Newbie's guide to downloading music discussion thread

Mikex

Hi,

I am hoping to get broadband shortly so will hopefully be able to download some music.

My priorities are:

Staying safe with regard to payment details.

Obtaining the music I want.

Good sound quality.

Reasonable price.

Suggestions please.

Thank you.

Mike

exup

try Spotify or Napster - both have pretty good reviews and usual secure ways of paying.

Mikex

Thank you exup,

I have looked at Spotify & Napster but neither seem to offer potential customers the chance to establish if they have available the type of music the customer might be interested in.

Have I missed something?

Mike

boliston

http://listen.grooveshark.com/ is well worth checking out.

I've been using last.fm prior to this but the good thing about grooveshark is it has far less restrictions - none of those silly rules like only hearing 30 seconds of a track.

Also I have noticed a lot of tracks are 192kb/s rather than the usual 128kb/s that last.fm seems to offer.

Mikex

Thanks Boliston,

Unfortunately due to my slow internet connection I am unable even to load the front page of Grooveshark!

Mike

DCFC79

I have used spotify or youtube to listen to tracks before i have bought them, ive downloaded most of my music from amazon and its been fine

peterx

Been using Grooveshark and think its brilliant.

niclon26

Just signed up with Grooveshark,great idea,great site.