Do You Purchase Music Online? If So Which Sites Do You Use?

OneEyedDiva

OneEyedDiva

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I used to use iTunes but I've gotten burned a couple of times (well almost). When Apple had to change the hard drive in my first Mac, it was like getting a new computer. I had to load iTunes again which I did from my back up DVD. I was asked to login in with an email and password (which I'd forgotten) to be able to play the songs I'd purchased. It would "say" I didn't have access to those songs. Good thing I was backing up purchased songs on a CD. Now I use Google Play Music and don't have to worry about that hassle. For Google Play Music users, GPM will be switching to You Tube Music; the process should be complete by the end of this year. Here's how to transfer your music.
 

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I've got several music subscriptions and purchase sites. My main purchase site is eMusic.com but it wouldn't work for most people because they generally have only obscure music. Most of the songs I buy there are 49 cents each but some are 69 or 89 cents each. One has to subscribe to eMusic to purchase music there with the lowest monthly rate $10. I would check to see if the music you want to purchase is there before signing up. If I really want a song not available there I'll buy it from Amazon.com.

For streaming I've been a member on Pandora.com for years, but that one I only use for discovering new music. I also have a subscription to Spotify because it generally has most of the music I want to listen to after a new album comes out. I rarely listen to it other than checking out new or new to me music.

I have all of the music I've purchased on my computer and also backed up on DVDs periodically. I have all of my music in iTunes and usually listen to music on the stereo by plugging an old iPhone into my stereo and play it there.
 
Not that I condone 'stealing' music, but using 'Audacity' or a similar programme you can copy anything that is playing through your computer. So it is possible to listen to radio or TV on an iPlayer and download selected bits of music as MP3.
 
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Not that I condone 'stealing' music, but using 'Audacity' or a similar programme you can copy anything that is playing through your computer. So it is possible to listen to radio or TV on an iPlayer and download selected bits of music as MP3.
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Interesting. I recently downloaded audacity so my son could raise the volume of a song I recorded on my instrument, then worked on in my Logic digital program before it crashed. He was able to raise the volume by compressing so I could release the song. I never explored all the Audacity could do. Not that I condone stealing music either but my son told me about an app called Clip Grab. It "grabs" and downloads videos to the computer and they play without those annoying ads. Much of what I downloaded was favorite songs I'd already bought in one form or another over the years. I save he videos on my hard drive and in my Google photos.
 
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I stream mostly using subscription Amazon Music. If there's a song I want in a playlist that's available by purchase only, I buy it from Amazon.
 

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