eMusic

One of my favorite places to download and discover new music is eMusic.com. eMusic is an online music store that operates by subscription. My subscription is $9.99 per month and I get to download 40 tracks. That is about 4 CDs of Music and works out to 25 cents a song. Like iTunes you get to listen to a 30 second sample. eMusic’s catalog is in the MP3 format and is DRM-free, so their songs will play on all computers and all players.

With eMusic I like the fact that I own the music because the idea of renting music makes no sense to me.  While eMusic does not have music from the major labels there is still plenty of good music for music lovers of all types, especially if you love indie, classical, jazz and new age.

Whenever I discover a new song on Pandora the first place I check to see it is available is eMusic because it is the cheapest and DRM Free, then Amazon because it’s DRM free and then iTunes if the other two don’t have the song. The only downside to eMusic is your subscription doesn’t roll over, so if you forget to download your tracks for the month, Sorry Charlie! This has only happened to me a few times, so I have put a reminder in my iCal to email me so I don’t forget.

Sometimes you don’t know what to download so they have editors that make recommendations and you can follow other users and see what they are recommending. I would have to say that in the last two years most of the new music that I have discovered is because of Pandora and eMusic.

So if you are a music junkie like I am, then I highly recommend starting of with the basic subscription for a couple of months and before long I am sure you will be hooked.

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