How to Buy MP3s Online

The MP3 is creating a new channel for the promotion and distribution of music. Previously, musicians spent many a night playing small, smoky clubs in hopes of getting discovered by a record company scout, meanwhile building themselves a local fan base to spread the word of their existence. The union of MP3 and the Internet means a whole new way for musicians to inexpensively promote themselves.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• MP3 Players
• Portable MP3 Players
• Secured Credit Cards

1. Search the Internet for and visit various MP3 music stores.

2. Type in the name of the artist whose music you seek.

3. Click Get Track for each song you wish to purchase.

4. Scroll to the bottom of the window and click Add to Cart when you're ready to go.

5. Enter your purchase information and follow the instructions on the subsequent screen.

6. Select your payment option and click Buy Now!

7. Follow the instructions for your platform (Mac or Windows) to download your new music.

8. Open your MP3 player on your computer and groove to the new tunes!

9. Feel good that you did the right thing by purchasing your songs or albums. By doing so, you are supporting the artists who created the songs and hence enabling them to keep making music.

Tips & Warnings

• Most sites let you download your selected songs or albums more than once to cover the dreaded event that you should somehow delete or lose your copy.

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on 11/22/2007 http://www.buy-mp3s.com
MP3 music from Amazon

on 3/2/2006 Read the TOS for your music store. Some services such as iTunes sell files that only work on the iPod, where as most sites, like Napster, sell WMA/Playforsure files which only work on non-iPod MP3 players. Both use this nasty new technology called DRM. DRM's job is to restrict the consumer from being able to copy the music, convert it, burn it to a CD, or move it to another computer or device. Napster, iTunes, Yahoo Music, and many others use DRM. Napster and Yahoo both offer a music rental service of sorts. The DRM they place on the files will make you pay extra to burn or move to a device, and they stop working when you quit paying their monthly fee.