[GtrsRGr8]

I had narrowed down the changeover time for EMusic's free download of the day to between 12 midnight and 1 a.m. EST. More and more it looked like it changed over consistently at 12 midnight, give or take a few minutes. Well, I just now checked (at about 12:04 a.m.) and it had already changed over for the day (Wednesday). Perhaps they queue their daily free downloads and the changeover happens automatically. If so, that's a good thing about their system.

However, at this moment, the eMusic download is experiencing the same problem as it seems happens every day with them--when you click on "Download free track," nothing seems to happen, you certainly don't get the download. They have been good recently about fixing that problem as the day wears on. Maybe the tracks are queued, but it takes a real, live person to come into the office at eMusic to turn on something each day to get the download to work. I dunno, that's just a guess.

That prompts this question: why don't they just make the changeover and fix the download problem all at one time? It seems like a good time for that would be after the real, live person comes into the office each day.

I see no point in checking eMusic early in the morning like I have been, only to find that the download doesn't work. Here's my new policy, effective immediately: I'll check eMusic much later in the day, when likely everything will be working. Unfortunately, that means a narrower window for peeps to get the free download.