the death count
okee dokee. i've cancelled and have no intention of returning - i by-passed the sweetener of a free month simply because wherever else i go will have a sweetener better than staying (i.e. 50 freebies to join limewire). the issue to me really comes down to loyalty and trust. i give them tons of credit for having a credible voice on the boards when times were tough (genmod, yancey and to a lesser extent jedwardk) - but cathyhn is not a credible voice and ceo for ten minutes closed-response post simply reinforces they are in a mode of "here's our decision; live with it."
well, the door swings both ways, here's my decision, live with it.
i know daniel esq feels similarly re: the departing labels so reasonable people can differ on this issue. i have no interest impacting how any other will stay or go. there's too many variables - starting with where you live - to even have meaningful input.
in the end, my loyalty was never an issue. so i don't leave with piss and vinegar belligerence - i'm sure i'll find a place that syncs up with the way i consume music - hell, i was a basic subscriber the entire decade so i'm not hard to serve.
now blind loyalty is another story.
well, the door swings both ways, here's my decision, live with it.
i know daniel esq feels similarly re: the departing labels so reasonable people can differ on this issue. i have no interest impacting how any other will stay or go. there's too many variables - starting with where you live - to even have meaningful input.
in the end, my loyalty was never an issue. so i don't leave with piss and vinegar belligerence - i'm sure i'll find a place that syncs up with the way i consume music - hell, i was a basic subscriber the entire decade so i'm not hard to serve.
now blind loyalty is another story.
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As I've said before, the decision for me was purely about money. The increased costs simply don't make financial sense to me in conjunction with the subscription model. This is especially the case when I can get my same 50 DL a month at The Wire at less than 3/4 the price. Sure they don't have all the top indie labels I like (at least not yet), but they have plenty that interests me, and not having those labels actually encourages me to get some of the more obscure things that I had in my eMu SFL, but hadn't gotten because the new Matador, 4AD, etc. album took precedence. It's that encouragement that got me to download Victoire's Cathedral City that I'm now absolutely addicted to.
In the end I have no hard feelings for eMu, and will feel bad when they go under, but am simply dumbfounded by their decisions.
Craig
Still, an increase is an increase. I was lucky enough to refresh yesterday and got 4 albums...under my new plan (incl bonus), I would only have been able to get 3 of these.
My main interest is jazz, so the Indie exodus doesn't really affect me. The loss of Fantasy is a bit of a blow...Karg has a theory they may be back, hopefully that's right. I found lots of new things to add my list yesterday. I also expect to do a month on Limewire sometime soon...they're clearly a better deal on labels carried by both stores.
Telarc has gone missing as well, as others have pointed out.
"The Hawk Flies High" is a great album. Among other virtues, it has a great example of circular breathing by Idrees Sulieman on "Juicy Fruit"!
Interestingly, I got no offers to stay while/after cancelling. I would have just used 'em and quit again anyway.
It's just another clusterf**k - they have some Specialty Profiles but the older releases are not yet found.
Link.