Naxos Music
My violin teacher recommended Naxos Classical Music to me last week as a place where I could listen to recordings of the pieces I am working on. It looks like for US$19.95 (or EUR€19.95 ?? Was someone too lazy to do the currency conversion? Or do the intertubes cost more in Europe?) you can get a year’s subscription to them where you can download all the classical music you want to listen to. It sounds like they also have Historical, Film Music, Jazz/Blues, Nostalgia, and World/New Age, but I’m not sure to what extent. You can also get a free subscription where you hear 25% of each track. I’m thinking of doing that to see what kind of selection they have. I think it would be great for someone like me who has a very limited classical and jazz cd collection, but would like to start listening to more without spending hundreds of dollars.
[Update: I don't know if it will work on my MacBook, and the search capability is a little crummy. Also, maybe the service is cheaper in the US since it apparently does not include the Jazz Legends recordings, which is a bummer.]
October 1st, 2007 at 10:06 am
I’ll have to check out Naxos. I am an avid fan of Rhapsody Music. It is a streaming music service costing $12/month. You don’t get to download the music but if you are online, you can play anything in their library which has the largest classical music selection I have come across. Actually, it’s probably one of the largest music selections, period. You can also buy the music for about $10/album or $0.99/song.
The other great thing is that there is another option they have to download to an MP3 player (Ipod is not supported tho). This they offer for $15/month.
Anyway…check it out…great service. http://www.rhapsody.com.
They need to pay me for all the raves I’ve written about them.
November 8th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Hey. You are a computer programmer.
I am a struggling, adult violinist. I would love to see a program, or game that can help me learn what fingers go with what notes in all the different positions.
Have you ever considered a project like this?
thanks