Here is a pretty good end-user review of Rhapsody (including a "workaround" for Mac user who has PC) I agree with him a lot and I'm not going to repeat his points here. The bottomline is: there is music I'd love to listen to unavailable on Rhapsody for sure, but there is enough music available to keep me happy. One particularly useful option of its search feature is "View all." Even though an artist is unavailable, you could still check out his/her bio and look for similar artists.
Check out the result of my sampling of what is available on Rhapsody and what is not by using mostly nonmainstream artists/albums:
| Punk: Available | Punk: Unavailable |
|---|---|
| TSOL, Rise Above: 24 Black Flag songs | Minor Threat, Punk Goes Metal |
| Jazz: Available | Jazz: Unavailable |
| Alice Coltrane, Jack Wilkins (1 album only) Jazz Loft Session | Maria Schneider, David Murray (none except for compilations) |
| Metal: Available | Metal: Unavailable |
| Death Angel, Annihilator, Sabbath (no pre-Dio except from compilations), Smashing Pumpkins (none except from compilations) | Tool, John 5, Exodus, Impaled, Shadows Fall, Metal Massacre |
| Classic rock: Available | Classic rock: Unavailable |
| Pink Floyd (every album except Division Bell but who cares?) | Led Zeppelin, Beatles |
Tip for those who are sold on Rhapsody: if you subscribe through Listen.com, you will have the option of quarterly billing, which saves ~$1.63 a month.
1 comment:
hey there -- another great thing about rhapsody is that it lets you drop playlist links into your blog. i run one of several blogs dedicated entirely to blogging rhapsody playlists; mine's called rhapsody rock school (http://rockschool.blogspot.com) and others include the rhapsody radish (http://www.scopecreep.com/Rhapsody), thus spake drake (http://drakelelane.blogspot.com) and jambase rhapsody blog (http://jbrhapsody.blogspot.com). they're great ways to discover new music and hear what other people are listening to. anyway, thought i'd point them out.
matt
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