I know this has been asked before but I just didn't like the responses given in the other posts. Since it is inevitable that Napster will either be shut down or all the GOOD songs taken away from it what are some other good sites for getting FREE MP3s. I have tried many other and I list their problems below. Napster - http://www.napster.com The best place I know of to get MP3s but it will soon be taken out of the biz. Gnutella - http://www.cnet.com (this is where you find Gnutella clients) - It's good but it is a lot harder to use than Napster and doesn't display as many details as the Napster cliet does. Music City.com - http://www.musiccity.com - It probably is good but every time I try to register with it I always get "Server is Busy" responses but the website said it's fixing the problem. Audio Galaxy.com - http://audiogalaxy.com - This one is pretty good but I get SENT a lot of MP3s which I do not want which uses up space on ym hard drive. These are the only ones I have tried. I know you clutchcity.net folks know of dozens of others so please help me!!! ------------------ Arkansas' Biggest Rocket Fan!
leave it to the government to take away a good thing! ------------------ Im too drunk to walk ... Im driving home! [This message has been edited by Space Ghost (edited April 13, 2001).]
Imesh is pretty good. Filenavigator. Try this link it has about four alternatives: http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/531983.asp?cp1=1 ------------------ Never Underestimate the Heart of a Champion
lol! I was going to type something similar, but I figured you'd come alone. ------------------ Yugo grills, Yugo mills, Check out the oil my Yugo spills...
OK those aren't really alternatives but oh well everybody has there opinion. Let me just state that if you are implying that I should go buy CDs instead of downloading MP3s then you're wrong. I don't have a CD-R nor do I plan to get one. I buy CDs all the time, I just like to explore new types of music and places like Napster help me do that and expand my musical mind so to speak. I never guessed I would start listening to No Doubt, Limp Bizkit, or Creed before because I listened strictly to rap music. Places like these have numerous artists and people tell me to get a certain song or two and then I get it and if I like it I delete the files and go buy the single or whole CD which ever is most available, if I don't like it I just delete and that's the end of it. Right now I have about 24 music files but all of these came from my CDs and they're songs that I want to listen to and if I can expand someone's mind who didn't listen to rap and to experience another type of music then I'm all for it. Why should I go and waste my $15 or more on a CD that sucks. That's another thing Napster and others help at. All these artists saying that Napster is hurting them and is making them broke and is robbing them is completely and utterly bullsh*t! Example: Look at the Billboard charts two or three weeks ago. The Dave Matthews Band released and single on Napster about a month or so ago for listeners and what happened about two or three weeks later, the Dave Matthews Band debuts at number one on the Billboard charts selling almost 500,000 copies which is also the highest number sold in a week this year. The same thing with Metallica, they were complaining that a song from the Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack showed up on Napster weeks before the CDs release and what happened, the soundtrack debuts in the top 3 and sells a quarter of a million copies. These are just two of the NUMEROUS ways I can show that Napster has helped many many artists and doesn't hurt them at all. So if you're saying I can't afford a CD, artists are getting ripped off, etc. If not then oh well this is for the ones who think against Napster. ------------------ Arkansas' Biggest Rocket Fan!
I'm glad you use it for discovery. That's great. However, I find out about music through Amazon.com and CDNow.com all the time just by listening to snippets of their Real Audio files. MP3's aren't necessary if you are just learning, but I'm glad you like to use them that way. Personally, if you like doing that, you should probably check out MP3.com - lots of unsigned artists who encourage the download of their MP3's because they get paid for it even though you aren't charged. Enjoy! ------------------ And then, depression set in...
Haha, good one! Lil Pun: I would recommend FileNavigator ( http://www.filenavigator.com/ ), but it hasn't been working quite as well over the past month. Here are some other alternatives that you may want to look at: 1) Bearshare: http://www.bearshare.com/ I haven't used this program, but it is supposed to be the "user-friendly" Gnutella. BTW, there is also Limewire ( http://www.limewire.com )...I'd stay away from that one if I were you because the interface is terrible. 2) WinMX: http://www.winMX.com/ This one is supposed to be quite good. Much more versatile than Napster (some user reviews have stated that it has the potential to become the next Napster....that may be good or bad depending on your point of view). I'm about to give this one a try myself; I'll probably give my impression soon. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Cold Hard (edited April 14, 2001).]
Puh-lease. Those audio snippets on cdnow.com and amazon.com are horrible. Do they even listen to what part of the song they record to put up for preview? You get 30 seconds of a song at best and half of the times it is about the worst part of the song that you get.... ------------------ Who's ya daddy?
A make part of my living playing, writing and recording music. You don't have to tell me they sound horrible. In all honesty, MP3's are AWFUL in comparison to even the radio which is TERRIBLE compared to CD's. However, if your primary goal is discovery and learning about the artist or song, you don't need MP3's to determine what you are buying unless your primary reason for buying CD's is for production value. If so, you should hate the sound of MP3's as well. If your reason for downloading is to avoid buying the CD, that's one thing, but Real Audio snippets have very little to do with sound quality or parts of songs being represented. ------------------ And then, depression set in...
This might be a little off topic but has anyonefound themselves buying more cd's since they began using Napster? ------------------ Hey now, Hey now, don't Dream it's over...
I understand what jeff is saying and I kind of agree but the nice thing about napster is say I like 2 songs off of the Cd, 1 off of this one and so on, I am able to make my own CD with out paying $60 to go out and buy the 5 CDs or whatever. I would like to see a way to be able to download music for maybe a dollar or two a song so I can make my own mixes. ------------------ ~John~ Help keep the obsessed thread alive post the reasons why you are an obsessed Rockets fan by clicking here
A couple years ago when only the techies and music-lovers had burners, Borders had a program where they burned you CD's for about $20 and the artists received part of the profits. ------------------ Never Underestimate the Heart of a Champion
Kazaa is excellent http:www.kazaa.com - almost better than napster. The interface is great. However, i find Audiogalaxy Satellite the most comprehensive - I have found every song I've looked for and it is very stable and good for stacking up a big list of songs to download. Interface is terrible though - its mostly html ------------------ ..as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him. Current Rocket's Salary & Contract Info
Usenet newsgroups and IRC are two alternatives.... Not quite as simple as napster, but if you can figure it all out & hook up to a juicy newserver, you can get anything. I finally got bored with the mp3 scene and moved on to video though. I've already seen most of the more recent films....from the comfort of my own living room ------------------
Jeff, I beleive what SirCherlesFan is saying is that the part of the song that Amazon usually samples is hit or miss. I don't think he's referring to the quality. I agree with him. One cannot get a true feel for what the songs sound like by simply listening to 30 seconds of it. For me, many times it's the changes in the song that grab me. If I love the way it flows from the verse to chorus, or maybe that out of nowhere bridge. The samples at Amazon do not do it for me. [This message has been edited by SpaceCity (edited April 16, 2001).]
I agree with what SirCharles is saying those clips don't give you enough to determine whether a song is good or not. As for MP3s being so awful that is very UNTRUE. MP3s are only bad when they are ripped at a bitrate under 128. At 128 and above they are of CD quality and when you get the bitrates inn the 300s they can even be clear, louder, and better than CD sound but it's rare to find MP3s with bitrates so high. Pretty much this is how I would rank sound quality between formats: 1. CD 2. MP3 3. Radio (when in decent range of the station) 4. Tape 5. RealAudio ------------------ Arkansas' Biggest Rocket Fan!
Like I said before I use it for exploration and therefore it causes me to buy more CDs. Before I had Napster I listened to only rap now I listen to everything but country and a few others. Before I had Napster (pre-October 2000) I had a total of 29 CDs, now I have 157 and am a member of Music Service which sell CDs at discount prices and I had no MP3s and I still have no MP3s and I have a DSL connection so just think of how many I could have had!!! Of course it causes people to buy more CDs and the proof the we all have is: Record sales were up 11% last year and already up 13% this year. Another that needs to be proved: I can't wait till Metallica comes out with their next CD and it doesn't even make a top 10 debut and this will be proof that you shouldn't mess with the consumer. ------------------ Arkansas' Biggest Rocket Fan!
Ah, a true music lover! ------------------ "It's like saying there isn't enough offense in football, so let's go to three downs." --Rudy T on zone defenses in the NBA
