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mp3.com going away
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djmollusk
, Nov 15 2003 05:42 PM
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djmollusk
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Posted 15 November 2003 - 05:42 PM
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StankDawg
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Posted 15 November 2003 - 09:59 PM
they were getting pretty crummy anyway. 
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Posted 15 November 2003 - 10:03 PM
stank...just say shitty dude...come on it wont hurt, only once...crummy
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Posted 15 November 2003 - 10:15 PM
must...resist...saying...shitty... OOPS!!! AAAAAARGGGHHH!!! oh fudge!stank...just say shitty dude...come on it wont hurt, only once...crummy
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Posted 15 November 2003 - 10:23 PM
sometimes for me its the opposite, where it is more difficult TO sware
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Posted 15 November 2003 - 10:45 PM
They were cool when I joined them in 1999. There wasn't any place like that. Now if you want to get some CDs made cheap you can have Cafe Press do it.
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Posted 15 November 2003 - 10:46 PM
damn that sucks i got a lot good Jams offa mp3.com now ill just have to wait for the closing song on binrev to find good bands eh?
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Posted 15 November 2003 - 11:03 PM
you could say super duper again!!!must...resist...saying...shitty... OOPS!!! AAAAAARGGGHHH!!! oh fudge!
stank...just say shitty dude...come on it wont hurt, only once...crummy
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Posted 16 November 2003 - 02:13 AM
mp3.com was cool. It was a fun way to discover new and different types of music. It is a real shame that it was going away. The web needs more sites like that, sites that let any two-bit musician with a computer and some kind of recording equipment to get his/her music out there.
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Posted 19 November 2003 - 03:30 PM
Man I loved that Electronica Section.. Antinomie was a great section to download .. I loved the House Medley 2003... You will be missed MP3.com .. ohh well www.windowsmedia.com <------- Not the same, but also free and good! 
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Posted 19 November 2003 - 10:56 PM
the web DOES need mroe sites lik ethat...but mp3.com turned into an outlet for mainstream stuff....not at all was it started out as.mp3.com was cool. It was a fun way to discover new and different types of music. It is a real shame that it was going away. The web needs more sites like that, sites that let any two-bit musician with a computer and some kind of recording equipment to get his/her music out there.
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Posted 19 November 2003 - 11:27 PM
the MP3.com website will no longer be accessible in its current form.
what does that mean? coming back as something different? better?
and does anyone know why they are leaving?
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Posted 20 November 2003 - 12:17 AM
that totally sucks. As much as they promoted corporate artists I think at the low level it was all to keep the site maintainable for the independents.
I have been using MP3.com since about 1997 and I remember there were only a handful of people using their services back then, because it was new. If you wanted to support the artists you could buy an MP3 for 25c or 50c, instead of a DAM CD which is what the artists sell instead now. Thinking about how MP3.com sold MP3s back then seems funny now, they definitely knew what people wanted.
Still today it is the most vast online archive of free music and an excellent way to promote yourself.
this really bums me out
I have been using MP3.com since about 1997 and I remember there were only a handful of people using their services back then, because it was new. If you wanted to support the artists you could buy an MP3 for 25c or 50c, instead of a DAM CD which is what the artists sell instead now. Thinking about how MP3.com sold MP3s back then seems funny now, they definitely knew what people wanted.
Still today it is the most vast online archive of free music and an excellent way to promote yourself.
this really bums me out
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 07:08 PM
It sux that mp3.com is going the way of the dodo. I haven't been there in eons, so I can;t say what the quality was like anymore. Since most of the music I listen to these days is by dead people, I didn;t go there too much (just got a bunch o' Doors stuff from the iTunes store).
I used to like IUMA, but they changed their look a while back and I haven;t been there much...they used to have a very cool retro look. They have free MP3s from unsigned bands in just about any genre........
I used to like IUMA, but they changed their look a while back and I haven;t been there much...they used to have a very cool retro look. They have free MP3s from unsigned bands in just about any genre........
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