Today was shopping day on Emusic.com. I signed up for the premium annual subscription last month and I haven’t had time to download anything since my 90-song allotment renewed last week. You can imagine my giddy anticipation. I had 59 albums stored for purchase consideration and managed to add two more albums to that list before downloading anything. After today’s spree and after removing some items I purchased last month, that list is now down to 56 items.
I’m listening to the new albums now and I can’t figure out which one is my favorite. It’s a three-way tie between Jay Farrar’s “Sebastopol“, Lucero’s “Tennessee” and the Pernice Brothers “The World Won’t End“. Jay Farrar and Pernice Brothers were my favorite downloads from last month, along with Plain White T’s. Oh, and Dillon Fence. Robbie Fulks’ stuff was pretty good too.
I also downloaded M. Ward’s “Transfiguration“, Bob Mould’s “Body of Work” and Ray Charles “The Essentials“. I haven’t gotten through all that yet but I look forward to it.
I am continually amazed at what a great deal Emusic happens to be. On top of the 90 tracks I get with my monthly subscription, I download maybe 15 to 30 free tracks each month. I probably pay under $.19 cents a track for music without any kind of digital rights restrictions and it’s music I genuinely enjoy. I’m already looking forward to November 21st when my monthly subscription renews again. Emusic does sell “booster packs” I could use to buy music sooner, but I’m trying to avoid those. I almost wish Emusic had a $24.95 per month subscription plan. If they offered 120 tracks per month at that price, I’m sure they’d get plenty of subscribers to sign up. They’re probably missing out by making $19.95 their premium level.
