The McCartney albums are really a pain in the ass. Got McCartney and now McCartney II. Ram, London Town, etc., nothing else seems available on the promo.
Stupid (256) at the end of the filenames. No, no, that canNOT stay. Nor can the (Digitally Remastered) in each track name. Keeerist. I spend as much time fixing their tags as I do downloading them.
Ah, but the thrill is in the hunt at this place!
~edit: Can't wait to listen to them, either! SOOOOO exciting. Just a few hours away, and my iPod will be loaded up with them.
I've temporarily given up on tagging. I'm just dumping the files into a folder name ARTIST-ALBUM, and will deal with them later. Given that we have two accounts here (incl girlfriend's) and have been grabbing albums with 5-8 tracks, I'm guessing there will be close to 100 albums to retag. Thank Sweet Jesus for retagging utilities.
Here is my method - I dload the files, double checking Amazon to make sure I have all the tracks. I also grab the cover art from Amazon and put it in the directory of the album. Since I have been dlaoding Blue Note Jzz, there are alot of people who scanned the original album covers and posted them on Amazon, which is cool to have. I use audioshell from softpointer.com to get the year and genre corrected and add the cover art. I rename the album there too, if they have added RVG to the title, usually adding that to the comments field. I then load the whole directory into Tag & Rename. I edit the tag so that the track name is just that, no "remastered" etc. I then use the rename-file function to changed the file names to "track artist - Album - title". That is a single batch function of the software and pretty easy to set up.
Sounds a bit anal when you write it out like that, but it is only a few minutes or work and I get nice clean file names with proper art. For the last two weeks, it is a daily ritual.
I'm kinda glad it's ending too. For a self-employed, easily distracted, OCD, music-obsessed, extreme completionist & perfectionist... Guvera is a very dangerous place
But don't discount a UMG promo soon. I've read that they currently have a UMG channel promo going on in Australia right now.
Upon reflection, how is any of this endeavor even remotely profitable? It's like the joke we used to tell around the office when we were building a consumer product:
1. Idea
2. Traffic
3. ???
4. Profit!
That said, I'm torn between being relieved I didn't follow the herd earlier and pissed I didn't follow. :-|
EMI might make some money out of this....I'm looking at and interested in some artists that weren't too forward on my radar because they weren't available at those "other" outlets my focus had been upon. Given how much I'm enjoying listening to songs/albums I've gotten for free from this promo, I suspect there might be some actual buying soon. Crazy like a fox, perhaps.
My guess is that they are using their back catalog as a loss leader. Taking a hit in order to drive traffic and promote the brands. The one lesson some labels seem to have finally learned is that the majority of their back catalog will just sit there not making any money until it is discounted.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe EMI was the first major to come forward and introduce reduced pricing on CDs (a few years back they said prices would be dropped to the $9.99 range for most) and a lot of these albums have been discounted below 4 bucks on Amazon for some time. Seems to me that this is some sort of cross-product marketing bonanza going on.
@elwoodicious, I think, nay fear, you have exactly stumbled onto the Guvera plan. Build traffic, thus eyeballs, thus ad sales = free music = more eyeballs = more ad sales = world domination. That better be some ad sales department.
@thom, you are undoubtedly right as to "loss leaders," but I must say, assuming that EMI comes to eMu, loading up on the Blue Note catalog would have been my mission in life. Now, um, pretty much not.
@Doofy Anyway, just take a look at that young feller in this video.
While it was nice to see Steve Earle strut around in his Levis & boots on a dusty road, I found the end of that video VERY DISTURBING. Those looked like real guitars being put to the fire. My eyes! My eyes!
@froggy
I did that once: dumped a whole buttload of stuff from a Russian site for tagging "later". It was horrible when I got around to it.
@Plong Sounds a bit anal when you write it out like that, but it is only a few minutes or work and I get nice clean file names with proper art. For the last two weeks, it is a daily ritual.
No, no....sounds normal. I do something similar w/ the daily free eMu & Amazon tracks. I run them through a BPM analyzer first off, then on the eMusic tracks I put the date in the comments field. Have to put total tracks in the eMu one, sometimes year. Being a tidy bug with your digital library is being close to music goodliness.
Your post has convinced me I must try out Tag & Rename. I've heard good things about it elsewhere, too. I usually use MP3 Tag for getting rid of certain Tunes silliness, but I don't think MP3 Tag can do the batch file editing.
@elwoodicious I'm torn between being relieved I didn't follow the herd earlier and pissed I didn't follow. :-|
Bwahaha. I'm pissed.
Bitchery about finding things and fixing tags aside, so far, I am happy with it. Like man, it's free. And good music free is always welcome.
Sometime during my 8 tracks not working for Metric's Live It Out and finishing DLing the Dandy Warhols, my track count went back up to 21.
chanting edit: October promo! Ocotober promo! More credits!
I want the new Alice in Chains Daytripper posted about1
That's how it works! We are being turned into Guvera zombies, shuffling along, chanting, "More credits. More credits." Soon we will be Guveranated, putty in their hands. I want at least the 31 a day back for my autonomy.
I've read that they currently have a UMG channel promo going on in Australia right now.
Meh, I wish someone would tell me how to get it. Nothing in Channels. Searched a bunch of UMG Aust artists (and EMI Aust just to make sure) and nothing.
Crazy. I just decided to check the Pitchfork lists of top 100 albums of the 70s and 80s. Thus far the Great Guvera EMI Giveaway has added 9 off the 70s list and 3 off the 80s list to my collection.
Going through those lists I'm just shocked at how much I have from the 70s list and how little I have from the 80s. The 90s will probably just depress me (my guess is very little of what I consider the best of that decade would make it).
Color me surprised - I have about 48 on the best of the 90s and added another 3 with the EMI promo. I'll skip the whole Pearl Jam vs. Nirvana debate and just point out that they ignored a whole lot o' great electronic music.
What, I'm supposed to google that Pitchfork list? No linky?
Without even seeing it, I bet I have gobs from the 80s list. And the first half of the 90s up until I had the kid. I actually only got some Pearl Jam and Nirvana in the last few years from the library.
I am just now listening to my new Guvera acquisition: The Feelies' Crazy Rythmns - all I had before from them was a CD single.
For godsakes, it's tagged as 2009.
Katrina, I know you've posted the same thing on the eMu boards before, but I must repeat:
Dave Grohl is the most powerful drummer in the universe. Say what you want about his guitar/frontman skills, which are certainly respectable whether or not you like the Foo Fighters, but Dave Grohl is the most powerful drummer in the universe. I saw him live with Them Crooked Vultures probably a year ago, and as much as I idolize John Paul Jones (easily one of my five favorite bass players of all time), Grohl was an absolute force of nature on that stage. Listen to the Nirvana Live at Reading CD (which I downloaded from Guvera, one track per day for 24 days) if you have any doubt.
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Pan African Orchestra will be mine this evening.
Craig
Stupid (256) at the end of the filenames. No, no, that canNOT stay. Nor can the (Digitally Remastered) in each track name. Keeerist. I spend as much time fixing their tags as I do downloading them.
Ah, but the thrill is in the hunt at this place!
~edit: Can't wait to listen to them, either! SOOOOO exciting. Just a few hours away, and my iPod will be loaded up with them.
These comments reminded me of a song, and then you add in UMG and ad-supported music, it's kismet.
Anyway, just take a look at that young feller in this video.
Here is my method - I dload the files, double checking Amazon to make sure I have all the tracks. I also grab the cover art from Amazon and put it in the directory of the album. Since I have been dlaoding Blue Note Jzz, there are alot of people who scanned the original album covers and posted them on Amazon, which is cool to have. I use audioshell from softpointer.com to get the year and genre corrected and add the cover art. I rename the album there too, if they have added RVG to the title, usually adding that to the comments field. I then load the whole directory into Tag & Rename. I edit the tag so that the track name is just that, no "remastered" etc. I then use the rename-file function to changed the file names to "track artist - Album - title". That is a single batch function of the software and pretty easy to set up.
Sounds a bit anal when you write it out like that, but it is only a few minutes or work and I get nice clean file names with proper art. For the last two weeks, it is a daily ritual.
But don't discount a UMG promo soon. I've read that they currently have a UMG channel promo going on in Australia right now.
Katrina - I can't count the number of times I've deleted "(200_ Digital Remastering)" from track names.
Craig
Gulp, one day. What to complete? Complement? So little time.....
Just to bitch however - how come they don't have the newly released Bowie Station To Station deluxe? What a beat!
1. Idea
2. Traffic
3. ???
4. Profit!
That said, I'm torn between being relieved I didn't follow the herd earlier and pissed I didn't follow. :-|
Step 2: ?????
Step 3: Profit!
But what's step 2?
.....
Step 1: Collect Underpants
Step 2: ?????
Step 3: Profit!"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe EMI was the first major to come forward and introduce reduced pricing on CDs (a few years back they said prices would be dropped to the $9.99 range for most) and a lot of these albums have been discounted below 4 bucks on Amazon for some time. Seems to me that this is some sort of cross-product marketing bonanza going on.
@thom, you are undoubtedly right as to "loss leaders," but I must say, assuming that EMI comes to eMu, loading up on the Blue Note catalog would have been my mission in life. Now, um, pretty much not.
Anyway, just take a look at that young feller in this video.
While it was nice to see Steve Earle strut around in his Levis & boots on a dusty road, I found the end of that video VERY DISTURBING. Those looked like real guitars being put to the fire. My eyes! My eyes!
@froggy
I did that once: dumped a whole buttload of stuff from a Russian site for tagging "later". It was horrible when I got around to it.
@Plong
Sounds a bit anal when you write it out like that, but it is only a few minutes or work and I get nice clean file names with proper art. For the last two weeks, it is a daily ritual.
No, no....sounds normal. I do something similar w/ the daily free eMu & Amazon tracks. I run them through a BPM analyzer first off, then on the eMusic tracks I put the date in the comments field. Have to put total tracks in the eMu one, sometimes year. Being a tidy bug with your digital library is being close to music goodliness.
Your post has convinced me I must try out Tag & Rename. I've heard good things about it elsewhere, too. I usually use MP3 Tag for getting rid of certain Tunes silliness, but I don't think MP3 Tag can do the batch file editing.
@elwoodicious
I'm torn between being relieved I didn't follow the herd earlier and pissed I didn't follow. :-|
Bwahaha. I'm pissed.
Bitchery about finding things and fixing tags aside, so far, I am happy with it. Like man, it's free. And good music free is always welcome.
Sometime during my 8 tracks not working for Metric's Live It Out and finishing DLing the Dandy Warhols, my track count went back up to 21.
chanting edit: October promo! Ocotober promo! More credits!
I want the new Alice in Chains Daytripper posted about1
Los Campesinos
Brandon Flowers
Pharaohe Monch
Serge Gainsbourg
Folk Implosion
Talk Talk
2Pac
Erykah Badu
Stevie Wonder
PJ Harvey
Joni Mitchell
Meh, I wish someone would tell me how to get it. Nothing in Channels. Searched a bunch of UMG Aust artists (and EMI Aust just to make sure) and nothing.
Awesome.
Craig
Craig
Craig
Without even seeing it, I bet I have gobs from the 80s list. And the first half of the 90s up until I had the kid. I actually only got some Pearl Jam and Nirvana in the last few years from the library.
I am just now listening to my new Guvera acquisition: The Feelies' Crazy Rythmns - all I had before from them was a CD single.
For godsakes, it's tagged as 2009.
edit: Pearl Jam's drummer is better!
Here you go. The left side of the screen has the links to the various lists.
Craig
Katrina, I know you've posted the same thing on the eMu boards before, but I must repeat:
Dave Grohl is the most powerful drummer in the universe. Say what you want about his guitar/frontman skills, which are certainly respectable whether or not you like the Foo Fighters, but Dave Grohl is the most powerful drummer in the universe. I saw him live with Them Crooked Vultures probably a year ago, and as much as I idolize John Paul Jones (easily one of my five favorite bass players of all time), Grohl was an absolute force of nature on that stage. Listen to the Nirvana Live at Reading CD (which I downloaded from Guvera, one track per day for 24 days) if you have any doubt.