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eMusic Relaunches, Still Better Than the CompetitionHere's exciting news for music lovers and downloaders, especially those into independent music. After being purchased by a company called Dimensional Associates, eMusic has relaunched its music download store, continuing its focus on non-major-label music. If you thought the recent RealNetworks offer of $.49 downloads was a good deal, you'll love eMusic's offerings, which average out to $.10/download or less. And this music is good--if you're a downtempo lover you'll recognize artists such as Thievery Corporation, King Kooba, Bent, Mark Farina, and others. Even if you're not a downtempo junkie, you'll likely recognize many of the artists. (Ever heard of Creedence Clearwater Revival? How about Moby? Beck?)
One of the best things about eMusic is that their music downloads can be played on just about any computer or device--iPods, iRivers, PCs, Macs, Linux boxes, whatever--easily and without the tedious conversion process facing iTunes, MSN, Sony, RealNetworks, and Napster downloads. This is because eMusic downloads are simple, unprotected, high-quality MP3s. Once you buy them, there are no restrictions on how you choose to listen to them. This is how digital music should be, and eMusic got it right. They're also introducing a new feature: live club recordings. This feature sounds especially promising to me, given that I love listening to live mixes and mixes compiled by my favorite artists. The feature is also not just some empty promise: eMusic now has the Digital Club Network under it's wing, a group which already records live shows at nearly two dozen clubs in the U.S. I wish eMusic the absolute best in their current incarnation. They seem to have the right idea, and thus far have executed well. Hopefully the other music download stores and the major recording labels will take notes from eMusic and begin delivering consumers what they really want, rather than the lowest form of goods they'll put up with--or take, since most won't put up with it.
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