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 07/12/2004 12:45:37 PM · #1
I'm looking for the best online source for legally downloading music. Does anyone here have any experience with the online vendors? Do you have any suggestions as to which service is best and why?
 07/12/2004 12:48:27 PM · #2
I use iTunes almost exclusively, because it's cheap, user-friendly, and doesn't take an engineering degree to navigate through the site. I love it.
 07/12/2004 12:50:25 PM · #3
walmart.com

cheap and easy.

drake
 07/12/2004 12:59:21 PM · #4
itunes, walmart, and the new legal napster.
 07/12/2004 12:59:38 PM · #5
Cheap is good! But what about the quality of the sound? When played on something other than computer speakers? Is it even possible to burn an play the music elsewhere (stereo, car, etc.)?

David
 07/12/2004 01:00:33 PM · #6
I burned a CD of 15 songs and we listened to it in the car all the way to Galveston and back...I thought it sounded great!
07/12/2004 01:00:59 PM · #7
Kaaza Lite is really good it has a licensing fee to use it but once it's paid you get unlimited downloads. I've never used it but I have a friend who uses it all the time.

Also your local radio station...call the dj and ask for the song, often they will send you the song in MP3 format if you call and ask.


07/12/2004 01:19:17 PM · #8
Originally posted by OneSweetSin:
Kaaza Lite is really good it has a licensing fee to use it but once it's paid you get unlimited downloads. I've never used it but I have a friend who uses it all the time.

Also your local radio station...call the dj and ask for the song, often they will send you the song in MP3 format if you call and ask.


Kazaa Lite is free, and not legal for downloading music. It's an adware free version of Kazaa, and is hard to find because Kazaa has sued them. iTunes has great quality music as long as your on Windows or Mac, and you can burn to CD as much as you want. Whatever you do, don't pay for Kazaa lite, or you'll just be paying to download illegal music. Plus with the RIAA lawsuits, Kazaa is scarce for music now.
 07/12/2004 02:12:56 PM · #9
Rhapsody

$0.79 per track to download and they also have a jukebox and radio with streaming audio that allows you to save your favorites to a library and play them whenever you want. i believe you can try it free for a week then it's $8.95 per month or $24.95 for 3 months for full access to the jukebox, streaming music and downloads.


07/12/2004 02:16:26 PM · #10
Originally posted by bmatt17:
It's an adware free version of Kazaa, and is hard to find because Kazaa has sued them.


he he. Kazaa suing someone else..."hello, pot? it's me...the kettle"
 07/12/2004 02:47:06 PM · #11
Originally posted by Pedro:
Originally posted by bmatt17:
It's an adware free version of Kazaa, and is hard to find because Kazaa has sued them.


he he. Kazaa suing someone else..."hello, pot? it's me...the kettle"


Ya, kinda funny that a company made by infringing on the copyrights of others gets pissy when the same is done to them.

07/12/2004 03:08:53 PM · #12
Originally posted by sher9204:
Rhapsody

$0.79 per track to download and they also have a jukebox and radio with streaming audio that allows you to save your favorites to a library and play them whenever you want. i believe you can try it free for a week then it's $8.95 per month or $24.95 for 3 months for full access to the jukebox, streaming music and downloads.


I took a brief look at this site. I coulnd't figure out how to 'search' for artist/titles. Can you take a look on that site for a group called "Celestial Navigations"? I'm looking for four CDs by them and haven't had much luck....

07/12/2004 03:17:16 PM · #13
You can support independent artists by visiting //music.download.com/ (the successor to MP3.com, and now owned by cNet).

You should find free (legal) downloads and paid ones as well. I haven't uploaded any of mine yet ... I had some at MP3.com but have to migrate it over.
 07/12/2004 04:40:48 PM · #14
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Originally posted by sher9204:
Rhapsody

$0.79 per track to download and they also have a jukebox and radio with streaming audio that allows you to save your favorites to a library and play them whenever you want. i believe you can try it free for a week then it's $8.95 per month or $24.95 for 3 months for full access to the jukebox, streaming music and downloads.


I took a brief look at this site. I coulnd't figure out how to 'search' for artist/titles. Can you take a look on that site for a group called "Celestial Navigations"? I'm looking for four CDs by them and haven't had much luck....


i checked and i don't see anything by them. i'll keep checking, though...hundreds of new titles available every day.

btw...your signature...LOL
 07/12/2004 05:41:30 PM · #15
Originally posted by OneSweetSin:
Kaaza Lite is really good it has a licensing fee to use it but once it's paid you get unlimited downloads. I've never used it but I have a friend who uses it all the time.

Also your local radio station...call the dj and ask for the song, often they will send you the song in MP3 format if you call and ask.


As a general reminder to all... from the DPC Terms of Use:

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As this site is is a community of artists, we ask that at least within the confines of this site you respect the intellectual property rights of other artists. If you would not want someone downloading, printing and redistributing your photography without your permission and without paying for it, I would ask you to consider whether it is appropriate to do the same to those who make their living from their music.

Of course, you are encouraged to continue discussing the various legal ways of obtaining music online that have been brought up here.

-Terry
 07/12/2004 07:32:16 PM · #16
Originally posted by sher9204:
Rhapsody

$0.79 per track to download and they also have a jukebox and radio with streaming audio that allows you to save your favorites to a library and play them whenever you want. i believe you can try it free for a week then it's $8.95 per month or $24.95 for 3 months for full access to the jukebox, streaming music and downloads.


Do I understand this correctly? I would have to 'subscribe' to the service and then pay a fee per download?
 07/12/2004 07:34:20 PM · #17
Originally posted by OneSweetSin:
Kaaza Lite is really good it has a licensing fee to use it but once it's paid you get unlimited downloads. I've never used it but I have a friend who uses it all the time.

Also your local radio station...call the dj and ask for the song, often they will send you the song in MP3 format if you call and ask.


I never paid for Kazaa Lite. Tons of other crap comes with downloading music and videos, etc...my co-m-p-ooo-t-er barely runs now. I took it in for work and I was told it was because of all the downloading my roomates were doing. Lots of little programs come with downloads and I was told they were all competing to run at the same time hence the laaaaaaaag. Just be careful!
 07/13/2004 01:23:20 AM · #18
OK...

I downloaded an album from walmart.com. I now have a batch of WMA files that I can't seem to burn to a CD that will play in a regular CD player. They have this digital rights management encryption or something. Can music downloaded this way only be played on a computer?

I want to be able to download MP3 files that I can put on a CD and listen to them somewhere besides in front of my computer...


07/13/2004 01:25:08 AM · #19
I use iTunes...it works fine for me. I listen to the CDs on the stereo and in the car. I've only downloaded one song from walmart, but it burned OK as well. But that was a while back, when they first started.
 07/13/2004 01:33:37 AM · #20
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
OK...

I downloaded an album from walmart.com. I now have a batch of WMA files that I can't seem to burn to a CD that will play in a regular CD player. They have this digital rights management encryption or something. Can music downloaded this way only be played on a computer?

I want to be able to download MP3 files that I can put on a CD and listen to them somewhere besides in front of my computer...


This will allow you to convert to MP3 or to whatever format/compression level you want. after that, burn as you will.

P-ness

DB Power Amp

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