MP3 Music
I am dematerializing all my music (I’m not sure if that term applies only to stocks and bonds or also to music); that is to say that I want to transfer all my CDs and all the music that I have on my computer to my iPod. That way I have absolutely all my music is one place and immediately accessible. Simple enough till there but then I also have loads of audio cassettes (yes I still have all the ones that I have been collecting since my first Beatles tape that I bought at age 12); so how do I demat them; or digitize them or whatever? So I went on a quest to find cheap MP3 downloads from around the net to replace all of the stuff on cassette with digital music for my iPod.
Now I know that I will get pretty much any music that I want for free over sites such as Limewire etc., however I wanted to do the right thing and actually buy the music making sure that the artists that I love so much get the royalty which is their due.
IMHO, the 99 cents that iTunes charges per song is very steep especially considering that I already bought the music before (albeit on cassettes). Now this site I found to be very reasonable, all the old albums that I want are available here for a dollar or two or for 15 cents per song. I checked, this site claims to be fully legal and all royalties due are paid by the site. So I wanted Dark side of the Moon, the Pink Floyd album which is available here for just $1.08! I checked out a lot of other albums that I have only got on cassette right now: Jethro Tull’s Heavy horses, Sting’s Nothing like the sun, The Beatles’ SGt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and they were all there! I cannot wait to start downloading, just for one hitch: there is no PayPal option offered here, so I need to use my credit card.
Amazon sells you the songs for $ .79 each, so you may want to take a look at what is available here; some of it is free too! As for wanting to hear songs for free, check out the MP3 site here.
Happy listening and happy downloading all!
Yup, it is a tricky situation about mp3s, it sucks rebuying songs that were already purchased.
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You know that I still don’t have a MP3 player. I really want one too. I have all these other gadgets, but not that. I am going to have to get myself one. lol
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I have been using Amazon and really think their prices are fantastic. A full album for £3 is unbelievable
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i am planning to download chapters for guitar, violin, keyboard and save it on my mini gadgets to learn them when ever i am free. i like this mini gadget and surely i am going to put i t in my pocket one soon.
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Being able to save space while still have all the music you want is an amazing ability. Places like Itunes are great for people who want to get one song but not a whole album.
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