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Amazon to Introduce Streaming Music Service This Summer, Only Offering Songs 6-Months or Older

Amazon only says that the service will not have music that has been released in the last six month. Otherwise, they don't say what music they will have in their service. Amazon's instant video is good but, the free video you get through Prime is generally terrible. Seeing how this is essentially a free service for those that get Prime, I have to imagine that the service's music catalog is only a small subset of what they currently sell.
 
Plutonius said:
Amazon only says that the service will not have music that has been released in the last six month. Otherwise, they don't say what music they will have in their service. Amazon's instant video is good but, the free video you get through Prime is generally terrible. Seeing how this is essentially a free service for those that get Prime, I have to imagine that the service's music catalog is only a small subset of what they currently sell.
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You are probably right. As the old saying goes.... "You get what you pay for" :)
 
BigHonkingDeal said:
Could you give a list of albums released in the last six month that I need to listen too?

Thanks!
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Depends on what kind of music you listen to. For me, I like what sounds fresh and new and then I'm sick of it after a month or 2 and probably won't ever care to listen to it again. That's why a subscription service like this or Beats Music makes a lot of sense for me. I almost never buy songs on iTunes because they'll just become dead weight.
 
mattopotamus said:
I will never complain about adding more services to my prime account :D
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Until they jack up the price of Prime to cover the costs of whatever new services they've added.

BTW, interesting language in this announcement. Amazon is excluding not only students, but also their loyal Prime members who paid the $79 rate before they raised rates this past March.
 
John.B said:
Until they jack up the price of Prime to cover the costs of whatever new services they've added.

BTW, interesting language in this announcement. Amazon is excluding not only students, but also their loyal Prime members who paid the $79 rate before they raised rates this past March.
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Even at $99 prime is a deal if you order online. Free two-day shipping that usually still comes in 1 day, or overnight it for $3.99 until 6:00pm the same day.
 
BigHonkingDeal said:
You are probably right. As the old saying goes.... "You get what you pay for" :)
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Agreed. I wish they had an "add-on" option for Prime members to get more stuff streaming. If I had to pay an extra $5/month or whatever I would. The selection is indeed pretty terrible.
 
6-month or older? Not a problem for me. :)
They could stop making music today and I will not even notice.
All the music I could ever want/need was already made between 1700's to 2010.
This is awesome, specially because I already have Prime.
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
This is pretty good considering how it is essentially free (I already have a prime subscription). Sure can't get the latest, but not too bad.
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EXACTLY !

With HBO shows and movies now being offered on Prime and now this. It's just icing on the cake and justifies the $99. And the Dolby sound from the Kindle Fire HD series kicks butt.
 
Hmmm, I get Prime for free so this isn't a bad deal at all. This might actually push me to using it more.
 
This is definitely good if you're already a Prime Member (I'm not). The fact that Amazon won't offer new releases completely lost me. Then again, I'm spoiled having Spotify.
 
usamaah said:
This makes Amazon Prime an even better deal. What a brilliant idea. Although I like being able to try out new music right away, most of the music I listen to tends to be >6mo anyway since I'm always playing catch up to music.

Not really for the music junkies maybe but a great deal for those who casually want to listen to music.
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I think you are looking at this the right way--and the way Amazon wants their Prime customers to look at it. Not really in competition with Spotify (I am a paid Spotify subscriber)--but really a music version of their Prime movie and TV collection. And it gives those 20 million Prime customers something else added to what most really wanted when they signed on to Prime--free two day shipping.
 
Free?

Mad Mac Maniac said:
This is pretty good considering how it is essentially free (I already have a prime subscription). Sure can't get the latest, but not too bad.
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In what universe is this free? Considering Amazon just increased the price of Prime by $20, this is hardly "free." You are defacto paying for this crappy service through the increased fee.
 
Sounds even more limited than "songs >6months old."

"...offering a potluck of select songs and albums it has licensed from labels at a discount."

I guess that if you're already Prime this is "free," but it doesn't sound all that great.
 
Really, 6 months and older is not bad. To be honest, I usually just buy the music that I want, as I have never gotten any of the subscription sites to offer me the music that I want to listen to.

But then again, I tend to stick with mostly musical soundtracks with some bluegrass and clean comedy.

As for Amazon's video content, I find it suits my tastes well, so I am hopeful that the music will as well.
 
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