Truth is, for years those labels have ignored my musical interests. Why should I now be expected to pay a whole lot more so that their releases can be available on eMusic? It’s not like you can’t find their releases in many other places, real world and online. Why should I support their desires to fatten their bottom line on recordings that they’ve mostly made their investment back on many times over.

I valued eMusic for the opportunity to check out, at very low cost, a lot of new recordings that generally are hard to find in the physical world. I really don’t give a fuck about being able to download The Clash or Sex Pistols via eMusic. They’re hardly what I’d call cutting edge music any longer. No one who’s opinion I respect would think that they were significant today in any way other than historical. Much as I like the music, they’ve become basically little more than consumerist fodder for those who haven’t kept up with the times.

I think that this new strategy is kissing the asses of the fat shits that are only concerned about money, not music; the same fat shits who damn near wrecked their business through their unfettered greed. It’s a serious stumble for eMusic in my opinion.

Obviously, the value I derived from the low-cost ability to audition a lot of music has now been chucked out the window. I can only hope that sufficient attention continues to be paid to the wide range of music that does interest me; the music made by musicians for those involved with music, not just product. If the availability or profile of worthwhile music is diminished with this change it will truly be a sad day for eMusic.

E-Music owes it’s success to tapping into the niche market music scenes, offering music that isn’t necessarily mass market. Not having to cater to this mass market they were able to grow outside of the costs of having to license the likes of Jonas Brothers, Ashley Tisdale, Taylor Swift ect.

It seems like E-Music is tossing out it’s loyal consumers just so they can get into the game with other downloadable content like i-Tunes and Amazon.

Unfortunately they are straying from the path that made them successful in the first place. Enough so to even think they need to compete against i-Tunes and Amazon instead of realizing eMusic can offer what they can’t.

People will always be bummed about any subscription change. At least grandfather those of us who helped eMusic get to where it is by honoring the subscriptions we’ve purchased for over 5 years!

But a feeble one. I’ll spend a few months grabbing all those many-track albums, then skip the subscription. Alas.

Seems to me if eMusic really wants to go down this path, they should explore multiple pricing schemes where some tracks cost more than others.

i am pissed.