jmjk Posted May 9, 2003 Report Posted May 9, 2003 Yeah, Noj. I've experienced that recently also. I think emusic is still trying to work some of the kinks in moving to VBR format. Quote
BFrank Posted May 9, 2003 Report Posted May 9, 2003 Parkertown - They put a 45 tune limit on the DL Manager to try and limit the people who load up dozens of albums at a time and abuse the system. The limit is only on what can be cued at any one time, though. As long as you clean out the cues, you can still d/l as many albums as you want. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted May 9, 2003 Report Posted May 9, 2003 The download limit is a drag for me. I used to set up my downloads and let them run while I slept. I was fun to have 30 new albums in the morning. Quote
John B Posted May 19, 2003 Author Report Posted May 19, 2003 emusic has just added the Beggars Banquet family of labels. New discs available from The Pixies, Stereolab, Badly Drawn Boy, The Fall, PJ Harvey, Mouse on Mars, Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins plus many more I am forgetting. Quote
Soul Stream Posted May 19, 2003 Report Posted May 19, 2003 I downloaded "Conflict" the other day and have to say, after all the fuss I'm a little underwhelmed. Hate to be the odd man out on this one, but I didn't care for it all that much. Quote
BFrank Posted May 19, 2003 Report Posted May 19, 2003 emusic has just added the Beggars Banquet family of labels. New discs available from The Pixies, Stereolab, Badly Drawn Boy, The Fall, PJ Harvey, Mouse on Mars, Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins plus many more I am forgetting. This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance, Love & Rockets, Peter Murphy, Kristen Hersch, Fields of the Nephilim, etc. They only have one or two albums for many of these artists, but still....nice to have. BTW, if you do a Label search for "Beggars" you get the whole 'family'. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted May 19, 2003 Report Posted May 19, 2003 Wow! emusic has been adding some interesting labels lately. That's great about Beggar's Banquet. My 80's listening included a lot of stuff on their label. I'm not sure which Stereolab they have, but they are one of my favorites of the 90's. :rsmile: Quote
John B Posted May 20, 2003 Author Report Posted May 20, 2003 For Stereolab so far they have added Peng! and Switched On. I am hoping they add Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" soon, as it is on the same label as the first two. I already had Switched On, which is a great disc. I have already added Peng to my "stash" and will be downloading it asap. I'm excited about hearing the Pixies BBC Sessions disc finally, too. Quote
BFrank Posted May 20, 2003 Report Posted May 20, 2003 One of the "moderators" on the EMusic message board said that there will be lots more to come from the "Beggars" labels. Quote
J Larsen Posted July 23, 2003 Report Posted July 23, 2003 (edited) I'm going to try posting in this thread a bit more from now on with comments on albums I discover on emusic. If you've ever been in to the On-U Sound scene (Jamaican dub) and you have any interest in classic blues, then the Little Axe record has some interesting moments and is at least worth a listen. It might not change your world, but it's an interesting half hour. Nicky Skopelitis has a live recording of material from the Ekstasis album that is exclusively available on emusic. If you haven't heard Ekstasis, think Damo-era can, Miles' Live-Evil record, touches of the modern indie experimental scene, and very capable musicians. It's been a long time since I heard the studio version of the album, but going by memory I think this live version is much better. I've actually found quite a few interesting, unexpected or unknown (to me) records on the site. I'll try to comment on a couple a day. Edited July 23, 2003 by J Larsen Quote
J Larsen Posted July 23, 2003 Report Posted July 23, 2003 Okay, one more for tonight: I was not aware that Danny Thompson ever played in jazz contexts. I can't say that I love his Live 1967 record (mostly because the horn player is, IMO, second-rate at best), BUT it does feature some nice vintage John McLaughlin. Quote
BFrank Posted July 23, 2003 Report Posted July 23, 2003 Yeah, that Thompson album is interesting. He's played a wide variety of music, actually. Bev knows more about him than I do, but he's quite talented. Another interesting album is the Henry Kaiser/Leo Smith "Yo Miles!" 2-CD set. Basically a tribute to Miles' electric years - yet updated. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted July 23, 2003 Report Posted July 23, 2003 organissimo may soon be coming to emusic thanks to CDBaby! Quote
John B Posted July 23, 2003 Author Report Posted July 23, 2003 organissimo may soon be coming to emusic thanks to CDBaby! great news! I've been wanting to hear your disc for a while now. how do you guys do (financially) when someone dls your disc off of emusic? I'm just curious if you see any reasonable amount. Otherwise I'll have to wait until I'm off of my current cd buying moratorium and buy a copy directly from you guys. Quote
The Mule Posted September 9, 2003 Report Posted September 9, 2003 organissimo may soon be coming to emusic thanks to CDBaby! First off, I'm wondering if this is still in the works or not.... Secondly, without disclosing any actual numbers, I was wondering how this worked financially for the band. Given how inexplicably inexpensive it is to download great music on Emusic, how are they making any money and how much of it would Organissimo see? One of the reasons I'm asking is that I just discovered that two cds by the LA underground band Baby Lemonade are also available on Emusic. The guys in the band are friends of mine and they weren't even aware their music was on Emusic! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 i joined emusic last weekend and still can't find my downloads. i have a folder on my desktop, but nothing goes into it. my 50 free is getting deducted as i've tried about 25 songs. my hard drive is brand new, so i don't have alot of stuff on it another question can you download with norton internet security and anti virus turned on? or would they need to be off? ss1 Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 Supposedly the deal with CDBaby is we get 90% of whatever they get from the sale of the music. I have no idea what they actually get per song, however. It is supposed to be implemented sometime in the near future, but there are no hard set dates as to when that will be. I guess just keep checking. We will definately be making more money if you buy the disc, but it's your choice. As long as our music is being heard and enjoyed, we're happy! soul station, do a search for mp3 files on your computer and you should find your tunes. Quote
BFrank Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 Soulstation1 - Go to "View/Options" in the Download Manager. Under the "General" tab there is "Download Location". That's where the files are. Quote
Noj Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 Was I the only one whose files were coming in at breakneck speed last night? It was amazing--whole albums in like 3 minutes. I figured it was due to Hurricane Isabel knocking so many folks off-line. Quote
Uncle Skid Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 can you download with norton internet security and anti virus turned on? or would they need to be off? ss1 - you should be able to leave any anti-virus and firewalling software running. I believe the MP3 files are transferred using the normal (but encrypted somehow) HTTP protocol -- the same way your browser transfers web pages. Neither one should get in the way of great music automagically being delivered to your hard drive. B) Quote
RDK Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 "automagically" Whether typo or intentionally - I love it! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted September 19, 2003 Report Posted September 19, 2003 thanks for the help everyone i just d/l brubeck's jazz at the college of pac vol 2 in 7 minutes. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted September 20, 2003 Report Posted September 20, 2003 got scott's blue flames' going. it seems like every song i've downloaded has a glitch or seems like the cd skips. anyone else notice this? i dowloaded about 12/15 cds ss1 Quote
Noj Posted September 20, 2003 Report Posted September 20, 2003 Soulstation, the skips are only the result of your computer's mp3 player not reading them well. If they will extract, they will burn onto the cd and play normal. Try to play them with the player that is built into your cd burner. Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted September 20, 2003 Report Posted September 20, 2003 Some great Xanadu material to be plucked up over there -- Frank Butler's "The Stepper", Dolo Coker's "California Hard" and Sam Noto's "Act One" w/Barry Harris & Billy Higgins.....just to name a few. Quote
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