How to Download Free Songs Onto an iPod Nano
Many musicians will allow audience members to tape their live shows and share the recordings with others. You can browse a selection of these recordings at the Live Music Archive, which is a service of the Internet Archive. Once you find some songs you like, you can download them to your computer, then transfer them to your iPod Nano for on-the-go listening.
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Instructions
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Connect your iPod Nano to your computer using your iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 cable.
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Open your web browser and navigate to the Live Music Archive's listing of recording-friendly bands (see link in Resources section).
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Click on a band's name, then click on "Browse by date" to see a listing of the band's recent shows.
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Click on a show link, then scroll down to the section marked "Audio Files." Choose a song you wish to download, right-click the appropriate link under the heading "64Kbps MP3" and save the file to your computer.
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Open iTunes and select "Add to Library" from the File menu. Navigate to where you saved your audio file and select it.
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Open your iTunes Library, locate your downloaded song and drag it to the iPod Nano icon in the Source list.
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Tips & Warnings
Artists will play many of the same songs at each of their live shows. If the recordings from a particular show are of poor quality, try another.
