Where should I go to purchase my on-line tunes? I’m not fond of Kazaa a) because it’s illegal and b) because it’s a pain in the ass to have all that junk on your computer.
So who should I patronize to download some tunes?
I love the iTunes Music Store, just for simplicity (plus, it integrates with my iPod.)
I do sometimes wish that it had more artists (it’s missing some pretty big names because of licensing issues) but I’ve had little trouble finding most popular stuff.
Now I darned well know that many of you get your music on-line. TELL ME WHERE (and why you use that, rather than another, service).
Thanks.
Another big vote for iTunes. I love it, although no Beatles or John Lennon but I’ve got most of their stuff on CDs.
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The answer depends on what kind of device you use. E-Music lets you download to your heart’s content for a flat monthly fee–but they probably won’t have your first choice of new music or top-of-the-line oldies, and they won’t be easily compatible with your I-Pod (but they’re dandy for RealJukebox, Windows Media or WinAmp).
I-Tunes is great if you have a CD burner or an I-Pod. Otherwise, don’t bother. It’s a buck a song or a per-album price that works out to about a buck a song.
If you use an I-Pod, it’s very difficult to transfer tunes that didn’t come from I-Tunes or an actual CD.
No easy free rides here.
I use iTunes for purchase and ripping and Live Music Archive for concerts. Everything ultimately goes through iTunes, though. Emusic looks good from what I’ve seen of it. More obscure stuff.
The iPod plays MP3s.
Another vote for iTunes.
This is incorrect. Emusic does NOT have the “all-you-can-download” plan (anymore, they used to), and the files are plain old .mp3 with no restrictions, so they work with just about any player out there.
E-Music has several (3, I think) rate plans you can subscribe to.
I pay them $9.99 per month to download 40 songs. This is the most basic plan.
The benefits (to me) are that the music is legal, the files are .mp3 with no restrictions on what you’re allowed to do with them, if you ever accidentally delete your file, you can re-download it for no fee, the catalogues they have are pretty deep.
The downsides are that they don’t have a lot of new or popular stuff. They seem to have a lot of jazz, classical and independent stuff (which is cool by me, but your tastes might differ).
Is this true? If so, why?
I use Raphosody to listen to music online but haven’t bought any tracks from them.
It’s not true.
I’ve got 50+ free iTunes music credits waiting to be used… 
I definitely like iTunes. I also use allofmp3.com, as it’s quite a bit cheaper. They have different selections, but neither one carries the more obscure older stuff.