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So, I decide that since the tax office are soon to return almost all the tax I paid last year (one of the rare up-sides of unemployment) I'd splash out and renew my eMusic subscription for a month or two. Except now eMusic have a deal with Sony, they no longer accept new subscribers from Australia. Argh!
All the locally available mp3 shops seem to suck. If I want to download the rest of Tom McRae's back catalogue legitimately, I'll have to pay $1.70 per track to Sony's local distribution arm.
Does anyone happen to know of a music download service available in Australia that:
1) has music in mp3 format.
2) does not use DRM.
3) has a good catalogue of independent artists.
3) preferably has a subscription model?
I do not want to buy CDs instead. I don't have room to store them, and frequently don't want all the tracks from a particular album. Moreover, most of the musicians I'm looking for don't get distribution here anyway, so I'd have to pay postage from an overseas store. I really hate stealing music from artists who actually need my money, but record companies seem to take delight in encouraging me to do so. Maybe I should download the music and send Tom McRae a money order and an apology ...
All the locally available mp3 shops seem to suck. If I want to download the rest of Tom McRae's back catalogue legitimately, I'll have to pay $1.70 per track to Sony's local distribution arm.
Does anyone happen to know of a music download service available in Australia that:
1) has music in mp3 format.
2) does not use DRM.
3) has a good catalogue of independent artists.
3) preferably has a subscription model?
I do not want to buy CDs instead. I don't have room to store them, and frequently don't want all the tracks from a particular album. Moreover, most of the musicians I'm looking for don't get distribution here anyway, so I'd have to pay postage from an overseas store. I really hate stealing music from artists who actually need my money, but record companies seem to take delight in encouraging me to do so. Maybe I should download the music and send Tom McRae a money order and an apology ...