Smaug
Super Member
(I've got no affiliation to Amazon, by the way)
I'm liking this a LOT more than I thought I would.
Here's how it works:
The iPhone app's interface is great. The only thing it lacks is a way to just look for what whole albums are available in Prime Music. You can do that, but you have to find a song first by some other means, then use a menu pull-down to select 'view album'. Then, you can easily download the whole album.
I can make personalized playlists from the music that's available everywhere.
My absolute favorite stuff I'll probably still buy on CD, just to have the HiFi version of it for home listening.
*Other benefits
I'm liking this a LOT more than I thought I would.
Here's how it works:
- Sign up for Amazon Prime through your Amazon account
- Prime Music is one of the benefits*
- Download the Prime Music app for your smart phone, iPod, tablet, etc
- You can also use the interface built into Amazon's website. There's also apps for streaming players, like Roku. (though through Roku, I can only play music I've purchased, rather than streaming everything available)
- Anything available on Prime Music, you can download in MP3 format, and it is covered by the annual fee.
- Music that you purchase from Amazon is available from any device, anywhere. So now, for example, I'm at work streaming a Beethoven piano sonata through my iPhone w/headphones as I work. In my car, I can hook up my iPhone to my car stereo and listen there. At home, I can listen to music I've purchased through the Roku box in my home system.
- What it lacks in lossless fidelity, it makes up for in convenience.
The iPhone app's interface is great. The only thing it lacks is a way to just look for what whole albums are available in Prime Music. You can do that, but you have to find a song first by some other means, then use a menu pull-down to select 'view album'. Then, you can easily download the whole album.
I can make personalized playlists from the music that's available everywhere.
My absolute favorite stuff I'll probably still buy on CD, just to have the HiFi version of it for home listening.
*Other benefits
- Free 2-day shipping on Prime-eligible merchandise
- Free streaming of Prime-eligible movies. You won't typically find something you're specifically looking for here, but there's always something new that you'll like to watch.
- Free online storage of your photo library. (I use that as a form of back-up)
- Some worthless benefits that I forget at the moment