01.12.2004, 18:43
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Registriert seit: 23.01.2000
Alter: 46
Beiträge: 2.135
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Zitat:
At most times, at least 1,000 users are online. The majority of their
subscribers are in Russia, followed closely by the United States.
They all sleep well at night.
As to the service itself, it's not perfect. The owners are almost
certainly young men, because the catalog is disproportionately hard
rock and bucketloads of metal. I guess Russians love their Slayer.
New releases on store shelves typically take weeks, if not months to
appear online. At least 60% of their music catalog comes from
European artists, so if you love Europop artists with big hair, fun
fun party dance, and lyrics in English easy enough for speakers of 15
other Eurolanguages to follow, you'll love Allofmp3!
Their instrumental selection (easy listening and classical) is a
token effort. They have the Paul Mauriat catalog well filled, but Ray
Conniff or Lawrence Welk mostly result in "who?" during search
results. Even the basic classical pieces are incomplete. Movie
soundtracks are a bit better, and anime/game music seems to get extra
attention.
Allofmp3 cannot compete with any of the domestic music services in
depth of offerings, but they aren't charging you an outrageous dollar
a song. I can't understand why anyone would spend that much on a song
off any major label release, almost all of which wallow in their own
mediocrity.
Trelane
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