There is nothing dumber than asking people to pay for songs they can't first listen to. Seriously, does that make any sense? Previews are essential. I will happily download these songs illegally to see if I like them.

PurpleKnight said:

There is nothing dumber than asking people to pay for songs they can't first listen to. Seriously, does that make any sense? Previews are essential. I will happily download these songs illegally to see if I like them.

I know that this is just because I'm old and stuck in the past (two separate things--some of you are only one of them, and some of you are neither) but most music I've paid for in my life I haven't heard first. I bought lots of albums with only one or two familiar songs--and even if I was just buying a single, I didn't know the b-side. I never saw listening stations until the nineties, and even most of those I encountered only played snippets--and I can't tell diddly squat about a lot of songs from those. Ultimately, they're often not much more useful than a single scene from a movie, or even worse, since they sometimes seem chosen at random by people with no idea what they're doing. I can't really say whether I "like" a song based on them.

Now, if an artist had let me down repeatedly in the past when I bought things based on a general liking for his or her work, I might want to know a little more. Prince hasn't done that for me, on the whole. I realize that he has let a lot of others down, more often than not the last several years. I get the hesitancy. I just don't share it.

Scotsman1999 said:

Ditto. I paid my money, no email with download links. I do get an email confirming my account creation and my username.. I try to login and get 'username not recognised'. I email 3rdeyegirl for support and get sod all response. Prince's web presence is more consistent than his music. Consistently rubbish!

Scotsman1999 said:

Ditto. I paid my money, no email with download links. I do get an email confirming my account creation and my username.. I try to login and get 'username not recognised'. I email 3rdeyegirl for support and get sod all response. Prince's web presence is more consistent than his music. Consistently rubbish!

The download link usually appears on the 3rdeye girl purchasing page, in a very, smail font, (about a size 8), directly under the name of the song or video you purchased. The download link is kind of easy to miss because the font is very smail. It usually appears no more than 5 to 10 seconds after you purchase with paypal. You click on it, and it should start downloading. All the songs I purchased open in Windows Media player without any problems once downloaded.

I use Google Chrome to open the 3rdeyegirl site, when purchasing a song, because I find that I don't have any trouble when I use Google Chrome. I didn't register my info with the 3rdeyesite, so I don't log in with a username, I just click on song/vid to purchase, and type in the required info to purchase a song.

2elijah said:

Scotsman1999 said:

Ditto. I paid my money, no email with download links. I do get an email confirming my account creation and my username.. I try to login and get 'username not recognised'. I email 3rdeyegirl for support and get sod all response. Prince's web presence is more consistent than his music. Consistently rubbish!

The download link usually appears on the 3rdeye girl purchasing page, in a very, smail font, (about a size 8), directly under the name of the song or video you purchased. The download link is kind of easy to miss because the font is very smail. It usually appears no more than 5 to 10 seconds after you purchase with paypal. You click on it, and it should start downloading. All the songs I purchased open in Windows Media player without any problems once downloaded.

I use Google Chrome to open the 3rdeyegirl site, when purchasing a song, because I find that I don't have any trouble when I use Google Chrome. I didn't register my info with the 3rdeyesite, so I don't log in with a username, I just click on song/vid to purchase, and type in the required info to purchase a song.

My experience is the same as yours, 2elijah--after I pay with paypal, it sends me back to the purchasing page with the link under the product listing. I do have a user name now, which lets me go back later, but I made my first few purchases without onet, and it still gave me the links directly on the purchase page. I've never done anything with the emails, nor seen any links in them.

Of course, I've also gotten all my free T-shirts and they've all fit, so I might just be blessed.

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PurpleKnight said:

There is nothing dumber than asking people to pay for songs they can't first listen to. Seriously, does that make any sense? Previews are essential. I will happily download these songs illegally to see if I like them.

It's not dumb, it's genius. Or the only way they can make money. It's a genius market, you pay money for something you have no idea what it is.

Not me, I am very stupidly waiting for an album to come out, the only one I have is Rock and Roll love affair as a friend sent me it.

vainandy said:

BobGeorge909 said:

EddieC said:

PurpleKnight said:

There is nothing dumber than asking people to pay for songs they can't first listen to. Seriously, does that make any sense? Previews are essential. I will happily download these songs illegally to see if I like them.

I know that this is just because I'm old and stuck in the past (two separate things--some of you are only one of them, and some of you are neither) but most music I've paid for in my life I haven't heard first. I bought lots of albums with only one or two familiar songs--and even if I was just buying a single, I didn't know the b-side. I never saw listening stations until the nineties, and even most of those I encountered only played snippets--and I can't tell diddly squat about a lot of songs from those. Ultimately, they're often not much more useful than a single scene from a movie, or even worse, since they sometimes seem chosen at random by people with no idea what they're doing. I can't really say whether I "like" a song based on them.

Now, if an artist had let me down repeatedly in the past when I bought things based on a general liking for his or her work, I might want to know a little more. Prince hasn't done that for me, on the whole. I realize that he has let a lot of others down, more often than not the last several years. I get the hesitancy. I just don't share it.

vainandy said:

BobGeorge909 said:

vainandy said:

I don't need it. I've got my computer plugged into my stereo so I can shake the walls with the songs I have in it. I'm still not buying no download though. I'll take a free download, but I'm not buying one because it's not a physical product. Sure, if it were a physical product, I'd just rip it in my computer and put the CD in the closet with the rest of them but at least I'd have a physical product in the closet. Plus, I find it pointless to pay for anything that ends up on a homemade CD because if you want to make a homemade CD, you can sure find the songs for free eventually. A physical CD from a label, manufacturer, or whatever is never for free unless somebody just gives it to you.

Any which way....U're buying 1's and 0's.

I prefer to buy vinyl that comes with a digital DL

vainandy said:

dJJ said:

I don't need it. I've got my computer plugged into my stereo so I can shake the walls with the songs I have in it. I'm still not buying no download though. I'll take a free download, but I'm not buying one because it's not a physical product. Sure, if it were a physical product, I'd just rip it in my computer and put the CD in the closet with the rest of them but at least I'd have a physical product in the closet. Plus, I find it pointless to pay for anything that ends up on a homemade CD because if you want to make a homemade CD, you can sure find the songs for free eventually. A physical CD from a label, manufacturer, or whatever is never for free unless somebody just gives it to you.

but don't you want to support the artist? sure i'd like it on cd but it isn't on a cd.

Cuddles said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Cuddles said:

I prefer to buy vinyl that comes with a digital

In a perfect world....that would be awesome.

Most artist do now

Cuddles said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Cuddles said:

Most some artist do now

I completely agree with you.

mmm, I can go to the record store and buy practically anything and everything on vinyl new and old.

sealed and new unused.