Has anyone ever been there? I stumbled upon this website through an Ad in a Netflix envelope for a download of 35 free songs. Sounds like a good deal right? So I toddled over to there website and did a live chat with a representative, and they told me I could cancel their service when I got the songs and come back when I had enough money. The Customer service runs past me, good job on that at least.
They had a wide selection of music, so it was rather daunting. Or so I thought...
This is a great website if you're looking for indie bands and unknowns, but if you're looking for popular music. Don't bother. They 'don't believe in main stream bands' or something like that is what they said. Oh sure, you can find bands like Linkin Park or Three Days Grace, hell, you can even find tributes to their songs. What are tributes you ask?
It's basically some random person who decided to sing a Linkin Park song to Karaoke or something. Some of them rather off tune... No wonder their songs would all be 25 cents...
Now I didn't know at the time that they didn't sell mainstream bands until I cam across a band that they didn't have some kind of tribute for. So I was left there infuriated and swearing in front of my monitor. I found one song though, so the service was compeltely wasted. But they should've advertised or said somewhere that they didn't have the main stream bands on there. My feeble teenage mind does not read fine print like most adults, we skim over that. In fact... it didn't say anything about that. Unless I am mistaken, which, considering I am a human being is altogether possible.
I was just, sorely disappointed I guess, I thought it was a site better than iTunes, which would've been just dandy once I'd gotten myself a job and such.
eMusic is a wonderful site if you're looking for independent bands but for main stream don't bother. They also have lovely customer service you when you sign up in the live chat, they're very responsive. And if you can't find a song your looking for a little live chat button appears on the side and you can ask them to find the song for you. So it all reall depends what you're lookin' for. So, I have mixed feelings on the site. Just be aware there is a monthly fee, of course they have different plans, so this site is better if you have a steady income.
