Jacquelyn C. Olson
SLM 521 – Elective #11
Online Subscription
Music-Part 1
Multimedia Elective
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Selection Criteria: |
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1. Variety of genres of music. |
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2. Variety of additional features such as
videos, audiobooks, movies, podcasts, tv or games. |
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3. What kinds of additional information does
the site have to offer? Bios? |
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4. How does the user pay for downloads? Subscription or pay per item? |
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5. If the user pays for a subscription, what
happens to the downloads after the subscription
expires? |
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Emusic - http://www.emusic.com/ |
Emusic boasts over 2 million tracts. Search by genre, artist, album, label or
composer. You can take a look at what
others have rated within each genre. Search
for an artist and look at their music videos, biography, pictures, and listen
to music tracts. Special categories
include: editor’s picks, live albums
and new on emusic.
Emusic offers audiobooks
to download by choosing a genre or searching by title or author. Search for exactly the type of music or
audio book you are looking for. Emusic is well organized, and easy to use. Emusic requires a
monthly subscription based on the number of downloads required. Free 7 day trial offer with first paid
monthly subscription. Date site visited:
July 6, 2009. |
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iTunes – http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview |
iTunes offers a variety of choices including music, video,
movies, Tv, audiobooks,
apps, podcasts, and games. Many genres
to choose from within the type of music or video chosen. 99 cent movie rentals available. Meet the Author features a number of
current titles and interviews. Look at
what songs or albums are top of the charts.
Pay per song, album or other type of download. iTunes site is easy
to use and very well organized. Date
site visited: July 6, 2009. |
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Yahoo Music Unlimited –
http://new.music.yahoo.com/ |
Many genres of music and
videos to choose from. Watch artist
videos and rate them. Listen to your
choice of radio stations by music category.
Listen to your music station that plays music based upon the music you
rated. Search Yahoos immense database
of videos, songs, lyrics and artists by entering a search word or phrase. Yahoo Music is easy to navigate and
use. Unlimited downloads for the
duration of a subscription. When the
subscription expires, the downloads are no longer
active. Date site visited: July 6, 2009. |