Saturday, February 9, 2008

Digital Songs

Music is rapidly becoming a digital affair From records to cassettes and CDs music is always on the forefront of technological advancement With broadband internet connections rapidly becoming the norm buying and downloading music files is increasingly popular Digital music distribution is less Costlyer than manufacturing CDs and listeners can get what they want when they want it Its the new way for buying music online That is until something new comes along There are two major types of services for buying music online monthly subscriptions and persong charges Both are less expensive than purchasing CDs Depending on how much music you plan on buying choose the appropriate service type to meet your needs There are also a few websites that offer both services such as Rhapsody and MusicMatch This great music download comparison chart lets you see the basic features of several popular websites at a glance The biggest name in buying music online is undoubtedly iTunes Music Store Simply sign up and download the iTunes software When you are ready to buy some music just fill your queue and use a credit card to pay Songs are 99 cents each then theyre yours to download burn to CD or listen to from your digital music player Its simple and very inexpensive plus you dont have to buy songs you dont like Spend as much or as little as you want Two other services similar to the iTunes Music Store are Yahoo Music and WalMarts Music Service These competitors offer slightly different plans and pricing and have varying libraries of music available Monthly subscription websites allow you to download as many songs as you like for a low monthly fee The pioneer of this service is the oncecriticized Napster now a major player in the legal music distribution world Napster charges $9 99 a month and has an enormous library of music to choose from You can also check out eMusic and Rhapsody for other options

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