Online Music Download Stores
Discussion
www.DjDownload.com
www.TrackITDown.net
as two that we host..
Formats are MP3, with DJ being less 'fussy' iirc on where the mp3s can be played.
for more mainstream tunes, you could use iTunes, but they only come down as encrypted m4ps, work fine locally using their software and on iPods, need to be burnt to CD and Re-Ripped to get into MP3.
www.TrackITDown.net
as two that we host..
Formats are MP3, with DJ being less 'fussy' iirc on where the mp3s can be played.
for more mainstream tunes, you could use iTunes, but they only come down as encrypted m4ps, work fine locally using their software and on iPods, need to be burnt to CD and Re-Ripped to get into MP3.
Do any allow you to listen to a sample of the tracks first like the top 40 on radio 1 site...
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/
Paid up member of Napster and I am really impressed. Quality is good (high speed broadband user here) and never had any problems.
For me, its the ability to search through and get recommendations and guidance for similar type music. So its a little more than just a download service. There is a hell of a lot on it and it pretty much covers all genres. BUT not everyone is on it so dont expect to see all bands / groups / musicians.....
But if you can live with the few limitations then its a great way to spend £10 a month. Oh, and you get unlimited streams of the catalogue. So you dont need to buy stuff if you just want to play it a few times. No clogging up the HDD or paying for something that you would rather not.... rather neat really. And the radio streams are advert free (yeah).
For me, its the ability to search through and get recommendations and guidance for similar type music. So its a little more than just a download service. There is a hell of a lot on it and it pretty much covers all genres. BUT not everyone is on it so dont expect to see all bands / groups / musicians.....
But if you can live with the few limitations then its a great way to spend £10 a month. Oh, and you get unlimited streams of the catalogue. So you dont need to buy stuff if you just want to play it a few times. No clogging up the HDD or paying for something that you would rather not.... rather neat really. And the radio streams are advert free (yeah).
size13 said:
Do any allow you to listen to a sample of the tracks first like the top 40 on radio 1 site...
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40/
Most places give you samples of the tracks, all the ones I mentioned do.
size13 said:
Napster and iTunes are the biggest ones.
Soulseek is still 10 times better than either of them though...
What's the deal with Soulseek? Is it just like Kazaa or the old Napster?
Yep, but without a central node like Napster.
Its a P2P client but the people who run the client are generally armed with high quality tunes. Its great for rarities.
It doesnt seem to attract the same flooding nonsense that Kazaa does.
Plotloss said:
There is software that rips the DRM off iTunes tunes which negates the need to re-rip...
Its called the "JHymn";
www.hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/
Works too.
www.magnatune.com/
It's the record company reinvented; you can listen to all of their music for free, and if you like it, you decide how much to pay for it. Half of all of the money that you pay goes to the artist, and the artists get to keep the rights to their music.
You can pay in Dollars, Pounds or Euros.
Lots of neat stuff there; you will listen for hours.
It's the record company reinvented; you can listen to all of their music for free, and if you like it, you decide how much to pay for it. Half of all of the money that you pay goes to the artist, and the artists get to keep the rights to their music.
You can pay in Dollars, Pounds or Euros.
Lots of neat stuff there; you will listen for hours.
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