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MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
edited December 2008 in Other Music
I got my first mp3 player a few weeks ago... I did put one free song on it so I understand the most general concept of downloading but I'm not to sure about places like napster, itunes, rhapsody and the like....is there a place you can go to and legally download a song (and pay for them one by one) instead of joining their service...it seems like itunes and others all want a monthly fee...


How do you do it ????? Please provide links to...
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  • StickmanJamStickmanJam Posts: 425
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    I got my first mp3 player a few weeks ago... I did put one free song on it so I understand the most general concept of downloading but I'm not to sure about places like napster, itunes, rhapsody and the like....is there a place you can go to and legally download a song (and pay for them one by one) instead of joining their service...it seems like itunes and others all want a monthly fee...


    How do you do it ????? Please provide links to...

    there is no monthly fee for iTunes. You just sign up for an account, if you bought an iPod, it comes with the software. You can buy songs one by one from them, or by whole albums.
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  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    StickmanJam wrote:
    there is no monthly fee for iTunes. You just sign up for an account, if you bought an iPod, it comes with the software. You can buy songs one by one from them, or by whole albums.


    oh i don't have an ipod...I have a no name brand mp3...but I went to itunes, I began to register.... I typed in my email and my name, I cliked next and then they ask me what plan I wanted to purchase its like $2.50 a month or $11 per year...those three all wanted a monthly fee....

    where can I go that is safe to purchase songs?
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    this is napster...they want a monthly fee..


    http://www.napster.com/index.html?affiliate_id=118&gclid=CMCXprzJrJcCFQETGgodGXkqiw&referral_id=Napster&refcd=go003576s_napster&promo_id=TSA_Napster_Brand&darwin_ttl=1228586537&darwin=1008C

    rhapsody is the same to
  • Grateful JamGrateful Jam Posts: 81
    limewire works well too.
  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    I use torrents.
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  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    Grateful Jam wrote:
    limewire works well too.
    I read somewhere that limewire is illegal....
  • KingofFunk412KingofFunk412 Posts: 32
    http://www.spiralfrog.com/

    wma though, not mp3 :(

    That site is legal though, it's paid for with ads and stuff.
  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    How do you do it ????? Please provide links to...

    http://www.amazon.com/MP3-Music-Download/b/ref=sa_menu_dmusic1?ie=UTF8&node=163856011

    Amazon has tons of single song and album downloads in MP3. No monthly fee. No DRM (digital rights management) issues to worry about (ala Rhapsody or iTunes).

    There's a getting started tab there that should answer any questions, but it is the best, least restrictive, most universal download service out there as far as I can tell.
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  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    For major-label releases I use amazon.com. You get high quality mp3's, there's never any protection on the files, and the price is usually better than iTunes. I check their "Deal of the Day" first thing every morning for some really cheap stuff.

    For independent music, and the majority of my downloads, I use http://www.emusic.com. Again, you get (relatively) high quality mp3's with no DRM, and depending what package you go with you can get songs for as little as 25 cents each. This site does require a subscription, but I've never had trouble using up all my monthly downloads.
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    thanks everyone...spinal frog and amazon seems cool i'll check those out a little more......till i get an ipod:).....
  • Soujiro_SetaSoujiro_Seta Posts: 100
    You can try going to dogpile.com and searching audio for whatever you want then saving it from there.
  • dpmaydpmay Posts: 643
    another super-cool site for discovering music is http://amiestreet.com/. it's also really cool how they run their site, with pricing and stuff...check 'em out...
  • FirecloudFirecloud Posts: 516
    type song or album title in google search, accompanied by "megaupload" or "rapidshare" - free music. anything you could ever possibly want. no sign ups. no fees. no waiting. no drm bullshit.

    paying for music these days is like buying oxygen. makes no fucking sense except as a show of support for small-scale artists.
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Check out your local library.......they have better stuff than you would think and will probably take requests in what to get......you might have to wait a month or so to get what you want though
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    where can I go that is safe to purchase songs?

    You want to purchase songs? :confused:

    I've not paid for music in about 7 years - apart from a few albums that I've wanted a hard copy of - Pearl Jam e.t.c - along with some old vinyl records.
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    Byrnzie wrote:
    You want to purchase songs? :confused:

    I've not paid for music in about 7 years - apart from a few albums that I've wanted a hard copy of - Pearl Jam e.t.c - along with some old vinyl records.

    I was thinking the same thing today...like what's the difference between putting a cassette tape in a radio and pressing record and downloading a song from the internet...

    I just remember them going after people who didn't pay for downloading music a few years ago...i don't want to be one of them...
  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Since I'm in college, we're provided with a music download client called Ruckus... it's actually quite nice, doesn't have everything you're looking for (like obscure bands), but it's definitely kept me well fed with music. And everything is organized by artist, etc... not like Limewire, where you type in the artist then you have to search through everything to get all the songs on the album and actual songs instead of viruses, other songs, whatev.
    If I could, think I would give in.
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