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Displaced Bama Fan said:
Anyone know of any good sites to get music now that Kazaa, Napster, etc have become for profit? PM me.
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Been out of the game a while, eh? Kazaa has been useless for the better part of a decade and Napster has been legit for almost as long.

Seriously, I use Napster for all my music. I have a Napster to go subscription, which allows me to download as many songs as I want each month for only $15, or something like that. The only caveat is that artists can request that certain songs or albums be pay-only. Those are fairly few and far between. You can download the songs and play them on your computers and I think up to 3 portable devices. The only bad thing about it is that you can't burn them to cd or play them on devices that don't support drm. There are ways around that, though. :)

Unless you are downloading straight from a secure server to your own system using custom encryption, any "file-sharing" download method can be tracked by your ISP, especially torrents or usenet. If it can be tracked then there is a possibility that you can be sued. Just a warning.
 
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GREAT!!! Someone started a thread like this. I need to be edumucated on these iPods/MP3's deals. I normally run/jog three to four times per week. Due to work schedule changes my running partner can no longer keep the same running schedule so starting this week I've had to run solo and am thinking I need to start listening to some music. However, when it comes to this sector of technology I'm ignorant.

What do most use as traveling music devices like when working out and the sources for their music. And no, I'm not interested in stealing the music. I'll gladly pay for it.
 
i just use my ipod and obtain music from friends or by buying it from the site. i hate apple but their ipod line is pretty nifty. every 10 songs or so, i burn to a car audio cd (wav files). i then rip it back to my computer (mp3) so it is drm free and i can back it up or use it anywhere i want.
 
Bamabuzzard said:
GREAT!!! Someone started a thread like this. I need to be edumucated on these iPods/MP3's deals. I normally run/jog three to four times per week. Due to work schedule changes my running partner can no longer keep the same running schedule so starting this week I've had to run solo and am thinking I need to start listening to some music. However, when it comes to this sector of technology I'm ignorant.

What do most use as traveling music devices like when working out and the sources for their music. And no, I'm not interested in stealing the music. I'll gladly pay for it.
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I use my phone, primarily, although I do have an old Creative Zen with a 120GB hard drive that will almost hold all of my music. :)

I've got Subsonic running on my homeserver, so I can access all of my stored music collection from my phone on the go. If I want to listen to something else, then I've got Napster, Pandora, Last.fm, and Slacker on my phone as well. Oh, and there's ESPN Radio and Tune-In Radio as well. :)
 
I have an iPod touch through work, and I have a personal iPod shuffle, and periodically put a new playlist on my shuffle.
I buy most of my music from iTunes, but there are several good free sources.

NoiseTrade is one. NoiseTrade is largely a source for lesser known artists trying to get their music out there. They give their music away for free for a certain time period, and you usually sign up for a newsletter or something.
There is some good stuff on there sometimes.

Also, when bands release new albums, they will occasionally have some free downloads. Downloaded some Fleet Foxes for free when they released their last album.
 
Just a fair warning - copyrights are a big deal to me (and TideFans), any discussion / promotion / "PM me for details" regarding illegal file sharing will be nuked immediately.
 
To be safe, I just use Napster. For sixty bucks you get sixty free songs and after that only a little over a dollar. I have enough headaches without copyright infringement plus I handle licensing for software so I know the rules and the punishment for it.
 
SavannahDare said:
I use iTunes to purchase music, but it's hard to beat Pandora for listening to free music. Download the app and try it out. I LOVE the classic rock channel!!!
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Staci, can you "download" the Pandora app on an iPod? I'm sorry if that's a "no-brainer" question aka "dumb question" but I simply have not kept up with the music sector of technology.
 
Bamabuzzard said:
GREAT!!! Someone started a thread like this. I need to be edumucated on these iPods/MP3's deals. I normally run/jog three to four times per week. Due to work schedule changes my running partner can no longer keep the same running schedule so starting this week I've had to run solo and am thinking I need to start listening to some music. However, when it comes to this sector of technology I'm ignorant.

What do most use as traveling music devices like when working out and the sources for their music. And no, I'm not interested in stealing the music. I'll gladly pay for it.
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When I'm on the treadmill, I use my Ipod classic. I can listen to music, watch an episode of something, watch a Bama game...When I'm walking around the lake at work, I don't listen to music because it's fairly uneven terrain and I don't need the added distraction.

The bulk of my music library comes from CDs; I've bought some downloads from iTunes, but I prefer to have a hard copy. ;) Some day I'll get/borrow an mp3 turntable and convert those albums I still have (gotta get a bigger hard drive first, though). I've tried E-music, but dropped it after the trial period--too much current stuff, not enough of what I listen to (classical, jazz, classic rock, soundtracks).
 
The Pandora app can't be put on a regular iPod, but it can be put on an iPod Touch or an iPhone (and I'm pretty sure it also works on any other smartphone).

You have to then have access to either the 3G or 4G network or WiFi to get on the internet so the music will stream through the app.
 
gmart74 said:
i just use my ipod and obtain music from friends or by buying it from the site. i hate apple but their ipod line is pretty nifty. every 10 songs or so, i burn to a car audio cd (wav files). i then rip it back to my computer (mp3) so it is drm free and i can back it up or use it anywhere i want.
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You know you can change the settings on I-tunes to download the music in an mp3 format instead of the Mp4a or whatever they use.
 
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