Yes... they are indeed available on Ovi as well as Omusic (also a ZA site) but holy friggin' smokes. You buy an album then they send you a download link for each track and then the mp3s are even tagged properly. But at least they exist.BMU wrote: Nokia Ovi music? R80-R100 a pop for all those import metal albums that cost R260 (yikes!) at Look & Listen. They don't have everything but they have a lot.
interesting article on digital music sales in SA
Their music player facilitates one click album downloading. But mysteriously stopped working for me a while ago. IE insists on confirming each separate song download, highly irritating. With Firefox it's one click per song. So that's fine by me.Jack Flash Jr wrote:Yes... they are indeed available on Ovi as well as Omusic (also a ZA site) but holy friggin' smokes. You buy an album then they send you a download link for each track and then the mp3s are even tagged properly. But at least they exist.BMU wrote: Nokia Ovi music? R80-R100 a pop for all those import metal albums that cost R260 (yikes!) at Look & Listen. They don't have everything but they have a lot.
Send a download link for each track...I haven't experienced that. There's download button next to each album track, click each button once (with Firefox of course) and you're done. Redownload from your account page if you had problems the first time, no problem.
It's no iTunes, especially ease of discovering new music sucks. But that's what last.fm and others are for. I'm just happy to have the option.
A while ago some albums wouldn't download and they eventually refunded me, so there is even -some- level of customer service. Took a while though. Haven't had a problem again, touch wood.
I use legalsounds.com frequently as they have most of the stuff I want at 9 USA cents per song. Bargain. Downloads are either per song or per album. Can't remember when last I bought a cd at musica. DVD's are a different matter.
...and the artists you like don't get any of that money. Legalsounds are "legal" only in the sense that there are no copyright laws in Russia where they are based so they are not breaking any local laws - Russia are not signatories of the international copyright treaties. So, "legal" in one sense, but morally reprehensible in every other way...Pinch wrote: I use legalsounds.com frequently as they have most of the stuff I want at 9 USA cents per song. Bargain. Downloads are either per song or per album. Can't remember when last I bought a cd at musica. DVD's are a different matter.
Thanks Alan, was to aware of that. There goes that one then...
Hi guys, which music site can one trust then. Being an artist myself I am very tense about artists getting their fare share. As Keira rightly pointed out geographical restrictions makes iTunes and amazon not an option - for the stuff I want at least. Any sites that you guys can recommend?
One click buy works but I get an email with separate links for download... FF, but OS X... maybe that's the problem!BMU wrote:Their music player facilitates one click album downloading. But mysteriously stopped working for me a while ago. IE insists on confirming each separate song download, highly irritating. With Firefox it's one click per song. So that's fine by me.Jack Flash Jr wrote:Yes... they are indeed available on Ovi as well as Omusic (also a ZA site) but holy friggin' smokes. You buy an album then they send you a download link for each track and then the mp3s are even tagged properly. But at least they exist.BMU wrote: Nokia Ovi music? R80-R100 a pop for all those import metal albums that cost R260 (yikes!) at Look & Listen. They don't have everything but they have a lot.
Send a download link for each track...I haven't experienced that. There's download button next to each album track, click each button once (with Firefox of course) and you're done. Redownload from your account page if you had problems the first time, no problem.
It's no iTunes, especially ease of discovering new music sucks. But that's what last.fm and others are for. I'm just happy to have the option.
A while ago some albums wouldn't download and they eventually refunded me, so there is even -some- level of customer service. Took a while though. Haven't had a problem again, touch wood.
You didn't think 9c a song sounded fishy? The answer to your question is in this thread....and in the linked article.Pinch wrote: Hi guys, which music site can one trust then.
Hi BMU, valid comment about the 9c. It is classic case of "if it sounds to good to be true then it probably is". What is worrying to me though is the amount of people that use this site not aware of the fact that the artists are getting nothing. I gues a forum like this is a good way to spread the news so thanks for the info.
I read the article and the only site being mentioned is the Nokia OVI store, which I am already using. As iTunes and Amazon is not available due to geographical restrictions my question was if there are any other reputable online stores available that forum members might be using already. The reason I ask is that the OVI store does not stock all the music I want. Is ordering the physical cd from Amazon my only option then or are there other reputable digital options available?
I read the article and the only site being mentioned is the Nokia OVI store, which I am already using. As iTunes and Amazon is not available due to geographical restrictions my question was if there are any other reputable online stores available that forum members might be using already. The reason I ask is that the OVI store does not stock all the music I want. Is ordering the physical cd from Amazon my only option then or are there other reputable digital options available?
Check artist's web sites. Quite a few sell their own music in digital format. Downside is you don't get it all from one source.
Good tip thanks +1. Not a problem for me as I usually look for music per artist anyway.