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Post by Oksana on Aug 11, 2005 17:48:33 GMT
Okay, so my dad has finally set up a PayPal account so that I can buy songs from iTunes and online music stores, but I have a question. Well, two actually:
1. How good is the actual quality of the music?
2. Is it possible to buy downloads from other countries' CD editions? I'd love to have 'My Heart and I' and 'Mary Did You Know.'
Merci!
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Post by Natasha on Aug 11, 2005 18:08:37 GMT
I've never bought songs online, so I can't help with this one.
Natasha
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Post by 1littlegirl on Aug 11, 2005 19:16:02 GMT
I got the song "Bridal Ballad" off of iTunes. I would say the quality is the same as you would find on an album. I'm not sure if they would have those two songs you mentioned. Sometimes they have songs from different editions though.  iTunes is really useful when you only want one or two songs from an album. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif |
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Post by postscript on Jan 9, 2007 10:49:03 GMT
Of the two options, I can't remember the first, it was on Page one of the then list of 'Other topics' and this was five pages further on (although i understand this post will push this thread back to page 1), this seems the most obvious thread to respect Richard's and Dave's entreaties to KEEP ON TOPIC and transfer the arisen debate on 'Digital versus CD music buying', which developed inadvertently on the thread discussing 'All Angels' Album Review'. So, I was responding to Nicola's post under that thread, which probably prompted Richard to plead we heeded Dave's request, so i have led by example. Argh, I'm just going to stick with CDs. Reliable. Unless I had a fire. Now, that would be devastating as I have over 500 CDs img301.imageshack.us/img301/8263/dsc01187vm6.jpgYou should see Hayley's CDs at the beginning of the second row. First row is dominated by Sarah Brightman, Keedie and Emma Shapplin. I just don't like the idea of buying things digitally. I use my stereo far too much. I don't invest £300 on my CD player so I can play things on my computer... duh. What a lovely intimacy into your life, Nicola, thank you for the privilege. Interesting to see a girl prefer blue, but then, sky-orientated, space, openess, heavenly might be the assocaition of ideas? I notice there is the picture of a dog on your PC monitor. Is that a picture of your last pet (Cassie, was she called?). Peter S. |
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Post by jons on Jan 9, 2007 13:55:14 GMT
Hi Peter, I haven't got an Ipod (I have Zen Sleek Photo, which is now a discontinued model) but the screen can show the cover artwork which gets stored with the song. (Unfortunately my Zen Sleek doesn't do this, but if the look on your computer you can locate the stored cover artwork somewhere). The Virgin Digital story was about subscription services only, buying tracks or albums in not affected so you don't have to worry. In fact its just rumors that Microsoft will discontinue for PlayForSure subscription DRM. So my sub to Napster should be OK, with any luck. It's all very complicated! My advice is, to do what I should have done: Get an Ipod (The Ipod mini is pretty respectable in price) and install Itunes. There is nothing wrong in keeping the Virgin subscription as long as you have separate player or just listen to them on the computer. Incidentally I still purchase the odd CD, including one going by the name of 'Treasure'.  |
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Post by thomas on Jan 9, 2007 22:12:43 GMT
Okay, so my dad has finally set up a PayPal account so that I can buy songs from iTunes and online music stores, but I have a question. Well, two actually: 1. How good is the actual quality of the music? 2. Is it possible to buy downloads from other countries' CD editions? I'd love to have 'My Heart and I' and 'Mary Did You Know.' Merci! Hi Oksana! I only use iTunes to download music and the quality is good. I also downloaded complete albums but the best to use iTunes is if you like just a few songs and not the complete album. Downloaded iTunes music has AAC-format which can also be played on QuickTime and the iPod. If you import music from a CD into iTunes you can choose the format whether it should be AAC or MP3. The format of downloaded music is AAC and can't be changed. That means that you need an iPod if you like to listen to downloaded music on a portable MP3-player. You can't buy downloads from other countries' CD editions unless you have a credit card with a bank account in that specific country.  Very complicated, that's the reason why I don't have Hayley's song "You are water" yet.  |
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Post by Dave on Jan 10, 2007 16:57:18 GMT
Hello Oksy and everyone, Those of you who read about All Angels will know there is an article about classical music downloads in this week's issue of Music Week (the UK's nearest equivalent to "Billboard") and although it includes a chart of the top 10 classical downloads, the article itself is about classical digital downloads generally. I've now decided to start a new thread about classical downloads as the UCJ initiative could well be big news and may generate a lot of new media reports articles about it - I don't want to hi-jack your thread Oksy! The new thread is currently also in the Off Topic board unless and until we think of a better place for it! Cheers, Dave |
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Post by jons on Jan 11, 2007 15:07:24 GMT
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Post by jons on Jan 19, 2007 15:43:07 GMT
You know, tell me if I'm wrong but I get the feeling that people on this website are buying those really cheap and rubbish mp3 players that sound like rubbish and are being put off by the whole experience.
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Post by jons on Feb 13, 2007 16:51:53 GMT
Hi Dave and everyone, This is an interesting article on DRM: Even if Steve Jobs' essay last week -- in which the Apple chief questioned the wisdom of continuing to sell music wrapped in digital rights management -- was a negotiating tactic designed to give Apple an advantage during impending license renewal negotiations, as some have suggested, Jobs' proposal is still spurring lots of discussion about the future of music, and rightly so.
On a ZDNet's Hardware 2.0, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ponders the potential impact of selling music DRM-free, concluding that the switch wouldn't benefit most users, who don't realize/care that DRM locks them into iTunes software and iPod players. I disagree.
For starters, even if people don't know they're locked into iTunes/iPod when they buy Apple's Fairplay-protected music, they will find out sooner or later. Aside from the fact that It restricts competition, DRM and does not make for a healthy market for music, gear, or software. Sure, Apple's dominance makes DRM invisible for some, but that effect is temporary. DRM is clearly holding back adoption of digital music, even by technically sophisticated users, many of whom who prefer CDs as a way of dodging DRM, format lock-ins, and bit loss. Anything that degrades the experience of paying customers has to be a bad idea, especially when it's so easy to be a non-paying customer.
But a reader of Kingsley-Hughes's blog pointed out another interesting side effect of losing DRM that hadn't occurred to me yet: music could become cheaper if DRM goes away, since music fans won't have to subsidize DRM schemes that will only grow more complicated and expensive over time. Overall, the trend seems to be away from paying people who are in the music business (including those who develop DRM) and, hopefully, towards paying people who are the music business.blog.wired.com/music/2007/02/no_drm_could_me.html |
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Very complicated, that's the reason why I don't have Hayley's song "You are water" yet. 
