Guide to the eMusic MP3 Music Downloads Service
Benefit From Free MP3 Downloads Trial to Test the Site Out
Aug 28, 2009
Although millions of people use the Internet to download music nowadays there still remain relatively few legal download sites that tick all the boxes for many music lovers. One site that is gaining in member momentum here is the eMusic site. This service may not offer all the big industry names just yet but it has a few significant advantages that other MP3 music download sites don't have or can't offer right now.
eMusic Advantages
There are a variety of advantages to using the eMusic service. For some members there may be simply one advantage that convinces them to sign-up over all others. Others may opt in because a variety of these factors make the site more attractive to them. Some of the major advantages to using the site include:
- All music available on the site is legally DRM-free. This means that once a user downloads a track from the site they own it forever. There will be no need for license renewals or resubscriptions in the future.
- Users can download music from the site to all kinds of digital audio devices. Unlike many music download sites eMusic doesn't favour one manufacturer and makes it possible for music to be downloaded to all players. Downloaded tracks will, for example, automatically sync with Windows Media Player and iTunes.
- The record labels, bands and artists that have signed up with the site now total over 5 million tracks. This may not be the place to find chart topping mainstream music all of the time (although the site is home to some big names) but it is perhaps the best place to find independent artists.
- The site offers a free trial offer. Users can sign up, without obligation, to download a specific number of tracks free of charge. These tracks belong to the user whether they then choose to take out a subscription or not.
- The site recently moved into the MP3 audiobook download sector.
- Users can use the site for more than just downloading. It contains reviews, recommendations, charts and a range of Web 2.0 features.
In addition to these benefits the eMusic site also scores highly with a lot of users based on its cost structure. This, once again, offers members something a little different to the norm.
eMusic Costs
In most cases buying music and audiobooks on this site will be cheaper than using many of the other big names in the sector. And, once again, the fact that tracks are DRM-free means that eMusic members won't have to buy tracks ever again in the future as they may have to do with other services if they use up their allotted licenses.
There are a range of options when it comes to paying for a subscription once the free music downloads have been used up. In basic terms a member signs up for a model that gives a certain number of downloads a month. At the moment this ranges between 24-50 tracks a month. Audiobook subscriptions come in credits of 1-2. All tracks/credits have to be used within the term of the subscription period and don't carry forward. It is also possible to buy bundles of extra downloads.
There is no long-term commitment here and members can simply sign up for a month and then stop their subscription (or start it again) as they wish. Any MP3 downloads made during a subscription are theirs to keep forever even if they choose to stop using eMusic in the future.
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