Legally Download Music Made Easy

Posted by ghirly | 12:46 AM

By Brad Hoffman


Downloading music is simple and doesn't take a lot of time if you know how to do it. There are a lot of web sites to quickly and cheaply download music legally.

You are going to need a great web connection preferably a dsl connection or better. If you work with a dial-up connection you'll have to wait quite a while for every song to download. You'll need a storage device to place your music on once it has been downloaded. The cheaper of the options is blank cd-rs provided that your computer has come built with a cd re-writer drive or you have an external one already connected to your pc. You may also use any of the many mp3 players you can find online or at your nearby store.

Music download sites have sprung up all over the internet but you need to make sure you find a reputable one before getting started. Each of the different web sites has different membership plans at different prices. Your budget will determine which site and which membership plan you will employ. Remember that the longer the membership plan the cheaper the overall rate. Always check the web sites feedback is positive and that no one has downloaded any computer viruses via the internet site.

All the web sites which are reputable will require you to sign up with them in order to download music. Most of the time, you're given 3 choices for membership programs. Whenever you subscribe to their yearly plan versus a month-to-month plan each download will end up being less costly.

Basically after you sign-up you can begin searching for you music. There are various ways to search for music. It is possible to search by title, artist name, or genre. Once you locate the song or songs that you like you can select and download it as an mp3 file onto your computer. Download your music right into a dedicated file folder preferably on your desktop.

You will need to download all the songs you need and then play all the songs to check for any problems. If your songs downloaded without any problems you can open any burn program to start burning the music onto a cd. Windows based computers are equipped with Windows Media player that not only plays music but can also burn it to a cd-r.

You'll want to open windows media player and click on the burn tab. Open your music file so that it displays your songs inside the media player window. On the left hand side you will notice a place to drag the files to so that you can burn them. Windows media player will also keep track of the quantity of free space on your cd-r if you put it in the cd rewriter drive before getting started. Drag all the files you want on your compact disc.

Once you complete selecting your files and have them in the burn list you need to check and make sure you have not added to much music for the cd-r. After you click the burn button the windows media player will burn your compact disc. When completed play your compact disc completely to make certain that your burn was successful.

Once you have finished downloading your first song you will easily have the ability to continue to download music easily. It is usually best to utilize a reputable, legal web site so that you do not violate copyright laws. Downloading music is a great way to increase your music library.




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