An Alternative to iTunes

LoathsomePete · 05-13-2009, 10:53 AM

I'm sure I am not alone when I feel twinges of guilt for the amount of albums I download (2 so far today and it's not even 10 A.M.) There are alternative ways to obtain music legally (iTunes, Amazon etc.) however as I've found with iTunes you don't really buy music as much as you buy a license to listen to it so long as you only use their application of choice and if you wanna share that music then think again. I had about 300 dollars worth of music on my laptop that I was hoping of transferring to my new desktop, but while I could get it onto my computer, it wouldn't play unless I used iTunes. I went looking for solutions but unless I wanted to shell out more money for fancy converters (which I couldn't find for free or for download off torrents) I basically gave up.

Anyways that's just my example of why iTunes pisses me off and why I love this new website I found the other week. Now I suppose I am technically advertising it, but it's more of an advertising like when you tell your friends about a store that had really good customer service or product. This website is called Amie Street. It's pretty much all indepenedent music but the great thing is occasionally they have full albums for free download without having to deal with torrents. If you just want a few songs, forget paying .99 cents, try .17 for the most part and it gets better, they're not in mp4 format AND all their music is 320 kbps compared to iTunes 128 kbps. If you use iTunes and are content with it then I'm happy for you, I tried it and used it for about 3 years but found Winamp to be a better music player. I'm not saying you're a bad person for using it, not at all, but if you're interested in a new place to find music for either free or cheap, this website is seriously the place to go. You can also upload your Last.FM or iTunes accounts and it goes through your top 50 artists and gives you recommendations to find new music. Anyways I just wanted to share this website with my fellow music freaks. Happy hunting!

Amie Street

05-13-2009, 10:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	An Alternative to iTunes I'm sure I am not alone when I feel twinges of guilt for the amount of albums I download (2 so far today and it's not even 10 A.M.) There are alternative ways to obtain music legally (iTunes, Amazon etc.) however as I've found with iTunes you don't really buy music as much as you buy a license to listen to it so long as you only use their application of choice and if you wanna share that music then think again. I had about 300 dollars worth of music on my laptop that I was hoping of transferring to my new desktop, but while I could get it onto my computer, it wouldn't play unless I used iTunes. I went looking for solutions but unless I wanted to shell out more money for fancy converters (which I couldn't find for free or for download off torrents) I basically gave up. Anyways that's just my example of why iTunes pisses me off and why I love this new website I found the other week. Now I suppose I am technically advertising it, but it's more of an advertising like when you tell your friends about a store that had really good customer service or product. This website is called Amie Street. It's pretty much all indepenedent music but the great thing is occasionally they have full albums for free download without having to deal with torrents. If you just want a few songs, forget paying .99 cents, try .17 for the most part and it gets better, they're not in mp4 format AND all their music is 320 kbps compared to iTunes 128 kbps. If you use iTunes and are content with it then I'm happy for you, I tried it and used it for about 3 years but found Winamp to be a better music player. I'm not saying you're a bad person for using it, not at all, but if you're interested in a new place to find music for either free or cheap, this website is seriously the place to go. You can also upload your Last.FM or iTunes accounts and it goes through your top 50 artists and gives you recommendations to find new music. Anyways I just wanted to share this website with my fellow music freaks. Happy hunting! Amie Street __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too