Thursday, April 28, 2005
IntoMusic Showcases Indy Music
Posted by Jason Dunn in "SITES & RESOURCES" @ 11:00 AM
"IntoMusic features legal download music from the independent scene. You can play all the songs in Low-Fi (similar to radio quality, 60 seconds) the full version music downloads are of higher sound quality encoded at (128 kbps +). Each artist offers free mp3 downloads, simply search through the music by a number of search features including browse and download factor. If you'd like more music you can buy further tracks for as low as £0.47. Or Subscribe and get unlimited downloads for only £4.95 a month."
If exploring independent music wiggles your mouse, IntoMusic is a good place to start looking. They have a lot of music to chose from, and they have an interesting Top 20 Chart that's based on the "download factor" - how many times a song's preview clip has been downloaded - rather than sales. Interesting approach, but if everyone does what I did (click on the top five results to see why people are clicking on the top five results), the results may not be as meaningful as one would think. ;-) I think this site will have a very difficult time gaining any international sales, because their pricing is very UK-specific. Individual tracks start at £0.47, but most seem to be in the £0.60 range - which works out to be about $1.50 Canadian or $1.20 USD. I can get expensively-produced mainstream music for $1.19 CAN, so why would I pay 30 cents more for indy music? The strength of UK currency is working against them here, as is the grindingly harsh 32kbps MP3 preview stream. :? But hey, take a look and decide for yourself. ;-)
If exploring independent music wiggles your mouse, IntoMusic is a good place to start looking. They have a lot of music to chose from, and they have an interesting Top 20 Chart that's based on the "download factor" - how many times a song's preview clip has been downloaded - rather than sales. Interesting approach, but if everyone does what I did (click on the top five results to see why people are clicking on the top five results), the results may not be as meaningful as one would think. ;-) I think this site will have a very difficult time gaining any international sales, because their pricing is very UK-specific. Individual tracks start at £0.47, but most seem to be in the £0.60 range - which works out to be about $1.50 Canadian or $1.20 USD. I can get expensively-produced mainstream music for $1.19 CAN, so why would I pay 30 cents more for indy music? The strength of UK currency is working against them here, as is the grindingly harsh 32kbps MP3 preview stream. :? But hey, take a look and decide for yourself. ;-)
