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Where Are You Kids Downloading Music From These Days?

The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,257
edited June 2008 in The Porch
i used to use kazaa back in the day until it slowed my computer down to a crawl...hopped on the itunes bandwagon but am getting tired of having to pay for everything i download from there :)....can you reccomend any sites that are safe that you are using by any chance?

thanks!
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  • mjbmjb Posts: 1,315
    All about torrents - dload a bitorrent client (utorrent) and try and join Demonoid
  • halszka123halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    You know it would be better to not writing this...
    I use BitTorrent, sometimes Emule (but it's very slow), and for rarities Orbit downloader.
    As I know Kazaa has a spy program or sth inside...
    I used to dl by bitcomet, but that needs big RAM (becouse of browser), so I changed it.
    Aha.Sometimes i use Moorhunt - for p2m, but the choice of music is not so big, and I couldn't find anything interesting for me...
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  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    I enjoy the use of Soulseek. I enjoy Soulseek because instead of programs like Kazaa/Ares/Limewire etc., where you mostly just download one song at a time type thing, you can download full albums! I don't do the whole torrent thing, and this is why I enjoy Soulseek...you can get albums without them being a torrent.
  • Given to...Given to... Wyoming Posts: 4,997
    Exactly. Same situation here, plus I have two kids that are music fiends too.

    I also need to help figuring out what i need/want for an external hard drive to store all my music on. I have a Dell that is less than two years old and it is already so full it wont do a back up.
    ? We have 5 "user" accounts... and each user has iTunes. Does Vista make a redundant copy of every song?

    And while I am unintentionally hi-jacking a thread...

    Should I switch to a Mac?
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  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    jaamfaan wrote:
    Exactly. Same situation here, plus I have two kids that are music fiends too.

    I also need to help figuring out what i need/want for an external hard drive to store all my music on. I have a Dell that is less than two years old and it is already so full it wont do a back up.
    ? We have 5 "user" accounts... and each user has iTunes. Does Vista make a redundant copy of every song?

    And while I am unintentionally hi-jacking a thread...

    Should I switch to a Mac?

    I have a Maxtor Onetouch 500 Gig external hard drive...had it now for probably a year? It works beautifully! :)
  • GeorgeMcFlyGeorgeMcFly Posts: 75
    I buy all my CDs in the store and legally put the music onto my computer.

    Now that the FBI stopped reading this post, I use Azureus as my BitTorrent client, and get my torrents of The Pirate Bay.
  • corduroidcorduroid Posts: 293
    jaamfaan wrote:
    I also need to help figuring out what i need/want for an external hard drive to store all my music on ...

    check out the Verbatim 250GB Firewire drives ... $120, palm-sized, no external powers supply. I did a bunch of looking around a few weeks ago, settled on this and couldn't be happier. Works flawlessly and is highly reviewed elsewhere - very sweet. I'm purchasing 2 more.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WCNBVG
    jaamfaan wrote:
    Should I switch to a Mac?
    yes
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,257
    GeorgeMcFly wrote:
    I buy all my CDs in the store and legally put the music onto my computer.

    Now that the FBI stopped reading this post, I use Azureus as my BitTorrent client, and get my torrents of The Pirate Bay.


    HA! I AM THE FBI!!! HAHAHA!! SUCKERS!!!

    HANDS ON YOUR HEADS, DIRTBAGS!
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    bittorent FTW. but I buy most of my music... i havent downloaded a single PJ cd other than boots like everyone else does.
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,257
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    bittorent FTW. but I buy most of my music... i havent downloaded a single PJ cd other than boots like everyone else does.

    thanks....yea i pay for all of my pj tunes.
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  • SBC03SBC03 Posts: 502
    I have a 320 ext hd for pJ songs and vids. and my book tb for family vids and other music and vids. I may zipp my pJ files and store them here as a back up.
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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    Acquisition
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • godpt3godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    Usenet, baby :)


    *downloading since 1997*
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,257
    how bout The Pirate Bay?
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  • PJ2k3PJ2k3 Posts: 218
    Surprisingly, i use NAPSTER. I figured I used it to steal music all during college, may as well pay for the service now. The thing is, you don't own the music and can't burn a cd unless you BUY those songs. But while you are a napster subscriber, you have access to all songs you've d/l and can copy songs to a digital music player of your choice...ipods, etc as there are no digital protections like there used to be. Most cars allow you to listen to an player via a radio station transmitter or most new cars (like my 2008 Altima) have auxilary input jacks now where you directly plug into the system. You just have to occasionally connect your player and refresh the license so you can use them. How many of us spend $14 on a cd, put it in rotation and then a few months later it's collecting dust? Plus, you can listen before you buy in a lot of cases. Some bands like RHCP make you pay for the songs to even listen to the whole thing, but a majority of the artists are fully available. Pearl Jam even has all their discs AND a TON of concert bootlegs on there. I believe Napster is $14 a month or something. Not bad considering that's the price of 1 Itunes d/l. If you type in a specific band it'll also give you a ton of suggestions and you could find some artists that you really enjoy that you never even heard about. You could always do that, and if you really like a disc, then d/l it via the torrents (that's what I do). :-)

    Try it out for free...I think they have some kind of trial.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Google search ;)
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    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • gregoryieldgregoryield Posts: 279
    the hype machine.
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  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    µTorrent is the best torrent client. Very lightweight and fast.
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  • Chris1401Chris1401 Posts: 354
    I actually still buy albums and rip them to my music library (either digitally or CD).

    Not going on rant or anything, but I figure if I like someones music enough, I'll buy the album and support the artist.
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    bovy_j wrote:
    I enjoy the use of Soulseek. I enjoy Soulseek because instead of programs like Kazaa/Ares/Limewire etc., where you mostly just download one song at a time type thing, you can download full albums! I don't do the whole torrent thing, and this is why I enjoy Soulseek...you can get albums without them being a torrent.


    Yep soulseek is great, the download containg folder feature is amazing and they have so many users you can find pretty much anything on there. Just make sure you share some folders so you dont get banned by some anal users!
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  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    Chris1401 wrote:
    I actually still buy albums and rip them to my music library (either digitally or CD).

    Not going on rant or anything, but I figure if I like someones music enough, I'll buy the album and support the artist.
    yes...but how do you know if you like someone's music enough? especially people that don't get played on the radio.
    you download it first..

    I really like the way some of the torrent sites that sprout out after Oink's demise (Gazelle and Waffles in particular) are trying to be more than freeloading spaces:
    they use editorials to promote some stuff (freeleeching it to encourage people to try it), recommendations systems, articles on a genre,etc
    ..even trying to involve independent artists that understand that, as it was long before the internet, people try out music before buying it.
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,066
    mjb wrote:
    All about torrents - dload a bitorrent client (utorrent) and try and join Demonoid
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  • Chris1401Chris1401 Posts: 354
    Pegasus wrote:
    yes...but how do you know if you like someone's music enough? especially people that don't get played on the radio.
    you download it first..

    Point taken, but at that point I head to myspace or youtube and check it out, then go buy it.
  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    Yep soulseek is great, the download containg folder feature is amazing and they have so many users you can find pretty much anything on there. Just make sure you share some folders so you dont get banned by some anal users!

    I'm with you on that one. I've been using Soulseek now for...a yearish? Probably close to two years now. And yeah, the download containing folder is a great feature! And yeah, definitely need to share your files on there. I've ran into my fair share of those type of users when I first started.
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  • givn2fly26givn2fly26 Posts: 395
    Chris1401 wrote:
    I actually still buy albums and rip them to my music library (either digitally or CD).

    Not going on rant or anything, but I figure if I like someones music enough, I'll buy the album and support the artist.
    I'm the same, don't download much at all.
  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    I buy albums that I really like, but I download much, much more.

    I usually just torrent off of mininova.org or isohunt.com
  • allmyrivalsallmyrivals Posts: 228
    Get any kind of torrent client: Utorrent, bittorrent ect....

    go to torrentz.com

    your one stop media shop!






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  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    Prepare to be fucked by the long dick of the law
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