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Where can I get free music downloads online? What is the best online music store?Ever since the advent of the mp3 digital music format and Napster in the early days of the internet, the online music scene has never been the same. Suddenly, people found they could download free music with millions of songs available for the taking. After Napster came a legion of non-centralized free music downloading and file sharing sites - Morpheus, Bearshare, Grokster, Limewire, Gnutella, WinMX, just to name a few. These file sharing sites allowed people to share and download free mp3 music files from millions of interconnected users around the world. But this system is not entirely legal, shall we say, since all music is covered by international copyright laws. Below, look into Yahoo Music, Napster, Real Rhapsody, and other music dowload sites.
Of course, Apple's iTunes has made a big splash in the market for internet music downloads, giving you access to a ton of songs to download. The iTunes software interface is the star of the show, making it easy to organize and play your MP3 music, import songs from CD, find songs by artist and album. At 99 cents per song, this is "almost" free music downloads! Their selection of songs is very good, and the ability to make playlists and export your music easily to your iPod (which dominates the portable player market) makes iTunes one of the better choices in the internet music download space. Napster: Back from the dead, they offer unlimited access to over 1M songs. With a Napster membership, you get to listen to and download unlimited songs, access 50 commercial free radio stations, share music with other members, fill any mp3 player without paying per song or album. And Napster is legal and safe. They offer a free 7 day trial for music downloading. The standard membership is $10 bucks a month, which gets you unlimited free music downloads - play them on your PC, keep all songs as long as you are a member - copying songs to CD or a portable mp3 player is 80 cents per song. Napster Light lets you browse songs and buy just the ones you want for 99 cents - burn to CD, keep forever, copy to mp3 player, no monthly fees - basically same as Apple iTunes store. Napster To Go is $15 bucks a month, and includes the option to fill and refill any mp3 player with those million songs. What's the catch? When you cancel your membership, any tunes you downloaded will no longer play - think of it as "renting" the music for as long as you are a member. And Napster songs come in WMA format, so your MP3 players must be compatible. MP3.com (part of cNet) offers online music downloading by connecting you to Napster, iTunes, RealRhapsody, and MusicMatch. Theirs is not really a free music download site, although they do offer samples. Real Networks also offers a free music download service called Rhapsody. Likes the others, they offer over 1 million songs for download, with good reviews for their service from the Wall Street Journal and PC World Magazine.
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