Amazon’s mp3 service makes me think eMusic isn’t going to last…
I’m downloading more and more stuff from Amazon’s MP3 service these days. The big driver was actually their “deals” twitter feed that can be found at http://twitter.com/amazonmp3
They advertize daily (and weekend) album deals for between $2 and $5 per album. If the average album has 12 songs, then this is between 17 and 42 cents per song, which is seeming really reasonable to me, and at the low end, is cheaper than my current eMusic subscription of 90 songs for $20, or 22.2 cents per song.
The best part is that with Amazon’s large DRM-free collection, I don’t have to agonize about not being able to find what I’m really looking for. That convenience alone is worth something, and isn’t it worth paying a little more for music you really want instead of getting cheap music that you don’t want?
(NB: My cast few batches of eMusic have had some really great stuff, so I’m not really complaining, but I am feeling more and more like I’ve exhausted their collection)