Morris' playing in a while, it sounded new again. Quote
WD45 Posted January 26, 2005 Report Posted January 26, 2005 They have some harder-to-find-in-the-US John Martyn recordings, namely the live ones. Just downloaded the Milan 1979 show last night! Quote
Hoppy T. Frog Posted January 30, 2005 Report Posted January 30, 2005 All Music gives that David S. Ware album ("Corridors & Parallels") a RAVE review. It's in my "Save for later" list as we speak. Thanks for the heads-up on that label. It's definitely different. I didn't like it, while I've loved almost everythinhg he did before that. I listened to it twice, but put it in a sell pile. On the other side of the coin, you'll have to pry "Godspellized" from my cold, dead hands. Quote
mjzee Posted January 30, 2005 Report Posted January 30, 2005 I've just tried it. I signed up, downloaded Jimmy Raney's "A" and Art Farmer's "Farmer's Market," burned them to CD, then imported them into my iPod. Sound quality is OK. I'm impressed! Quote
Alon Marcus Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 (edited) I joined and I think that 10 $ for 40 tracks is enough. Few questions to those of you who have more expirience: 1. I didn't use all my 50 free downloads and joined 2 months ago. It seems thay disappeared - is it possible? 2. What happens if you don't download for a month or download less that 40 tracks? 3. Do they charge automatically so that even of you haven't download anything this month you still payed the 10 bucks? Edited February 18, 2005 by Alon Marcus Quote
John B Posted February 18, 2005 Author Report Posted February 18, 2005 I joined and I think that 10 $ for 40 tracks is enough. Few questions to those of you who have more expirience: 1. I didn't use all my 50 free downloads and joined 2 months ago. It seems thay disappeared - is it possible? 2. What happens if you don't download for a month or download less that 40 tracks? 3. Do they charge automatically so that even of you haven't download anything this month you still payed the 10 bucks? At the end of a month any unused tracks disappear. You don't use them, you lose them. It sounds like that is what happened to your free 50. Yes, you get charged $10 a month regardless of how much you download. I keep a list of albums I want to download, along with how many tracks are on each. Within the first week of a new month I download all 40 tracks for the month so I don't forget and lose out on some of them. Quote
Alon Marcus Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 Thanks for the info John B! Quote
AfricaBrass Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 At the end of a month any unused tracks disappear. You don't use them, you lose them. It sounds like that is what happened to your free 50. Wow! That's a real ripoff. It's not like you didn't have to pay for those tracks with your monthly fee in the first place. Heck, even the cell phone companies are now rolling over minutes to the next month. Quote
RDK Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 Jeff, there are literally thousands of jazz albums and tens of thousands of desireable tracks available for download at emusic. If someone can't find 40 tracks to download in a month's time, then something's wrong. I don't care how you look at it, but emusic is hardly a ripoff. Heck, if you have one single track left in your monthly alotment you can d/l a complete (one long track) Anthony Braxton album if you like. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 Jeff, there are literally thousands of jazz albums and tens of thousands of desireable tracks available for download at emusic. If someone can't find 40 tracks to download in a month's time, then something's wrong. I don't care how you look at it, but emusic is hardly a ripoff. Heck, if you have one single track left in your monthly alotment you can d/l a complete (one long track) Anthony Braxton album if you like. I know emusic itself is a good deal (especially for jazz or albums with long tracks), but I just think it's a drag that they clear your downloads. What if you had planned on downloading some albums and your computer crashes or you go on vacation, or just forget. I don't think it would be difficult to keep your account credited with those tracks. That's all I was saying. Heck, I may try emusic again sometime. Quote
md655321 Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 I think they have to think about bandwidth limitations as well. By allowing a certain amount per month per user they are better able to foresee costs and minimize problems. Its like cable tv. If ou go on vacation, you sitll pay for it. I remember when emusic announced it was goinglimit downloads. I spent every downloading as much as I could, and Im sure others did as well. As a result, it was very buggy with alot of errors. But I still got my Bill Evans boxed sets! Quote
AfricaBrass Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 I think they have to think about bandwidth limitations as well. By allowing a certain amount per month per user they are better able to foresee costs and minimize problems. Its like cable tv. If ou go on vacation, you sitll pay for it. I remember when emusic announced it was goinglimit downloads. I spent every downloading as much as I could, and Im sure others did as well. As a result, it was very buggy with alot of errors. But I still got my Bill Evans boxed sets! That makes sense. If I sign up, I'll make sure I get all my downloads at the beginning of the month. I subscribed to emusic for a couple of years before they ended the unlimited downloads. I still haven't caught up on all that I downloaded. Unfortunately, it was before they went to the VBR downloads. It sure was hard to download anything right before they stopped the unlimited downloads. You're lucky to have finished that set. Quote
RDK Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 Unfortunately, it was before they went to the VBR downloads. If you sign up again using the same e-mail address/account as before, emusic should still "remember" you and give you access to all your old downloads - which, of course, you can re-download for free, at the improved VBR rates. I recently re-downloaded a whole bunch of stuff that I had burned to CDR and deleted from my hard drive. But when I got my mp3 player I figured I'd get the files again to keep as mp3s. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 Unfortunately, it was before they went to the VBR downloads. If you sign up again using the same e-mail address/account as before, emusic should still "remember" you and give you access to all your old downloads - which, of course, you can re-download for free, at the improved VBR rates. I recently re-downloaded a whole bunch of stuff that I had burned to CDR and deleted from my hard drive. But when I got my mp3 player I figured I'd get the files again to keep as mp3s. That would be GREAT! Quote
randyhersom Posted February 21, 2005 Report Posted February 21, 2005 Sumi Tonooka's three Candid and Joken (Kenny Barron's private label) recordings are recommended. I think they can also be gotten from AllAboutMusic.com if you need liner notes. Some Grammavision stuff is starting to show up through Rykodisc. Quote
mjzee Posted February 21, 2005 Report Posted February 21, 2005 Most albums I've downloaded have sounded fine. Some albums have poor sound or other problems: Dexter Gordon/Al Grey "True Blue" (Xanadu) has noise artifacts, and Don Wilkerson's "The Texas Twister" (Riverside) has about 3 minutes of silence at the end of the first track. Quote
RDK Posted February 22, 2005 Report Posted February 22, 2005 The oop Xanadu albums are needle drop transfers taken from LPs (it states so). Don't know about the Wilkerson as I have that on CD. Overall, I find that less than 1% of the emusic tracks have errors. Also, stay away from the few tracks that are still encoded at 128 (stated as such). Quote
Soulstation1 Posted February 26, 2005 Report Posted February 26, 2005 emusic game me all the music i'd downloaded and then lost from my fried hard drive probably 200 cds worth of stuff, i lost and didn't burn i'm going to get all the legends of the acid jazz series. the shirley scott one is really nice ss1 Quote
mjzee Posted March 4, 2005 Report Posted March 4, 2005 Also, stay away from the few tracks that are still encoded at 128 (stated as such). Where is the bitrate stated? Just started my second month; already used up my 90-song allotment. Too bad buying add'l songs isn't as good a deal. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 4, 2005 Report Posted March 4, 2005 the new booster plans deals suck i only have 3 d/ls until the end of the month Quote
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