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Good places to buy mp3s?

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MDesigner

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The Apple music store is sweet.. it's perfect. $1 per tune, not some stupid monthly subscription fee. Problem is, there's no Windows support yet.

Are there any good places to buy mp3s? Not emusic.com though.. I couldn't find several popular tunes, so I really wasn't impressed by them.

Thanks!
 
launchcast... pressplay is the music download service, right? isn't it a monthly fee? I'd rather be charged on a per-song basis since I rarely download music. but I can see how the monthly fee pricing structures would be beneficial for those who download a lot.
 
Originally posted by: MDesigner
The Apple music store is sweet.. it's perfect. $1 per tune, not some stupid monthly subscription fee. Problem is, there's no Windows support yet.
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Do you honestly think that $1 per tune is reasonable or good value?

Considering a tactile object like a CD costs around US$10-15 I hardly think so. The cost of producing the CD is less than a Dollar allegedly (Thats from friends in the music industry).

Then again it is your preceived value that counts - not mine 😉

 
Originally posted by: gtd 2000
Originally posted by: MDesigner
The Apple music store is sweet.. it's perfect. $1 per tune, not some stupid monthly subscription fee. Problem is, there's no Windows support yet.
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Do you honestly think that $1 per tune is reasonable or good value?

Considering a tactile object like a CD costs around US$10-15 I hardly think so. The cost of producing the CD is less than a Dollar allegedly (Thats from friends in the music industry).

Then again it is your preceived value that counts - not mine 😉
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well, $1 for a non-tactile digital file is a lot cheaper than a "single" CD or tape. it is also a lot cheaper than plugging down $10-$15 for a CD on which you may only like 1 or 2 songs. even if the famed "dollar-a-disc" is true, as it probably is, until CDs actually cost a buck, making that point actually hurts your argument for "value" (ten digital downloads = $10 theoretically, CD with ten songs = honestly, more like $18 unless you are getting used or indie). So it would be of more "value" to BOTH of you if you bought all ten songs separately and then spent .35 cents on a cdr (bought in bulk, of course 😉 )
 
The cost of producing the CD is less than a Dollar allegedly (Thats from friends in the music industry).
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While the cost of pressing the physical CD may cost a dollar, that doesn't include:
  • The cut that goes to the artist
  • The cut that goes to the record label
  • Distribution costs
  • Marketing costs
  • Studio costs
 
Originally posted by: MrChad
The cost of producing the CD is less than a Dollar allegedly (Thats from friends in the music industry).
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While the cost of pressing the physical CD may cost a dollar, that doesn't include:
  • The cut that goes to the artist
  • The cut that goes to the record label
  • Distribution costs
  • Marketing costs
  • Studio costs
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What cut that goes to the artist? Lol, artists barely make anything off the cd. You should've added that your last 4 points consume about 99.9% of the cd price.
 
Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Originally posted by: MrChad
The cost of producing the CD is less than a Dollar allegedly (Thats from friends in the music industry).
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While the cost of pressing the physical CD may cost a dollar, that doesn't include:
  • The cut that goes to the artist
  • The cut that goes to the record label
  • Distribution costs
  • Marketing costs
  • Studio costs
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What cut that goes to the artist? Lol, artists barely make anything off the cd. You should've added that your last 4 points consume about 99.9% of the cd price.
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According to my buddy that does include all of the above - the rest of the cost goes to middlemen and distributers, retailers etc etc.
I have no way of verifying this so it could very well be another urban myth etc though 😉
 
just one quesiton why whould you buy it when you can get it for free I work hard for my money and I"m not going to spend it on some music I can get for free

no matter what the artist are going to get their mutimillion dollar pay checks wether you pay for the song or not so againg I ask why?

and if the artist like Metalica are going to whine and complain about people listening to their music then why are they in the music buisness

 
Originally posted by: MrChad
I never said it was a lot 😉
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Its alot more than you think after the advance is recouped. from 15 to 28% of the street price depending on the deal that was made. You also forgot production costs, the biggest leech.
 
emusic.com - monthly fee, download all you like (no majors). Free trial.

RealNetworks has a competitor to iTunes called Rhapsody - 79c per track with monthly fee. Free trial. I haven't tried it.

note: all of these services (including Apple) offer only low-quality audio when compared to CDs let alone current technology (SACD, DVD-A)
 
You also forgot production costs, the biggest leech.
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I kind of lumped production costs in with studio costs, but you're right, production involves more than studio time and is pricey.
 
Originally posted by: Bleep
regardless, they still make tons
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Do you have any proof of that statement?

Bleep
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If he means they as in the RIAA, then he's definitely correct. If he means they as in the artists, then he's correct only if "they" refers to a very small group including Pink Floyd and Metallica and a few pop artists.
 
Originally posted by: crasher88
just one quesiton why whould you buy it when you can get it for free I work hard for my money and I"m not going to spend it on some music I can get for free

no matter what the artist are going to get their mutimillion dollar pay checks wether you pay for the song or not so againg I ask why?

and if the artist like Metalica are going to whine and complain about people listening to their music then why are they in the music buisness
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Dude, do you read the news? It was on CNN. Haven't heard about how the RIAA is now going after the little guy? They are grabbing IPs and subpoenaing ISPs for the people's information. First they're going after the people who are actively sharing MP3s.. and then the people who are getting them. It's a reality. You might as well uninstall your P2P applications now, unless getting fined/jailed is something you enjoy.
 
Originally posted by: MDesigner
It was on CNN. Haven't heard about how the RIAA is now going after the little guy? They are grabbing IPs and subpoenaing ISPs for the people's information. First they're going after the people who are actively sharing MP3s.. and then the people who are getting them. It's a reality. You might as well uninstall your P2P applications now, unless getting fined/jailed is something you enjoy.
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It was also on CNN that the reason we fought the war in Iraq was due to Weapons of Mass Destruction....😉

I fail to see how they can prosecute some 14 year old kid from dowloading mp3's on his dads account.

How do they prove who downloaded/shared the mp3's?

Who actually committed the crime?

Is Mum or Dad going to be doing jail time because junior downloaded and shared his mp3 collection?

I'd like to know the practicality of this idea.
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Originally posted by: gtd 2000
Originally posted by: MDesigner
It was on CNN. Haven't heard about how the RIAA is now going after the little guy? They are grabbing IPs and subpoenaing ISPs for the people's information. First they're going after the people who are actively sharing MP3s.. and then the people who are getting them. It's a reality. You might as well uninstall your P2P applications now, unless getting fined/jailed is something you enjoy.
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It was also on CNN that the reason we fought the war in Iraq was due to Weapons of Mass Destruction....😉

I fail to see how they can prosecute some 14 year old kid from dowloading mp3's on his dads account.

How do they prove who downloaded/shared the mp3's?

Who actually committed the crime?

Is Mum or Dad going to be doing jail time because junior downloaded and shared his mp3 collection?

I'd like to know the practicality of this idea.
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You never know, they might just succeed in convincing the government that sharing a few crappy MP3s is enough to let them put that 14 year old in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison. Given their track record so far, it wouldn't surprise me. :disgust:
 
Originally posted by: MDesigner
Originally posted by: crasher88
just one quesiton why whould you buy it when you can get it for free I work hard for my money and I"m not going to spend it on some music I can get for free

no matter what the artist are going to get their mutimillion dollar pay checks wether you pay for the song or not so againg I ask why?

and if the artist like Metalica are going to whine and complain about people listening to their music then why are they in the music buisness
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Dude, do you read the news? It was on CNN. Haven't heard about how the RIAA is now going after the little guy? They are grabbing IPs and subpoenaing ISPs for the people's information. First they're going after the people who are actively sharing MP3s.. and then the people who are getting them. It's a reality. You might as well uninstall your P2P applications now, unless getting fined/jailed is something you enjoy.
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There's also fines/penalties for:

Any traffic violation
software piracy
drinking and driving
drug use/possession/etc
smoking underage
littering
jay walking
fishing without a license (area-dependant)
fireworks (also depends on area - millions nationwide will be breaking the law over the next couple days on this one)

There are countless more. It seems to me that people don't pay attention to the law just because it's the law -- they pay attention to the law when there's a good risk of getting busted, there is strong social pressure against it, or their morals are in line with it (probably some other factors I'm missing here too). None of those are likely to be true for most people swapping music.
 
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