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I actually insisted on paying this time around. It was actually difficult when I joined in December - not exactly great business model. I usually join for the three month membership once a year, but this past year was paltry. And last year I joined …
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I stopped Dripping for a little while, but several labels are quite worthy. M+6 continues to deliver label worthy ambient and experimental albums at a high clip. Domino has almost always been worthy, and Ghostly works great if you dig their catalog.…
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My take is that eMu switched over to VBR0, which to my ears and musical set up is every good as FLAC. However, they never re-ripped their old tracks. When they first started in their practical giveaway years, everything was a low rip rate, and outsi…
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I no longer feel guilty for my initial lack of guilt. 28 free albums by my count. Nice glitch, hnh?
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If you logged into eMu and found an apparent glitch in their system enabling you to selectively download over twenty albums for free, would you do it? This just happened to me though not on eMu, and I'm wondering if I should have a stronger sense of…
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Anyone on the fence should wait for Drip to take care of all the changes. I quit Secretly Canadian before their update, had a month added the account, got three free album DLs, and then had all those albums denied access to, and my account to them u…
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The unlocking of back catalog is actually done by service. So when they rebooted their system, I got a total of six new downloads. I was a member of M6, so I got three back catalog openings, and 3 for Secretly Canadian. That makes me assume that whe…
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Drip did a redesign and was shut down for a few days. Other than being a little slow at times, I like the new design. You can now see all the albums they have released, and better yet, they gave me three back catalog downloads to be used in whicheve…
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That double booster is reasonable. I was going to spend a final month with them after a free month, but a 40 for 20 can be a concluding sentence just as well. And Jonah, I hesitate to even read your posts out of fear of staying at eMu.
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Just wanted to rec M+6. First the numbers. In two months, I've gotten nine albums, two EP's, and some singletons. Out of that collection, one single and one EP got immediately deleted. I'm definitely a fan of experimental/electronica that the labels…
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Blamstrain is having a NYOP week. Excellent background music, early morning music.
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You know I just backed into another subscription after several years away. I've been Dripping a lot, and that's fun, but it inevitably leads to downloading albums you end up not liking much. I love Domino Records - a lot - and that's a great deal fo…
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I enjoyed reading Steve Coleman's thoughtfulness about giving away music, rare in our capitalistic society and all, but he doesn't believe in giving away audio quality. Those dls are all 128's.
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I just managed to read about wild mushrooms taking down a large music label. Amazing really, that so much of these labels are homeschooled. I tend to remove the human element - not from the music or the artist - but from the labels themselves. Glad …
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I just supposedly rejoined them, but was never charged, and they haven't had any new releases in well over a month. While I enjoy downloading free music, does anyone know what's happening with this site?
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You know that's the rub with Drip. How many labels consistently release music I really dig? Many of the labels on here I either don't like some half of their releases, or it's niche music in my collection. I dig Fania, and while it's in my musical r…
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Choice - when you explore a label before joining, if you click on the album, you can see how many songs and how long the album is. Some labels drop all the time, so it's more about the overall sound, but others, like Dead Ocean or Cantalope, only dr…
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While my littlest listens to Raffi on the headphones, I wanted to post some of my favorite artists , some mentioned here or on other threads, that have come for nada. I've tried to remove many of the artists that were only available for free tempora…
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I would love to see some jazz labels join up, Origin pops to mind. Can't stand contemporary and I do have a short leash for free jazz, but anything and everything else would be welcomed. I hope Fania keeps their offer going - I'm at my Drip limit ri…
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Fat Cat Records joins in. I've always thought they've had an excellent ear for different sounds. Haven't listened yet, but it includes Mice Parades coming out in November along with a sampler and three other downloads, all LP in length.
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Thanks to all. Sounds like a decent option, though not special. Doofy - the jazz angle incentivises me for sure. Definitely lacking since mtracks went belly up.
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Luddite - my five year old opened the package and spread the goodies around our house, meaning I didn't see the tattoos and stickers and the other posters until this morning. Good stuff. Weird that they didn't include the front inserts in mine eit…
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Have to do a little shout-out for Kill Rock Stars. Joined them a few weeks back, enjoying the music, but also in the mail today received a poster, Horse Feather's Cynic's New Year CD, Eliott Smith's Roman Candle, their sampler, and Corin Tucker Band…
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Looking more like this should be moved to the RIP thread? Curious though if people have counted up their free albums. I never spammed FB (unless you count liking Guvera), but still walked away with well over 200 albums. Quite incredible to have Blue…
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I admit I'm a doubter for I've been expecting the service to finally close up shop for several months, always surprised I'm still clicking adverts. Glad to see some resiliency, even if it does fold proper. On the safe side, I did burn up my fifty re…
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Just joined back to Domino. Quite a handsome join-back deal, landing what will be four albums and two eps within the first month. Still active in this regard, some quality releases as well. Haven't listened thoroughly to give real reviews, but the S…