I was wondering this earlier myself, I love several differring types of music, but for the most part its like one song per band. No one wants to buy cd's for one song. (and yet I do...)
Info would be great :)
A good music service?
I'm looking for a good place to purchase downloadable music. I'd like a service that is:
1. Safe. I don't want to have to install icky spyware in order to get my music. This also means I don't want to download anything in RealPlayer format, or any other format I may not know about that uses a player that tracks my browsing habits.
2. Reasonably priced. A buck a song or whatever the fair going rate is.
3. Legal. I'd rather not have this coming back to haunt me. I'm willing to obtain my music honestly, but I don't see why I should have to buy three albums to enjoy three songs I like by one band, so I'd like to try this instead. All this isn't to say that I have a problem sharing music between friends, I simply am squeemish about using one of those big free file sharing things for both moral and safety reasons.
4. I hear some music services will let you purchase the song, download it onto a certain folder on your hard drive...and then never save it in any other format. This sounds like a crappy deal. What if my hard drive crashes or I have to reformat? Something I can back up in some way would be nice. If someone knows my options for this and can explain, that would be nice :).
5. I basically want to be able to download any song at all ever, but I understand that may not be an option. My tastes can tend toward the obscure, however, so a good selection is nice.
Any suggestions?
Guest
21 years ago
Guest
21 years ago
I'm not personally familiar, but have you tried iTunes?
ROzbeans
21 years ago
Veb and I use bearshare. Its pretty nice, downloads uber quick.
Hijinks
21 years ago
I use MP3 HQ (http://mp3downloadhq.com/members/index.asp?login=true)
I haven't had any trouble with them. You pay by the month for unlimited downloads. The Limewire software is fast and has a good search engine for songs/artists.
Do NOT use Unlimitedshock.com. They're ripoff artists. I signed up, paid through Paypal, and lo and behold had no way of creating an account. Then, surprise surprise, their website was mysteriously gone. Finally got my subscription cancelled, after they'd already accepted my money for 2 years :( Yeah I'm an idiot. But I learned my lesson there. Their website is back up but you still can't click on any "help" type icon or link. Bastards.
I haven't had any trouble with them. You pay by the month for unlimited downloads. The Limewire software is fast and has a good search engine for songs/artists.
Do NOT use Unlimitedshock.com. They're ripoff artists. I signed up, paid through Paypal, and lo and behold had no way of creating an account. Then, surprise surprise, their website was mysteriously gone. Finally got my subscription cancelled, after they'd already accepted my money for 2 years :( Yeah I'm an idiot. But I learned my lesson there. Their website is back up but you still can't click on any "help" type icon or link. Bastards.
Mizen
21 years ago
Soulseek
drizzi
21 years ago
itunes
ssoulz
21 years ago
just move to NY city and enjoy the radio stations. no need to ever download songs.
Gilae
21 years ago
iTunes is awesome. Of course I'd never have tried them if it weren't for my matching iPod.
Guest
21 years ago
OK iTunes and MP3. Ill check em out first cause I know the names, and Im more inclined to give my money to someone I know first, yeah I dont trust money transfers over the internet. For some reason I see "Please enter your Credit Card number here" and I start clicking back in a fit of craziness swearing that some idiot is gonna steal my money. lol
(NOt that I have much to steal)
(NOt that I have much to steal)
Vebran
21 years ago
The things with Itunes is one....you will need to find another ripping program as it rips from CD's in a Mpeg-4 format. The second is that if you buy music through Itunes, while it will only cost .99 cents you can only burn that onto a disc like 7 or 10 times (I forget the exact number). So if you are big into creating different mix CD's that might not be the way to go.
Gilae
21 years ago
Really? I didnt know that about burning it to disc. Like I said, I use it for my iPod and create my music lists for that...I pretty much carry my iPod everywhere.
Incoming post from Anu saying how it is HIS iPod....
Incoming post from Anu saying how it is HIS iPod....
Identikit
21 years ago
you can get just about anything on soulseek
Cobert
21 years ago
Say the hell with legal issues and go the pirate's way! bit-torrent for all!
Vebran
21 years ago
Well you can, in theory, makes all the playlists that you want with the song since the song is only being referenced on the ipod, as there is only the one copy on it.
I'm just saying that I read that once about buying itunes music. But I'm not going to try it out and pay for music, that is just crazy talk!
I'm just saying that I read that once about buying itunes music. But I'm not going to try it out and pay for music, that is just crazy talk!
Vex
21 years ago
Guest
21 years ago
oh now that sounds like a much better price for me, however is it legal? Im on my father in laws pc's atm, and I dont want him in trouble for something i chose to do...
Vex
21 years ago
i imagine so..