BNL and eMusic.com
A few months ago, I posted a nifty way to get 27 out of 29 Barenaked Ladies tunes – plus recent live tracks – for $10, by singing up at eMusic. I was skeptical about eMusic, but I’m now hooked.
I still owe you a post that whittles down Barenaked Ladies Are Me to the essential tracks. I’ve started working on it.
But since eMusic has sent me numerous e-mails about this, I thought I’d pass it on: the eMusic subscription plans are changing effective this Tuesday (tomorrow), unfortunately for the worse. (Read their lame explanation here.) Whereas you used to pay $10 for 40 downloads a month, effective the 21st, it’ll only be 30. $15 used to get you 65, now you’ll get 50. And whereas $20 got ya 90, it’ll soon only get ya 75.
It sucks, but those of us who already have subscriptions get the old number of downloads locked in, as do any of you who sign up before Tuesday. So if you’ve been thinking about giving eMusic a trial, now’s the time. You get 25 free, DRM-free songs and can actually cancel afterwards, without any bullshit. And yes, as opposed to the coupon codes, I do get extra downloads for referrals, so there’s my disclaimer.
Their selection is not mainstream, so give up on getting any Michael McDonald right now, okay? However, if you want the "our label dropped us" works of Stephen Bishop, Hall & Oates, Little River Band, Andrew Gold, and Air Supply, look no further. (Seriously, they’ve also got BNL, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, TMBG, Aimee Mann, Cat Power, Sufjan Stevens, and this awesome gospel music album that I’ve had on my Amazon wishlist for months.)
Anyway, click below if you’re interested. Or don’t. Oh, did I mention you can get the Peter Cetera Christmas album there as well? Somebody I know purchased it on eMusic, but for the life of me, I can’t remember who…
