As a old fan getting back into Prince after 8 years, I have some questions about the music club. I am thinking of joining.

1) As far as downloading, how many songs are available?
2) Are the songs off all his albums available as well as special club only songs?
3) How much $$$ are each song?
4) Are the songs at 128 kbs or greater?
5) What other benefits are there (other than tickets and videos)?

Any information would help. Thanks!

oy baby, i'm sooo tired...if ya just hit up www.npgmc.com and check out the musicology store, most of your questions will be answered, i promise. you don't have to be a member to poke around or buy stuff from the musicology store....ya know that, right?

OrangeCrush said:

lots of audio downloads...most of which went out to 1st year members. they are cheap, .77 a song. go check out the site...i think they have a visitor's pass type of thing so you can look around. also, you don't have to be a member to download...it is .99 per song if you don't join. this year has been well worth the 25 bucks. and i was NOT happy with last year AT ALL so you know i must be thrilled with this year!

OrangeCrush said:

1 - in the Musicology store, which you don't have to be a member to access, there are currently tons of downloads from recent projects - The Rainbow Children, Xpectation, C-Note, The Chocolate Invasion, The Slaughterhouse, Musicology plus a few one-offs like 2 live tracks and a new studio song - I guess they can be added to or taken away at any point! On the club site itself there's not really any downloads right now, there's the Reflection room which plays one or 2 different tracks every couple of weeks, but nothing new usually, just old songs and the quality is fairly low. And some weekends there's the glam slam room where a mix of songs is heard

2 - No, there's nowhere to download songs from his old Warner Bros catalogue albums - though you can hear a couple of short snippets in the Vault rooms which is basically a discography.

3 - songs available individually are 99 cents or 77 cents if you are a member - albums are $9.99 or $7.77. Life membership is now $25.

4 - I think all the Musicology store downloads are at least 128 - they sound CD quality to me at least.

5 - Other benefits.... hmmm, not much really. I think you get more choice of clothes and items in the retail store. Mainly it is the videos (there is a video room which one or 2 videos can be downloaded for free - but it is closed right now, and didn't update very often anyway) and the tickets which guarantee you a seat close to the stage.

Unless I was going to a concert and wanted premium tickets, I probably wouldnt' join right now, just download music for the slightly higher price - but I was a member from last year so I didn't have to pay again!

Thanks all for the information!