Thursday, July 7, 2011

Music Download Sites Have Good Things For You

By Carl Hartley


Millions of people spend millions of dollars every day at online music download sites. A considerable amount of internet traffic is driven by people trying to fill their hard drives with the latest hit songs. This is a product of the tremendous ease that computer technology has brought to the exchange of music. People love the combination of music and convenience.

Many songs are downloaded from giant corporate pay sites. Businesses like Amazon and iTunes control a very large portion of the digital music dollar. For that dollar, these sites will usually promise you a minimum standard in terms of quality and security of the file. These sites can also give bargains if you purchase an entire album or more than one song.

The songs you download will mostly likely be in either one of two types, iTunes or MP3. Different digital music players will not work with different digital files. You have to make sure that you pick the kind of file that matches your software.

A product of the Apple company, iTunes files can only be played on Apple media players. They have very good sound quality. People like iPods because of their sleek design.

Most digital music players can play MP3 files. MP3 stands for Moving Picture Experts Group 1 Audio Layer 3. It is a very popular format that can be found everywhere that digital music is sold.

Pay music sites have some good characteristics, but you do not always have to pay to get good music. There are many internet locations that give away free music downloads to anyone who visits. Pitchfork, for example, a music review site, often gives away free downloads of featured bands. Radio stations like KEXP in Seattle give listeners chances to download local artists. These kinds of sites help to promote unique hometown flavors, even if they do not usually have the biggest national hits.

Lots of these kinds of sites also try to develop a sense of musical community. Last.fm and Pandora.com are two sites that do not just connect you to music downloads. They also connect you to a collection of music fans with similar music tastes. By providing a space where you can share ideas with these people, you may have your musical horizons widened.

As you become more familiar with music download sites, you may wish to check out peer to peer file transfer sites. These locations help users to exchange personal files. These file exchanges are usually free, but they are also more risky legally. Lots of peer to peer sites break copyright infringement laws.

There are other dangers to be aware of. When downloading files from peer to peer sites, it is easy to become exposed to viruses and malware. These files are often corrupted and you have to be very careful as you download them.

Nevertheless, music download sites are not going away any time soon. The risk of spyware is worth it sometimes when you really, really love that song.




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