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   I prefer subscription plans

   

   Music Man, Oct 21st, 2005 @ 11:17pm

   
   

   Subscription services are great if you want to listen to a wide variety of music without having to pay for and download each song that is to your mood at the moment.
   
   For $7mo, I have access to 100,000+ songs. While I will probably never be able to hear them all, there is a good chance that I'm going to be able to listen to what I want to listen to. If I had to purchase every track that I want to listen to, there would be no way that I could have the kind of library that I would actually enjoy listening to.
   
   Likewise, being a sound engineer, it is wonderful to be able to download songs to my laptop that will accomidate the evenings show that I will be running (yes, we are licensed to do this). Just a few years ago, I was limited to the 500+ CDs that I had in my private collection. Now for only a few $ each month, not only do I have access to that collection, but I also have access to anything else that is out there. Virtually guarenteeing that i will have the right song for the evning.
   
   And we can't forget the fact that there are lots of new albums that come out each month, that if I had to buy even just one track off of each album, I would spend way more than $7!
   
   Now there is a place for the purchase programs. People want to download and burn to CD, but CDs eventually get old and die. Not to mention the fact that CD medium is becoming more and more worthless every day (my subscription service allows me to transfer music to a portable MP3 player too). But those kinds of programs have no place in my world.

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   There are different types of subscription services

   

   Anonymous Coward, Oct 22nd, 2005 @ 1:30am

   
   

   There is a distiction to be made here between subscription services and portable subscription services. There are different fees imposed by the labels for streamed, burned, and portable music. Companies like Yahoo and Real usually charge accordingly for the different types of services. I am not at all surprised to see Yahoo raise the prices for portable subscriptions since they have essentially been subsidising their customers.
   Rob Glaser was specifically referring to portable subscription services, not subscription services in general when he said they were more hype than substance.

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   No Subject Given

   

   noc_man, Oct 22nd, 2005 @ 4:20am

   
   

   Well the free service is fairly poor with its constant commercials (literally every 3rd song or so) and Id been tempted to purchase the monthly when it was $4.99. But I decided its too annoying to listen to free, and not worth $5.
   
   At least live radio has DJ's with a possibility for entertainment, and if commercials are necessary evils maybe there's a product I care about -- fat chance.

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   Re: I prefer subscription plans

   

   Nathan Ford, Oct 22nd, 2005 @ 11:12am

   
   

   Just curious, do "sound engineers" have to take spelling as part of their training?

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   Re: I prefer subscription plans

   

   Chris, Oct 22nd, 2005 @ 11:41am

   
   

   Sound Engineer = Glorified DJ?

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   It doesn't affect me...

   

   jdragon, Oct 22nd, 2005 @ 2:22pm

   
   

   For all I care, they can raise it to $1000/month and it wouldn't affect me because I'm using iTunes.

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   Re: I prefer subscription plans

   

   sun, Oct 22nd, 2005 @ 8:28pm

   
   

   > Sound Engineer = Glorified DJ?< br>
   Yes. That's why they are sound engineers and not DJs. Most music selections I've heard at concerts pre and post show usually suck.
   
   Anyway, what is going to stop someone from figuring out how to record online streams into files (like streamripper for shoutcast stations) using the lower priced subscription fee?

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   No Subject Given

   

   Loren Rachelle, Oct 22nd, 2005 @ 9:28pm

   
   

   Oh well, at least you get to watch their music videos over(delete cookies) and over(delete cookies) and over(delete cookies) again on their Launch site.

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   Re: I prefer subscription plans

   

   Anonymous Coward, Oct 23rd, 2005 @ 4:43pm

   
   

   Nobody cares if I can spell. They just want to make sure I can do the math.

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    Re: I prefer subscription plans

    

    Anonymous Coward, Oct 23rd, 2005 @ 7:10pm

    
    

    You have read the Terms of Service agreement with Yahoo before you signed up for this contract didn't you? If you did, then you know that using anything provided by Yahoo (including downloaded music) for any commercial enterprise (like a DJ playing said downloaded music for payment) is in violation of the terms of service.
    
    You may like the deal, but you are in breach of contract.

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    Re: I prefer subscription plans

    

    Sound Engineer, Oct 23rd, 2005 @ 7:38pm

    
    

    hhhm, I don't use yahoo. I use another service. I also carry licenses that allow me to play music, and get paid to do it.

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    Re: No Subject Given

    

    Debbie-Lee, Oct 24th, 2005 @ 8:59am

    
    

    Well... I don't pay anything to listen to it anyways and the service is not as poor as you think. In fact, not until i downloaded SoundMax to my computer. Having a good soundcard helps minimize the poor audio quality. As far as commercials,can't really ask for too much when something is free, right?

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    demand

    

    hamil, Jan 2nd, 2007 @ 1:17am

    
    

    hi,can i download the album(stomu yamshtas go-live) please,......thanks

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    All I want...

    

    angela, Jan 20th, 2007 @ 1:26pm

    
    

    I have an extensive personal library made from the cds of anyone I have ever met. Once in a while, I think of a random song that I would like to add to my library, and I can't get it without subscribing to some ridiculous service. I have a visa gift card, and I can't find a single site where I can just pick a few songs, pay for them with a prepaid card, and never visit the site again. Is it really so much to ask for?

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