Comments on: A grown-up’s guide to legal music downloads http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/a-grown-ups-guide-to-legal-music-downloads/ New and improved with just a hint of lemon Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Brian Blank http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/a-grown-ups-guide-to-legal-music-downloads/#comment-71885 Brian Blank Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:17:23 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/?p=635#comment-71885 I used eMusic about 4-5 years ago and really liked them since they had the rights to a lot of smaller indie labels like Beggars Banquet. It also had an unlimited download plan for a flat fee. I sucked down a BUNCH of music from alternitive and punk artists and other early releases from artists like Bob Marley and Johnny Cash. Needless to say, I haven't been back since to compare. At this point, I only download mabe $20-30 of music a year and am stuck on iTunes with a couple of gift cards in the past. I really enjoy the free radio stations especially Pandora for my music fixes. As far as portable music playing, my iPod is loaded with past episodes of Tech PR War Stories and MediaBlather to add music ;) I used eMusic about 4-5 years ago and really liked them since they had the rights to a lot of smaller indie labels like Beggars Banquet. It also had an unlimited download plan for a flat fee. I sucked down a BUNCH of music from alternitive and punk artists and other early releases from artists like Bob Marley and Johnny Cash. Needless to say, I haven’t been back since to compare. At this point, I only download mabe $20-30 of music a year and am stuck on iTunes with a couple of gift cards in the past.

I really enjoy the free radio stations especially Pandora for my music fixes. As far as portable music playing, my iPod is loaded with past episodes of Tech PR War Stories and MediaBlather to add music ;)

]]> By: strom http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/a-grown-ups-guide-to-legal-music-downloads/#comment-71882 strom Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:55:11 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/?p=635#comment-71882 Another reader writes: Slight mod - Rhapsody doesn't require you to create a login, at least to listen to the 25 free tracks a month (they must keep track via cookies, I suppose) nor to install some local software, as they did before a year ago. I really like the 25 freebies because they enable me to sample stuff before I get it... anywhere. Another reader writes:
Slight mod – Rhapsody doesn’t require you to create a login, at least to listen to the 25 free tracks a month (they must keep track via cookies, I suppose) nor to install some local software, as they did before a year ago. I really like the 25 freebies because they enable me to sample stuff before I get it… anywhere.

]]> By: David Strom http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/a-grown-ups-guide-to-legal-music-downloads/#comment-71879 David Strom Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:37:21 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/?p=635#comment-71879 One reader writes: By the way, you can also convert a protected song format to an unprotected one, by playing the sound, and using a program like Total Recorder, which captures any sound being played through your computer and saves it as an MP3 file. (Total recorder is $12; there may be freeware equivalents but I haven't looked.) I use this to convert all of the "protected" songs I buy from the iTunes store so that I can play them on my MP3 player. One reader writes:
By the way, you can also convert a protected song format to an unprotected one, by playing the sound, and using a program like Total Recorder, which captures any sound being played through your computer and saves it as an MP3 file. (Total recorder is $12; there may be freeware equivalents but I haven’t looked.) I use this to convert all of the “protected” songs I buy from the iTunes store so that I can play them on my MP3 player.

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