Soulstation1 Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 (edited) was your computer d/ling non-stop? i was wondering what the magic number was on getting your account flagged. ss1 Edited October 27, 2003 by Soulstation1 Quote
Uncle Skid Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 was your computer d/ling non-stop? Not really - I sit in front of a computer most of the day, so I would just start a download, and check on it periodically. I was probably getting anywhere from 5 to 20 discs per day, less when things got really bad. In the last week or so, the downloading speed seems to have improved, and I queued up a bunch of Louis Armstrong and Bix cd's -- all of which usually contain 20+ songs per disc. The Hot 5's/Hot 7's set contains 89 songs over only 4 discs, so this certainly didn't help to keep my download count low. Looks like my total is 2,386 files, over a period of about seven weeks. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 27, 2003 Report Posted October 27, 2003 i just finished d/ling the dizzy. i am spinnin' it now. i'm d/ling joe williams "live"at the moment ss1 Quote
Aftab Posted October 28, 2003 Report Posted October 28, 2003 I used to have an emusic acct, and was thinking about starting back up. How are things changing on Nov 8th? Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 28, 2003 Report Posted October 28, 2003 Aftab, They are ending the unlimited downloads feature. Now you'll only get (I believe) 60 downloads per month (I believe that is 60 tracks, not albums) for the same price. Quote
Aftab Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 based on how emusic has been run in the past, that sucks, but based on buymusic or apples website, that's ok, I guess. ps - check out buymusic.com for Blue Note downloads (albeit limited) Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 31, 2003 Report Posted October 31, 2003 i can't get anything to d/l.... Quote
Jazzdog Posted October 31, 2003 Report Posted October 31, 2003 i can't get anything to d/l.... Yeah, I am getting really fucking sick of this! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted November 3, 2003 Report Posted November 3, 2003 any coleman hawkins recs over at emusic? ss1 Quote
Uncle Skid Posted November 3, 2003 Report Posted November 3, 2003 There's 19 under his name, and also quite a few compilations. I managed to get five discs before things went to hell over there. Good luck getting them -- downloading is a joke. Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted November 3, 2003 Report Posted November 3, 2003 i can't get anything to d/l.... It could just be my system, but whenever the download process just stopped cold, I'd reinstall the download manager......it only takes 10 seconds and seems to 'jump start' the download process when it stalled. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted November 3, 2003 Report Posted November 3, 2003 i wonder in the new system, will an intro to a song, ie live record, count as a d/l. so a "live" 10 song set, could count as 19/20 d/ls songs??? also 60/65 d/ls a month is about 2.25 d/ls a day. that ain't nothin'.... i wish i had joined awhile back. ss1 Quote
Soulstation1 Posted November 7, 2003 Report Posted November 7, 2003 anyone having any luck with emusic today? ss1 Quote
Uncle Skid Posted November 7, 2003 Report Posted November 7, 2003 anyone having any luck with emusic today? Nope. Absolutely awful the last few days. I'm done -- cancelled my membership this morning; I'll get $1.50 back for the remaining few days of my second month. It's really sad it ended up like this, but I suppose it was inevitable. Overall, I can't complain too much, as I downloaded a whole bunch of great music for a very reasonable $28.50. I think the real benefit of EMusic (and it's old pricing) was the ability to download various albums/tracks with very low risk. With the new pricing, it becomes too much like the other online music services -- trying out new music becomes much more expensive and difficult. Call me paranoid, but I firmly believe that EMusic demise was somehow caused the the big boys who are trying to get the public to believe that paying a dollar for one (copy-protected) digital music file is a good deal. And while I'm on my little rant here, it seems awfully short-sighted as well. While I realize an old fart like me isn't the big record companies target market, I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that an MP3 (or any compressed format) file is not a suitable substitute for the real thing on CD or vinyl. If anything, my EMusic membership has caused me to buy *more* CD's in the last few months. Maybe I should ask for a refund?? Quote
AfricaBrass Posted November 7, 2003 Report Posted November 7, 2003 If anything, my EMusic membership has caused me to buy *more* CD's in the last few months. Maybe I should ask for a refund?? Same with me. Since I've never viewed mp3s as being equal to cds in quality. Their main function for me has been to introduce me to new music. I guess the RIAA doesn't understand this benefit. I still think the $1 an mp3 model is insane. Maybe a $1 an album, but that's pushing it for me. Quote
RDK Posted November 7, 2003 Report Posted November 7, 2003 I can't really blame them for the "restructuring," but they went way too far with it. Before, you were allowed (well, sort of) 2000 tracks/month for $10 or $15 per month membership fee. Now it's something like 60 tracks for $15. Why couldn't they have compromised more reasonably, at say 200 tracks per month for the same fee? I think a lot of us would have stuck it out if that were the case... Quote
Noj Posted November 7, 2003 Report Posted November 7, 2003 I am convinced it is ruined, and I will cancel. I have a whole shelving unit of cdrs to listen to, so I can't complain. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted November 10, 2003 Report Posted November 10, 2003 has anyone stayed with e-music? is the d/l speed back to the way it was? ss1 Quote
Noj Posted November 10, 2003 Report Posted November 10, 2003 I gave them one more chance, and a Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis track froze my computer. It was the last straw, I cancelled. Quote
The Mule Posted November 10, 2003 Report Posted November 10, 2003 I'm sticking with it for the time being as well. Download speeds seemed back to normal on Saturday and I spent most of the weekend completing all the messed-up downloads I had attempted since the big announcement. So far everything downloaded previously can be downloaded again WITHOUT counting against your new monthly total. I'm in the $14.99 for 65 tunes a month plan. Since I download mostly jazz that's a pretty good deal. The average jazz album has 8 or 9 cuts so that's about six or seven albums a month. Hell, most of the ESP titles have only three or four tunes on them. You could still download a lot of their whole catalog in one month! So, for now, I'm hanging on... Quote
randyhersom Posted November 11, 2003 Report Posted November 11, 2003 I stayed it for the time being too. I was worried I'd relinquish my re-download rights if I let it lapse. I've re-downloaded the Monk and Wes boxes since the download limits went into effect, and downloads are much better than before the limits. The number of tracks was well over 40, so they seem to mean what they say about redownloading still being unlimited. About five screens of new releases went up after the limits. The Frank Kimbrough is definitely on my list, and the Mark Whitcage is a maybe. Hoping to see Organissimo soon! Quote
randyhersom Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 Geez. They backed up the ESP-Disk truck at E-Music. They were at maybe 15%-20% of the catalog before the policy change, and I'd have to guess they're close to %100 now. My next batch of download credits arrives November 23, and I'm sure I'll go through them all within a day or two. Ayler at Slugs, Henry Grimes Trio, more Sonny Simmons, Marion Brown, Revolutionary Ensemble, Charles Tyler and Michael Gregory Jackson. Quote
randyhersom Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 (edited) Cross-check the titles on the ESP stuff before downloading. The new "Capricorn Moon" by Marion Brown is the same album already posted as "Marion Brown Quartet". Edited November 21, 2003 by randyhersom Quote
gdogus Posted November 25, 2003 Report Posted November 25, 2003 I've decided to stick with EMusic, albeit on the lowly 40 tracks/month plan. I do hope the new arrivals will continue to flow in, and that they'll make it worth while. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted December 11, 2003 Report Posted December 11, 2003 i finally burned the vince guaraldi holiday music. i really like his piano playing, especially on the christmas song. the charlie brown series was probably the first time listening to jazz of any sort for me. i need to burn the other christmas stuff i've d/l from emusic. ss1 Quote
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