| Looking for free mp3 downloads? Try eMusic! For | | | | connoisseur membership. By the time you hit |
| a seven-day free trial, you not only get access to | | | | premium, you are paying less than half the cost |
| the eMusic catalog, for which you would otherwise | | | | of even the cheapest regular tracks on iTunes. |
| need a special membership, but you get | | | | Purchasing 24 songs on iTunes at 99 cents a |
| twenty-five free songs just for taking eMusic for | | | | track would cost $23.76, about twice the price |
| a spin. Not that you need the free music, since | | | | you pay with eMusic. |
| eMusic's songs are fifty cents or less per track! | | | | Also, the DRM-free tracks made eMusic a popular |
| While iTunes is enlarging popular tracks from 99 | | | | alternative in a time when digital rights |
| cents to a $1.29, eMusic remains a brilliant deal. It' | | | | management constraints were encoded into |
| hasn't ever been simpler to find mp3 downloads, | | | | iTunes mp3 downloads. An eMusic membership |
| and eMusic tends to the music-savvy population, | | | | opens the door to a world of music containing |
| knowing you'll want to download throughout the | | | | over 7,000,000 tracks for a small regular charge. |
| month. That's why eMusic memberships are | | | | Another cool feature of eMusic is that members |
| based on monthly quotas, so you may never find | | | | can pay with PayPal if they might rather not use |
| yourself overspending again. | | | | a private credit card. And, beginning with a paid |
| Membership plans come in four flavours : basic, | | | | subscription without a no-cost trial will lead to |
| plus, premium, and connoisseur. Each membership | | | | rewards with 45 free mp3 downloads rather than |
| could be prefaced with the seven-day free trial | | | | the mere twenty-five free mp3 downloads with |
| and the 25 free mp3 downloads. The basic plan | | | | the seven-day trial. All music can still be used with |
| includes 24 mp3 downloads for $11.99 each | | | | iTunes although it's been purchased thru eMusic. |
| month, which comes to 50 cents per song. The | | | | While much of iTunes is targeted toward younger |
| plus membership offers 35 songs for $15.89, | | | | audiences, eMusic has attempted to focus on |
| coming in at the lower rate of forty five cents | | | | the'underserved' older age group 25 to 54. Music |
| per song. The rate per song lowers still with the | | | | styles span out beyond the Top 100 to |
| premium plan, to 42 cents per song at 50 | | | | incorporate a good range of tastes with unique |
| monthly songs for $20.79, and down to 41 cents | | | | music that will fit every personality. |
| per song at 75 monthly songs for $30.99 with the | | | | |