dub3 card · www.emusic.com
eMusic (1997)
Pay monthly, download a set number of plain MP3s, and keep them.
- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 5
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Commerce
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: If played in round 5 or later, +3 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 5 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Commerce cards grow every round and make your opponent pay more to play.
The site, in 1997
An online music store that, for a monthly subscription, lets members download a fixed number of DRM-free MP3 tracks.
Mark Chasan started eMusic in 1995 as an online CD shop. After GoodNoise Records took it over it became one of the first stores to sell MP3s, from 1998, and bought IUMA. Universal bought it in 2001 for $24.6 million.
In 1997: Still Mark Chasan's shop, begun in March 1995 as the fourth online CD retailer, while he worked on delivering music digitally.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1997 page.
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1997, then plays a short scene. Want eMusic in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
