idiotprogrammer
I'll just mention two links:
An annotated list of my recent emusic purchases and my favorite 10 free albums from the Jamendo pile of music.
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Some terrific finds. Thanks for the BC links and to see how many are from emusic.
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Tomorrow Friday Nov 5, all of Missippi Records will be NYP. A portion of profits will benefit displaced people in Afganistan. I'll be previewing tonight and hopefully recording finds here tomorrow.Some of the NYP bands on Bandcamp are pricing their FULL DIGITAL DISCOGRAPHY (which let you download/own all the albums of a band or label) for peanuts. Happens rarely, but it's worth checking. (It excludes things which it call…FYI, here's a twitter search query to find bandcamp links for name your price.Although I went through emails for bands I received notices for, I found that time-consuming. It's easier to go through the bandcamp feed (which now includes your purchase activity -- and on the mobile app -- which make it easy just to scroll down …I'm really going to dig into this question about how to get info about deals (from emails and elsewhere). One thing I've noticed is that you can "follow" the collections of Bandcamp fans. Do you make your FAN PROFILE public? Mine is here: in Flash Bandcamp Sale Comment by idiotprogrammer September 2021Germanprof, how are you being notified of these low prices/name-your-price? Are you just stumbling upon them randomly?
What I've been doing is switching to the $6 monthly plan, buying $200 of credits (actually 75 dollars) and taking 3 months to spend that. Then putting my account as often as I can. There's a lot of hunting going on, and frankly I'm growing sick of …Here's my emusic purchases from last month. Out of these Intimate Stranger, Shuma, Mary Hopkin, It's a Diferent Class and Lenine were all great albums.Zhnivo by Shuma. 10 tracks, 43 minutes, 4.49. Really beautiful and ethereal dreampop by a Belorussian girl's group. Much much in the same territory as Ukraine'sGreat list. I wanted to add two female singer led bands:
Further by Intimate Stranger (with several other albums on emusic). Chilean shoegazing …Soulcoal, these are serious accusations. You seem to be implying that none of the revenue from mp3 downloads go to the artists or labels. I think customers have a right to learn what percent of the money spent on monthly membership fees and bonus pa…Doomsday Survival Kit by Praed. (Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest 1937-1946. Compiled by James P Leary, 7.49, 174 tracks, 290 minutes. Major compilation of immi…(Copied from reddit thread) Don't know if you left this out on purpose, but Vagif Mustafazadeh has a 140 minute compilation of jazz piano thingies for 6.49. https://www.emusic.com/album…Aha, I see a hot new label you've missed. Ostinato Records (BC page): , a label that collects vintage recordings from farflung places like Sudan, Senegal, Cafe…Thanks
Now I can rest in peace. Speaking of Indonesian rock, here's a good annotated list: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/bungle77/indonesia-vol_1-the-birth-of-indonesian…I downloaded some pirated zip of Indonesian classics about 5 years ago from a blog specializing in it. although the contents were gold (albeit terrible sound quality), all the metadata was missing -- and I had to guess at metadata using album covers…All the Laboratoria Fantasma albums sound great -- and cost less than a dollar https://www.emusic.com/label/114385/Laboratrio-Fantasma . Although that Indonesian al…Wow, Adan Yeti's album is great.. Too bad he (they?) is not on emusic. But the 2 bandcamp albums are pay what you want...hey, omnifoo, your rundown of labels is terrific. http://www.omnifoo.info/pages/eMusic%20Labels.html It …Thanks for continuing to post. I my emusic account on hold for 3 months, but that's going to be up next month. My feeling though now is I may just get a single $200 credit and then cancel emusic for good after spending it -- then go trawling on ban…Some odds and ends:- Vergers by Sarah Davachi, 3 tracks. 99 cents. young Canadian electronist artist who makes these great soundscapes…
Anything you can do would be great. I was thinking of putting 5-10 links at the top of every thread you create on the forum, but your way is even better.. (With forum posts, it's easy to copy HTML though). PS, some of my in Drum & Bass/Jungle Albums & Labels I like on eMusic Comment by idiotprogrammer April 2020- In search of Sunrise 1 by Tiesto. Classic edm/trance from 1999. 15 tracks. 4.99, 90 minutes (and long mix). Emusic has lots of Tiesto’s catal…
