Oh my god the hangover just won’t go away. It’s getting worse. A “regmaaker” beer didn’t even fix it.
A quiet drink. A quiet drink.
It’s never just “a quiet drink”.
Time to curl up with my head in my hands and sob softly beneath my desk.
There’s something real dodgy in the glasses at Monroe’s. Been there twice, felt like absolute shit the next day both times. (They force you to drink from a glass)
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Ahoy! I be writing me blog ta inform ye squires of this great day of celebration – the International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Now smartly me lubbbers, be ye seeing this here web-treasure-map-link buried by them salty sea-dogs?
It be pirating yer speakin proper. Arrrr.
Finally someone has gotten their game on in the music download industry in SA. I present to you Rhythm Records, an online music store focusing on South African Music.
Their music downloads are not DRMed – use it as you choose – and use your conscience. The variety is small but growing. So far there is a lot of Chris Chameleon, a bit of Fokofpolisiekar, and a number of other good artists – I haven’t yet had a chance to explore the entire catalogue.
So here’s the real killer – R6 a track. Download as often as you need to. R3 of every sale goes directly to the artist. You also get a chance to download any 30 second preview of any song. If you prefer, you can purchase the CD for delivery too.
You can’t beat that deal. (Although I think more money should go to the artist)
There are still a couple of issues – this is a new site:
1) Transactions seem to be converted to British pounds – the site is tied in with Paypal – not ideal, but not bad – there will be a slight surcharge on the credit card for the foreign transaction.
2) It seems you are restricted to downloading one track at a time – so it could end up a lengthy process to get an entire album.
3) No cover artwork is available yet.
4) There are two further security issues with the site, one of them being the SSL security certificate not matching the site name – not a comforting thought. I’m not willing to discuss the other one at this stage – we will see how Rhythm Records responds to the email I am sending them and then take appropriate action.
So go check it out. It’s the best SA music store to date.
Update:
One other issue:
The filenames for the downloads are simply the artist name – so you have to rename each downloaded file. 🙁
Update 2:
I received the following fantastic response from Petrus Theron at Rhythm Records:
Hi Shaun
I have solved the Firefox naming issue when downloading MP3s from Rhythm Records’ website. MP3s’ full file names appear now.
It seems Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox each handle standard HTTP content headers a little differently.
You might want to update the issues mentioned in your review.
Thanks for bringing this incompatibility up. Your comments are appreciated.
That rocks! Thanks guys.
Tags: rhythmrecords, music, mp3, download, sales, SouthAfricanRockMusic, SouthAfricaMusic, CDOnlineMusic
Here’s a quote from Bruce Schneier‘s Beyond Fear.
“A hacker is someone who thinks outside the box. It’s someone who discards conventional wisdom, and does something else instead. It’s someone who looks at the edge and wonders what’s beyond. It’s someone who sees a set of rules and wonders what happens if you don’t follow them. A hacker is someone who experiments with the limitations of systems for intellectual curiosity.”
And that, in a nutshell, is me.
The screen clip above is from here (IE sorta/kinda only). Oh my word! How dare PnP be that pompous?
That’s no apology. Seth Godin would be either laughing or crying at the complete disrespect of the customer and the insane amount of damage to their marketing image that this sort of comment is causing.
Fortunately for Pick ‘n Play, their use of Microsoft’s DRM will ensure that nobody can break their control of the media. Yeah, right. Whatever they do, there’s always the analog hole.
Tags: picknplay, marketing, ripoff, DRM, picknpay, brand, image, arrogant