# MP3 music site?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-site/479251>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 30, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-site/479251 "2008-12-30T19:01:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![2\_Fat\_Cattle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/838e76/32.png) [@2\_Fat\_Cattle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_Fat_Cattle)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-site/479251/21 "2008-12-31T16:41:34Z")

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I’ve found some good music at [music.download.com](http://music.download.com/), although it takes some searching.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-site/479251/22 "2008-12-31T18:28:35Z")

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[PayPlay](http://payplay.fm/) has a bunch of cheap or free music but it’s largely by unsigned artists so don’t go there looking for almost anyone you’ve heard of. I think the largest “name” they have on there is Ingrid Michaelson and she’s the exception rather than the rule. I also found some Katie Grey track which the wife had heard on Grey’s Anatomy or Gossip Girl or Bones or wherever kids hear new music on TV these days.

Still, I’ve picked up songs from there just by browsing around by genre and listening to samples. They also have “Karma tracks” which are free by using points you get just for logging on. 192k rate, DRM free and all that jazz.

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**Author:** ![JackofHearts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JackofHearts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackofHearts)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-site/479251/23 "2008-12-31T20:11:49Z")

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My new favorite is [lala.com](http://lala.com). Similar to amazon in that you get high-quality, DRM-free music from a large, recording industry sanctioned catalog. You can buy in 2 options. For .10 you get permanent access to stream a particular song from lala.com an unlimited number of times. For .79-.89, you get the DRM-free MP3 track. The nice thing is that if you have already purchased a song for streaming, if you decide to download the track later, the .10 gets credited toward the purchase of the song. There are some great deals on full album downloads too. While the amazon store has a slightly larger catalog, for artists and songs that [lala.com](http://lala.com) has, they are generally the cheapest around.  
Another nifty thing they do is scan (with your permission) your music collection…this gives you unlimited streaming of any music you already own, regardless of how you obtained it (it’s an amnesty for previous “pirates” designed to transition you to the buying model). This has been great as I am at my folks house, and away from my collection, for the holidays. By logging in to [lala.com](http://lala.com), I have my full collection at my fingertips for listening. It’s pretty slick.

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