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07/04/2004 01:53:19 PM · #1 |
| Does anyone download music? Can you recommend any music sites that are worth paying for? I just recently got RoadRunner broadband and I've been looking at music sites, but 79 cents to 99 cents seems a lot to pay to download one song? I know the days of free downloading are over, and even with my slow connection I enjoyed doing it. |
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07/04/2004 01:59:49 PM · #2 |
I've used Apple's Itunes, but they are also $0.99 per song. Haven't been too impressed with their selection though. To my knowledge, you don't have to have a monthly membership or anything, so you could probably buy songs from several programs (itunes, napster, etc.) as you find ones you like.
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07/04/2004 02:07:53 PM · #3 |
i use Rhapsody from Listen.com
It's also $0.79 per song to download but they have a really good selection of music. also, if you don't care about burning cd's, you can design your own music library online to listen to whenever you want.
(edited for grammar)
Message edited by author 2004-07-04 14:08:58.
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07/04/2004 02:11:40 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Maverick:
I've used Apple's Itunes, but they are also $0.99 per song. Haven't been too impressed with their selection though. To my knowledge, you don't have to have a monthly membership or anything, so you could probably buy songs from several programs (itunes, napster, etc.) as you find ones you like. |
iTunes has grown in bounds to what I believe is the largest legal selection of downloadable music in the world todate. Unfortunately, I cannot download from Canada. :-(
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07/04/2004 02:20:35 PM · #5 |
I use iTunes all the time...the price is good, the selection (IMO) is good, and the quality is great. I have had no problems, and will continue to use them as long as they keep their selection as good as it's been thus far. 
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07/04/2004 02:25:42 PM · #6 |
I like iTunes also - the selection is sort of hit-or-miss, but I do like the service. Very convenient.
I keep meaning to look into Musicmatch; I have heard they have a decent service also, but I have not had a chance to really try it yet. |
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07/04/2004 03:07:14 PM · #7 |
I've been getting my albums from BuyMusic.com never had a problem. Per song 79-99 cents or whole album veries. I got trapt for $7.99, Three days grace cost me $9.99 so it depends.
Ed: I had musicmatch wasn't too crazy about it, that place is spam/banner ad heaven.
The anti-internet music clowns (Metallica) cost me $12 (CD) at buymusic. Everybody want their piece.
Message edited by author 2004-07-04 15:10:45. |
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07/04/2004 03:13:15 PM · #8 |
iTunes is my pick, too - I've downloaded several hundred songs from the service (really good deals in Classical - you can often get 40 or 50 songs for $10 if they're on an album). It's the only service so far that doesn't lock its users into the proprietary Microsoft WMA format, using instead the open-standards AAC (though encrypted with Apple's own DRM). Watch out for the services that say downloads are .79, often that's a bottom line for a relatively few, obscure recordings, with most of the songs running .99 and some running higher. The free weekly download is generally pretty good, too.
Meanwhile, I wish Roxio hadn't bought the Napster branding for their download store. Whether or not Napster is the start of rampant piracy or a digital revolution in your reckoning, associating a service that only vaguely resembles and is remotely connected to the original (lip-service from Fanning), the branding seems inappropriate.
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07/04/2004 03:29:25 PM · #9 |
Just a note, if you want to get around the wma copyrighted formats, just use the software to burn a cd-rw, then rip the music back onto your computer in an mp3 format. I use software called CDEx - it is free and it does a pretty good job. I'm against the wma format because I lost several songs I had encoded with windows media player after reformatting - I have the song files, but lost the "license" (and have since lost the (legal) cd's that the songs came from = (
CD Ex
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07/04/2004 03:41:34 PM · #10 |
| That will give you a file you can do what you want with, but it's a lossy process - it might not be obvious, but the song won't have quite as much quality. |
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07/04/2004 03:53:26 PM · #11 |
Just get Kazaa Lite and give a finger to the government ;o)
Dana
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07/04/2004 03:54:04 PM · #12 |
I can't tell the difference, but thats me
Originally posted by Malokata:
That will give you a file you can do what you want with, but it's a lossy process - it might not be obvious, but the song won't have quite as much quality. |
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07/04/2004 04:04:24 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by aerogurl:
Just get Kazaa Lite and give a finger to the government ;o)
Dana |
except that you're really giving the finger to the music industry - from the (IMO overpaid) execs down to the artist.
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