eMusic.com

They say: “eMusic is different from other digital music stores. We are the only major music service to make all our music available as MP3s. That means more freedom of use for you! Our songs play flawlessly on any digital media player including the iPod ®. You can burn unlimited CDs, download to an unlimited number of computers, play on any digital music jukebox, and the list goes on. There are no confusing restrictions or hidden fees for using YOUR music the way YOU want to!”

eMusic is known for their free trial of 25 free tracks, we feel it's worth a try just for the trial. That's like 2 free album downloads. In order to receive the free songs you need to go through their sign up process, which requires a credit card number, to verify you haven't signed up in the past. It's also to have you start using their service.

eMusic offers over 2 million songs from 13,000 record labels. Most of the music is independent from the major music labels so you may not of heard of a lot of the music. "To help you navigate all this great music, our industry-leading columnists will guide you to musical gems in all of your favorite genres." They also have links to related music on each page, and the ability to sample the tracks before you download them.

Their service works on a subscription basis with the standard plan starting out at $9.99 per month for 30 song downloads. That comes to less then 33¢ per song, a third of the price for iTunes songs. The more songs you buy the more you save!