TMB is NOT an eMusic Affiliate Anymore

At least I don't think so, I'll have to look into it. But that is besides the point...

A couple of months ago, the indie only subscription base download service got into bed with Sony, and consequently the pricing structures changed. This caused a bit of a controversy amongst the eMusic faithful, and in fact almost pushed me into canceling my subscription as well (until I downloaded Howard Tate's Reaction and remembered why I loved eMusic in the first place.)

So I was just about to cancel it again, more because of financial reasons than anything else ($15 bucks a month buys a reasonable amount of diapers after all,) but eMusic caught me something ferocious on the way out of the door, with a 25 song booster pack with no strings attached and a slew of recommendations, a bunch of which came from the new Sony "Classics" (translated: anything over two years old) additions to the catalogue.

So... ummm... yeah... I am sticking with eMusic, fuck it. I just downloaded Nas' Illmatic and Mobb Deep's The Infamous, two albums I have either wore out (tape) or lost/broke/scratched (cd) and bought about six times each. An now I own them DRM free and can download them again freely onto any computer/music player I own. So a drop in the amount of downloads per month be damned.. eMusic is still the shit. 3 albums a month for 15 dollars is still a damn good price, and their writers are very on point with their recommendations. I will not be jumping ship.

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