Saw at BigW and JB they have BigPond Music vouchers for 50% off for the $50 and $100 vouchers - so you can basically get half price digital download music. Pretty decent deal if you're looking to save money. It's all high quality mp3 stuff.

(full disclose: parent company Mammoth builds the site, but we don't have anything to do with this promo whatsoever; just a pretty good deal if you wanna get some cheap music or give a gift for xmas)

a bit strange that they're not showing this on www.bigpondmusic.com ?
or is it just the retailers both happen to be both doing the same 50% deal?

Big w were doing 50% off itunes cards also.. i snagged a couple as gifts

The quality of some of the songs on bpm is atrocious. Some are even 96kbps, how do they justify charging top dollar for that kind of quality?

The quality of some of the songs on bpm is atrocious. Some are even 96kbps, how do they justify charging top dollar for that kind of quality?

everything I have from there is 320kbit CBR mp3... what songs have you got that are 96kbps?

I just got an email from APRA/AMCOS giving the new wholesale/license pricing on digital music. Holy crap these guys are making a killing!

I just got an email from APRA/AMCOS giving the new wholesale/license pricing on digital music. Holy crap these guys are making a killing!

yeh I got that too! but I have no f***ing idea why

a bit strange that they're not showing this on www.bigpondmusic.com ?

For some reason, iIts only available at select retailers. I was quite surprised to see it actually, for Bigpond customers it works out to 75c a track.

yeh I got that too! but I have no f***ing idea why

It's cos of the process they have to go through when they change the licensing terms. I requested information about 18 months ago when I was considering a small side-project, but they didn't want to give me the information at the time without me divulging detailed information. Obviously I made it onto their 'keep-informed' list, and got the updated deets, hah :D

As it happens it's about 15% the cost I thought it would be to try this little project, so maybe now I'll give it some more thought.

maybe from when you were sussing it out a year or so ago trog

I still prefer to, wherever possible, purchase my music directly from the artists and have something material to hold onto.