Where can I download mp3 files??

JimiLL · #1 10-13-2011, 05:56 PM

I think itunes is a rip, and my frostwire just stopped working. Where can I go to download some songs need to learn them for a gig!

electracoyote · #2 10-13-2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JimiLL

I think itunes is a rip, and my frostwire just stopped working. Where can I go to download some songs need to learn them for a gig!

Legally?

I subscribe to Napster. $9.99 per month, I don't need to download anything if I don't want to, I can listen to the entire catalog (which is virtually the same as iTunes), full songs (not 30-second samples). If you own one of their approved personal music players, you get unlimited monthly downloads for--same price? --maybe a few bucks more per month? I forget.

Great deal, extremely reliable. I was just learning a couple of new songs via Napster before I take off to rehearsal.

JimiLL · #3 10-13-2011, 06:17 PM

edit: not OK.

Savage_Dreams · #4 10-13-2011, 06:21 PM

great. another musician who doesn't feel the need to support other musicians. if we cant help each other make it in the biz how do we expect the rest of the world to give a rats ass.

VanillaThundah · #5 10-13-2011, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JimiLL

actually i was lookin to not pay anything if at all possible..... need a new wireless system

I won't open the can of worms concerning "Who gets the money" and "Is it morally ok to download music" topics, I will say this however...most of the people on here would not want to incriminate themselves by supplying such information, making them face possible prosecution solely at the mention of such a thing.

That having been said, there is a way around ANYTHING when it comes to technology. Google is a good place to start, but I can advise you to steer clear of P2P programs such as limewire/frostwire for downloading music or other forms of media. Napster is really the best option for legality, value, and ease of use IMHO.

MrDOS · #6 10-13-2011, 06:44 PM

This is a bit of a derailment from the OP, but I have never felt bad downloading songs I need to perform. I don't listen to them for pleasure, and I often have people ask what a song is so they can put it on their iPod. One way to look at it is that I am "advertising" the music.

Don't get me wrong, I do refuse to download MP3s and movies because I feel like artists and crews need to be paid for their work.
<end can of worms>

JimiLL · #7 10-13-2011, 06:48 PM

I wouldnt be interested in the songs if i wasnt going to play them.... and I guess I could just get friends to rip me a cd from their itunes.. but the mp3 format works so great on my..wait for it... mp3 bass trainer.

Which i guess is now useless... another $200 waste

baalroo · #8 10-14-2011, 02:46 PM

I don't think we're supposed to point people towards illegal activity here (which is what you've done in the quoted post). Which is why I can't answer the OPs question either. I'm constantly amazed at folks who denounce illegal downloading, but then recommend listening to the music illegally on youtube, let alone DOWNLOADING it from youtube. Most of the links to youtube videos that get posted here on talkbass are illegal, but you don't see people throwing hissy fits about all that illegal usage.

However, DON'T use frostwire/limewire etc, the only folks left using those are the computer illiterate, people distributing malware to the computer illiterate, and the RIAA.

Also, using Napster and paying their $10 fee isn't really any better than illegal downloading. Napster pays out LESS THAN ONE CENT per play to artists... and that's not taking into account the record label's cuts. Artists still aren't getting paid for their work, you're just paying Napster to sidestep having to pay anyone, you're a legal pirate basically.

Where's our Napster Money?

RIAA Keeps Settlement Money

So, why PAY napster to steal music for you when you can do it yourself for free?

SO MANY hypocrites here. If you watch youtube videos of songs that weren't uploaded by the artist themselves, you are a pirate. if you buy used CDs you are a pirate. if you use a subscription service like spotify or napster to listen to people music and avoid paying the cost of the mp3 (instead contributing a fraction of a cent), you are a pirate. The mental gymnastics required to tell someone "you shouldn't listen to artist's work without paying them because it's wrong... but here's how I do exactly that" are hilarious to me. here's another great example of this:

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Originally Posted by cracked_machine

7Digital and Amazon are both good, but a little pricey perhaps. There's also the ridiculously cheap but morally sketchy Ukrainian websites such as Music Downloads, MP3 Downloads, MP3 songs at www.mp3fiesta.com, that charge about 90p per album. Apparently there are loopholes in Ukrainian law that make this legal.
You can use a credit card and I've never had any problems (in fact their customer support is actually pretty good).

If you're looking for free music you're probably asking in the wrong place tbh.

Ask yourself, when robbing your friends house do you do it guilt free, or do you have turn their photos frame face down so they can't watch as you rip them off?

He's only asking in the wrong place because this forum seems to be constantly behind the rest of the internet by about half a decade. Are you really on one hand telling us how you "steal" music, and then in the same post trying to take a stance of moral superiority?

Rano Bass · #9 10-14-2011, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by baalroo

Most of the links to youtube videos that get posted here on talkbass are illegal, but you don't see people throwing hissy fits about all that illegal usage.

SO MANY hypocrites here. If you watch youtube videos of songs that weren't uploaded by the artist themselves, you are a pirate. if you buy used CDs you are a pirate.

I dont think so, sorry.

baalroo · #10 10-14-2011, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rano Bass

I dont think so, sorry.

Well, you think wrong bud. If I go to youtube and listen to a song that wasn't authorized to be there by the artist simply to circumvent paying for the music, how is that in any way different than downloading the song and listening to it on the exact same computer? I'll give you a hint: It's not. It's exactly the same thing.

Youtube: Artist didn't put the music there, you didn't pay for it, you're listening to it
Downloading: Artist didn't put the music there, you didn't pay for it, you're listening to it

Same with buying a used CD. You're listening to the artist's music, and you didn't pay the artist a darn thing. You're just circumventing paying the artist in order to save a few bucks.

PastorofMuppets · #11 10-14-2011, 03:29 PM

just keep learning from youtube without downloading then.
take your bass where you can hear the song or plug your computer into your pa system somehow. bada bing not illegal.

baalroo · #12 10-14-2011, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by PastorofMuppets

just keep learning from youtube without downloading then.
take your bass where you can hear the song or plug your computer into your pa system somehow. bada bing not illegal.

although maybe not technically "illegal" (the uploader is breaking the law, not the viewer) there is no difference between doing this and simply downloading the songs. Unless it's one of the rare cases in which the actual artist uploaded the music... but then, if the artist says it's ok to listen to that song for free whenever you want (by placing it on youtube), then what does it matter if you download it? The precedent has already been set that the song is of no monetary value in digital form by the artist themselves.

PastorofMuppets · #13 10-14-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by baalroo

although maybe not technically "illegal" (the uploader is breaking the law, not the viewer) there is no difference between doing this and simply downloading the songs. Unless it's one of the rare cases in which the actual artist uploaded the music... but then, if the artist says it's ok to listen to that song for free whenever you want (by placing it on youtube), then what does it matter if you download it?

Honestly I think you are a bit off the deep end bro.
I am all about supporting new artists and struggling folks trying to make it. Im not giving a crap about millionaire rock stars or songs from the 70s. The op was learning songs as a cover. If its popular enough to use as a cover i dont think they will mind if he learns by listening to youtube.

**Pacman** · #14 10-14-2011, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by baalroo

Same with buying a used CD. You're listening to the artist's music, and you didn't pay the artist a darn thing. You're just circumventing paying the artist in order to save a few bucks.

I was with you till this. You're not illegally copying (breaking copyright law) when doing this. It's perfectly (a) legal and (b) moral.

On a side note, and this is to everyone in this thread, not you Baalroo - Do not post links to illegal download sites, etc in this thread. Talkbass does NOT support piracy.