Free Music

Chinese Google Offers Free Music Download Service

2010-03-06T02:57:00.000-05:00

http://mashable.com/2009/03/30/google-china-free-music-downloads/

How to Get Music from your iPod to your Computer

2010-03-02T08:45:00.000-05:00

Have you ever had a computer crash and lost all your music? If you have the music on your iPod you can get all that back on your computer with this simple to use freeware program, SharePod.

Once this program is installed, connect our iPod into your computer and start SharePod. Note: Make sure iTunes is closed.

At this point you should make a folder that you want to put all these songs in.

Once the program opens it should recognize your iPod and display the songs. Highlight all the songs you want and then click the 'copy to pc' button at top. A window will pop up asking you where you would like to put the songs. Select the folder you should have made and hit ok.

Now it should be copying the songs to your computer. Once it is done you can add the folder to iTunes, and all your songs are back. Note: Once all the songs are back in iTunes, you will need to erase and resync your iPod.

P2P Networks and Clients

2010-03-02T07:38:00.000-05:00

Peer-2-Peer networks are simply a network of users that share files with one another. If you download a P2P client you can download single songs, and some allow torrenting as well.

Below are links to a few popular torrenting clients.

Limewire http://www.limewire.com/download/

Compatible with Mac, Linux and Windows.

Bearshare http://www.bearshare.com/

Compatible with XP and Vista.

eMule http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1&rm=download

Compatible with XP and Vista.

Ares Glaxy http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/

Compatible with Windows XP and Vista.

You will need to download one of those clients. Then, you can use the built in search engine to search for tracks to download.

Torrenting

2010-03-02T07:27:00.001-05:00

Torrenting allows you download entire folders as one download. This is very nice because you can use this to download full albums and entire discographies.

First you need a torrent client. I use UTorrent, http://utorrent.com/, because it is very simple to use and is a pretty light weight program. However, there are tons of clients to choose from. TorrentFreak compared 20 of the top clients. http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-client-comparison/ Also, you should check to make sure the program you install is made for your operating system. Here is a website that lists clients compatible with Mac and Windows http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=BitTorrent

Now that you have chosen your client, you can start torrenting. Go to Google and type in whatever you want to download, and then type “torrent” afterwards. For example: If I wanted to torrent Da Drought 3 by Lil Wayne, I would type in the search bar “da drought 3 lil wayne torrent.”

Generally, there will be a lot of websites to choose from, so you find one that works well with you. Personally I like http://thepiratebay.org/ and http://isohunt.com/. These sites have a pretty vast library, but have failed me before. Here are some alternatives. http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/a/torrent_search.htm

Now that you have selected the site, there will usually be a link somewhere that says “download torrent.” Click that link and then a window should pop up that says “open with” and select the torrent client you downloaded.

Now the torrent should start.