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eMusic (Europe) Changed Pricing System

19.11.2010 by Chris

eMusic Effective from November 18, 2010, eMusic changed their pricing system from a credit-per-track system to monetary pricing.

eMusic say it gives them the flexibility to offer more music from both major and indie labels.

What does that mean:

  • Music prices are now shown in euros/dollars and cents instead of credits. Individual tracks are priced at €0.49 / $0.49 each instead of 1 credit, and the price of an album is the sum of its individual tracks.
  • The account balance is now shown in euros/dollars and cents instead of credits.

CEO Discusses Future of eMusic on 17dots.com

November 17, 2010

“eMusic has always looked to be a home for thoughtful fans of music, no matter the source. Our aim has always been to offer the most complete selection of music possible.

To that end we are adding to our U.S. catalogue over 250,000 titles from Universal Music Group, as well as new releases from Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group – much of this goes live on eMusic on November 18 in the U.S. and the balance over the next few weeks. This is in addition to their catalog, which has been live for a year.

These labels join thousands of labels already working with us to offer you the best music selection possible; in the future we will welcome more music in the UK, Europe and Canada as well. In the process of expanding our catalog and making the changes necessary to serve our members and ensure the long-term sustainability of our business, a few labels have chosen to exclude themselves from the new comprehensive eMusic offering.

We are treating all labels equally and therefore we believe fairly. We will greatly miss their artists and their music and trust that they will find their way back to our members soon. We remain committed to the unique voice we have cultivated on the eMusic site, and to highlighting the music that inspires us, whether it’s sold 4 or 4 million copies, regardless of what label has released it.

Our focus is on our members and we look forward to working with all of our label partners – new and existing – and to creating a service that benefits them, their artists and our members.

Adam Klein, eMusic CEO”

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Filed Under: Music Tagged With: eMusic, eMusic Europe, mp3, music download, Swing DJ'ing

eMusic Europe is online! – Review of the Popular Online Music Service

23.06.2010 by Chris

This review was updated in July 2011.

What is eMusic?

eMusic is an online music service.

They have a huge library with over 10'000'000 music MP3s – free from copy protection – in every genre. Additionally there are also audio books available.

eMusic is my favorite source for Swing and Jazz music, I'm downloading all kind of music, though.

For a long time it was unavailable for different European countries, meanwhile they have opened up eMusic Europe and eMusic UK.

How does eMusic work?

  1. Start your free trial: You sign up and get a free credit of $10 / €10 / £ 10.50 and you can download up to 25 music tracks within 7 days. Afterwards you'll pay monthly.
  2. You download the eMusic download manager
  3. You download your MP3 songs and they will automatically be synchronized with your preferred media player as iTunes, Windows Media Player and Winamp. (If there is a problem with the download, you can download them again)
  4. Listen your songs with any MP3 player or  media player including the iPod and Creative Zen.
  5. You can cancel your subscription at any time, 24 hours a day online, and there is no cancellation fee


eMusic (Europe) Review - Online Music Service

eMusic Europe price plans

eMusic Lite
payment: € 6,49 (every 30 days) = download credit: € 6,49

eMusic Basic
payment: € 11,99 (every 30 days) = download credit: € 11,99

eMusic Plus
payment: € 15,99 (every 30 days) plus bonus € 1,00 = download credit € 16,99

eMusic Premium
payment: € 20,99 (every 30 days) plus bonus € 2,00 = download credit € 22,99

eMusic Fan
payment: € 31,99 (every 30 days) plus bonus € 4,00 = download credit € 35,99

eMusic Enthusiast
payment: € 41,99 (every 30 days) plus bonus € 6,00 = download credit € 47,99

eMusic Connoisseur
payment: € 79.99 (every 30 days) plus bonus € 15,00 = download credit € 94,99

Also available:
Quaterly, bi-annual and annual price plans .

Who is eMusic for?

If you are regularly downloading music online and if you also love independent and alternative music then eMusic is the right choice for you.

If you rarely download music online and if you are only looking for music from major labels, then the service might not make sense to you. Although, eMusic is adding music from major labels all the time.

What I like about eMusic

Altough the prices are higher than in the US store, eMusic Europe is cheaper than other services: a single song is usually credited for € 0,49!

In comparison: Amazon's price range starts at € 0,68, but most songs cost between € 0,77 and € 0,98 per song.

The catalogue is really huge. And the great thing is, you find a lot of albums which are sold out as cds. When you are lucky you will find these cds somewhere second hand, but often pretty expensive.

Downsides

There is no roll-over of unused credits. You have to use your credit within 30 days, otherwise you will lose it.

You don't know what you get quality-wise. They don't share the bitrates of the songs, so often you get them with bad sound quality…

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