Some of these are free and some aren't. Here is a list of reputable ones you can look into further if you so desire.
eMusic
KaZaA
Rhapsody
Napster
Pandora
MySpace Music
Blip.fm
imeem
The Hype Machine
The Pirate Bay
Personally, I have been downloading music through this forum I belong to that has a media section. The platform I usually use is zshare, rapidshare, etc. There are tons of p2p upload/download sites out there. It is so easy to get music these days for free just Google a song or artist and something will come up. On one hand this bothers me because I work in the music industry (which is notoriously suffering right now), but on the other hand the future of music is that it will eventually only be available for free. When our generation is the one that is in charge, who the hell is going to pay for music? Some food for thought.
On another note, my favorite streaming radio is definitely Pandora. I recommend the Yeah Yeah Yeah's radio station or the Midnight Juggernauts. Last.fm is also great especially if you want to link it to your iTunes - I know a lot of people who do that in order to keep track of play counts and such. I also have friends who swear by imeem. Honestly, just explore all of them and see what you like. I personally like to own music, but I don't have much of a problem streaming it either.
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No matter how many times I tell myself I need to buy my music, I'm guilty, I can't stop downloading it for free. Unfortunately, I tend to look at it like I'm just one little fish in the sea...if I were to start purchasing, would my contributions alone really make a difference? I know it's wrong!
ReplyDeleteI think in the next few years something will change in the music industry. Even though more and more people want access to music for free, artists don't want to just give it away so there has to be a happy medium
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