So I want to download a few songs.

Published on January 12, 2005 By Jamie Burnside In Internet

I haven't downloaded many songs since I have owned a computer. (When I say "not many" I mean: two.) I understand that there are a lot of people out there who use the internet to download lots of music for themselves.

There are a few songs that I would like to add to my collection, so I visited the "Realtime" site, and that "Napster" place that received all of that publicity a few years ago. I understand that there are ways that one can get songs at those places for about a dollar apiece.

What I found (at Napster and Real Rhapsody) were solicitations for a ten dollar monthly fee to be able to pay for the privelage of downloading music. The "Napster Light" thing seemed good, but there weren't any links to sign up for that. (I think that Napster Light is tacitly discouraged.)

I don't want a monthly plan, I don't want to have to cancel after a "free trial." I just want to download a couple of songs. (Do those prepaid Napster cards at Target allow one to simply download a few songs?)

Any suggestions?

Comments

InfoGeek

on Jan 12, 2005

Here is an article about sites that let you pay per song or album download:

Link

MSN.com as a per-song download.

IG

Myrrander

on Jan 12, 2005

I like BearShare.

dena

on Jan 12, 2005

I use Warez; You can go to Warez.com and download it for free, and then choose between free songs and premium versions which you have to pay for. The free/shared songs sound just fine, so I wouldn't worry about getting the premium versions. Plus, it is a really easy one to use. Good luck

chiprj

on Jan 12, 2005

I use iTunes. You can buy albums or individual songs. No monthly fees. Just pay as you download. The files can be shared on multiple computers (I think up to 5). They have their own player built into the downloader. They (along with most services now) have their own unique file format, so you can only listen to the file on their player, but what I do is burn all the music to audio CD via their software and then re-rip the CD as mp3 files, so I can listen to them with winamp or windows media player.

I also have used Sony's music download site. I got 5 free downloads with my new computer. I like them becuase every Tuesday is two albums for one day. So, I can download an entire album and get a second one free. Again, I just use the software to burn a CD and re-rip.

Iron Rob

on Jan 12, 2005

I've had good luck with Rhapsody, but you can only play the songs on Real Player. Rolling Stone's website is linked to Rhapsody, so if you're on their website and you like the review of the album, you can click a link to that album with songs for sale for $.99 per song or an album per about $10.

The only website I've found that lets you download Mp3 files, as opposed to restrictive file formats, is emusic.com. But they are a subscription service, and you would have to do a free trial. Plus, they only have access to artists on independant record labels.

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