Mitch wrote:I'll only pay for downloads if they are drm-less and considerably cheaper than I would pay for a nice shiny CD with artwork. I'm old fasioned like that (and cheap).
That's why I like emusic, $4 for a 12 track album, high quality mp3's, and the artist still gets paid. But it forces you to find artists you might not have heard of...
Just for info, Yoni is DRM-less from TuneTribe - they provide it as 192kbps MP3's. Not sure if that's the case for everything on that site - think it may depend on the label the album is released through.
But I'm with you on having the CD...I personally like to have something I can look at while I'm listening to the contents. I'd already got Yoni pre-ordered but I got the download anyway as I wanted to hear it before the solo gigs!
eMusic is great though - I've had so much stuff from there that I wouldn't normally have found, and I'm still paying the US version substription fee, instead of the new, improved, more expensive UK one!
Andy B