Free Legal Music Downloads For iPods

eMusic is a major player in the iPod music downloadsStripes, The Prodigy and Mobi. And they're continually
business. They are one of the pioneers and rankincreasing them regularly as the DRM free movement
second only to iTunes. They have a diverse catalogueis spreading. America is behind the Europeans in that
of primarily independent music labels. All their music is inregard. eMusic's Interface So like I mentioned, eMusic
MP3 format and works on any platform. They alsoonly has MP3s, encoded at a variable bit rate (VBR).
have very extensive editorial content, archived showsSo you won't have a problem transferring your tunes
and events. eMusic's Advantages One of theirto your iPod, your CD burner or any portable player. All
greatest advantages is all their music downloads are inthe tunes are accessed through your Web browser or
MP3 format and DRM free! That means, unlike iTunes,with the free Download Manager. One note of caution
Yahoo Music and so many others, you not only ownis if you download from your Web browser you'll need
your music, but it continues to play when youto disable eMusic's Download Manager from your
discontinue your membership with eMusic. And youaccount preferences. Then you'll have to change the
can play your tunes on any portable PDA or yourfile extensions to .mp3 because the file will be
computer. The sad fact about copy protecting musicdownloaded with an unknown file extension. That's
with DRM is the version varies from one company toeasy to do, just right click the file and choose
the next. For instance, you can only play your DRM"Rename" and change the extension to mp3.
protected iTunes on your iPod, iPhone or your desktopSummary On the eMusic site, you can search for
with the iTunes player installed. According to The Newtunes by the artist's name, album, track, label, or
York Times: "A major difference between eMusic'scomposer. Their 12 genres include Alternative, Punk,
service and other online music stores is that the tracksCountry, Folk, Electronic and Jazz. As previously
are delivered in the unprotected MP3 format, whichmentioned, the bulk of their tunes are from independent
means... that the songs will play on all portable musicartists but you'll find quite a few from the major record
players, including the Apple iPod(R)" Anotherlabels. They have around 2.8 million high quality MP3
advantage of eMusic is the music is totally legal tofiles from over 13,00 independent music labels. And you
download, unlike the prevalent P2P file sharing sites.won't find a lot of them on competing download sites
Don't get me wrong, many of the top unlimited musicor music stores. eMusic's online interface is ridiculously
download sites are definitely legal, to a certain respect.easy to use. It allows you to download entire albums
One of the things I really like about eMusic is they letat a time. There is a review section and a star rating
you download 25 songs free before you have to payfor each file. Their FAQs are well written and they
the minimum $9.99 per month for 30 songs. So the 25respond very quickly to emails for support. They offer
free ones is almost like a month's worth of downloadsa 2 week trial allowing you to download 25 tunes for
for nothing.Not to mention the 33 cents per song blowsstarters before you have to pay the tiny monthly fee.
away MSN and iTunes 99 cents per song. And it'sOne tip though when you start your membership, is to
even less with the other levels with 50 and 75 songsbe sure you download ALL your allotted songs for the
per month at $14.99 and $19.99 respectively! One slightmonth because you can't carry them over to the next
disadvantage with eMusic is although they offer millionsmonth!
of music tracks; they're primarily "indie" or independentSid Nelson is an avid iPod user. His site at includes
artists. But, all their music is legitimately licensed fromreviews on some of the top iPod unlimited music
independent record labels so you don't have to bedownload sites. It aslo includes an associates store
concerned about downloading illegal files. They dofeaturing DRM free MP3s, iPods and accessories.
have some major labels like Johnny Cash, The White