Free MP3s
Do you have a favorite site for downloading music? I’ve tried iTunes and I just can’t stand having it installed on my computer. Someone recommended LimeWire to me, but I don’t really get it. I’ve had some luck just Googling the name/artist of songs I want, but I still have a list of several dozen that I can’t find. Any suggestions?
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Itunes is a jukebox for
listening to songs on your computer, syncing with your iPod, importing music from your CDs
collection and burning your music to CD. It contains a store, the iTunes store, where you can
lawfully buy music.
Limewire is diferent. It is a P2P client for stealing music. You
still really need a juke box for playing it. Though it can play music, there are better ways
than Limewire.
If you want a P2P client for, uh, “finding music you already own on
vinyl, cassette and/or CD but can’t be bothered burning or buying again”, then you should get
a P2P client. Download the music and burn it to CD or to your jukebox. What ever jukebox you
use it will have to be installed on your computer. ITunes is easily the best jukebox, but if
you personally don;t like it, there are many others, free and paid.
Google P2P clients
by putting in the operating system you use. They all basically work like Google, once you have
them installed: You enter the name of a song or artist, click search and then click the
download button when you find one. They will usually sync with your jukebox, load the song
right in and there you go.
If you want to buy music, then websites are a very
inefficient way to go about it. Software on your computer is going to be better than websites
for downloading, just like it’s easier to write emails and documents on software on your
computer than direct to a website.
Zune and iTunes are market leaders, if you can
possibly work out how to install Zune and you like brown.
But emusic is pretty good as
websites go. It is slow because it is a website, the selection is limited and mainly indy
stuff, they make it very hard to cancel and you have to subscribe. If you don’t download your
quota of music, your purchases get very expensive. But is does work and you will find good
stuff. You can even import it into your jukebox when you get sick of the web for
downloading.
There is one other method worth a look: There are thousands of videos on
You Tube. The sound is not the highest quality, but some are really cool. If you have a video
iPod, then get software that allows you to copy the videos from You Tube (easily available; the
best ones you have to pay for, though not much).
If you look for some great French pop
artists – make sure to blog for us which ones! Nouvelle Vague are the coolest French musicians
on the planet.
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i like winamp as it allows me
to play all formats (sometimes a plugin is needed) including lossless formats like flac and imo
the best compression format, ogg.
to acquire music there are many ways to do it, but
ripping cds and buying from music stores online (some artists sell their own music online!) are
the most legitimate.
laura: why do you have a swedish flag in your about.com picture?
that’s the real reason i’m here: curiosity.
thanks for the help with French!
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I use Napster…yes, it’s still around but no longer “Free”, read
illegal.
It is .99 per song and tres simple d’utiliser!
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Thanks for the info, everyone.
Tucker – it’s actually a Quebecois flag, but the
fleurs-de-lys got lost due to poor photo quality.
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I’ve been using iLike.com,
which recommends new music to buy based on artists you tell it that you like. It’s pretty
neat, and you can also legally download music from unsigned artists.
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Hello
here are 3 sites that
I like to use:
1. http://www.mininova.org
2. thepiratebay.org
3.www.slsknet.org, known as
soulseek. This site is great if you just want to download one song
hope this will help. I
am looking forward to read your view on the French election.
bye bye