Getting Music for Your iPod + iPhone
Pointing you to the best sources for music for your iPod. Includes reviews of digital music services, links to MP3 blogs, and more.
Adding Songs from CDs to Your iTunes and iPod
A step by step guide on how to get songs off your CDs and into iTunes and your iPod. This process is called ripping.
A step by step guide on how to get songs off your CDs and into iTunes and your iPod. This process is called ripping.
Creating an iTunes Store Account
A step by step guide to creating an iTunes Store account, which is required for buying songs, videos, and audiobooks at iTunes.
A step by step guide to creating an iTunes Store account, which is required for buying songs, videos, and audiobooks at iTunes.
Buying Songs from the iTunes Store
A step-by-step guide to buying songs at the iTunes Store.
A step-by-step guide to buying songs at the iTunes Store.
Dowloading Songs from eMusic
A quick how-to guide on signing up for eMusic, downloading songs from the service, and adding them to iTunes.
A quick how-to guide on signing up for eMusic, downloading songs from the service, and adding them to iTunes.
How to Redownload MP3s at eMusic
One of the key differences between eMusic and the other music download services that work with the iPod is that if you accidentally delete a song from your computer and iPod, but you got it from eMusic, you can redownload it without having to pay for it a second time. No other iPod-compatible download service offers this feature.
One of the key differences between eMusic and the other music download services that work with the iPod is that if you accidentally delete a song from your computer and iPod, but you got it from eMusic, you can redownload it without having to pay for it a second time. No other iPod-compatible download service offers this feature.
Can I Redownload MP3s from eMusic If They're Deleted?
Unlike other music download services, which require you to pay for a song each time you download, eMusic lets you download the same songs as many times as you want for one fee.
Unlike other music download services, which require you to pay for a song each time you download, eMusic lets you download the same songs as many times as you want for one fee.
Understand Legal Issues Surrounding Downloads
Our sister site, MP3.About.com, gives a good primer on the legal issues surrounding downloading music from the web. A good place to start understanding this complex topic.
Our sister site, MP3.About.com, gives a good primer on the legal issues surrounding downloading music from the web. A good place to start understanding this complex topic.
Websites Offering Free Music Downloads
MP3.About.com comes through with a good list of free and legal sources for music downloads. Add this to the MP3 blogs listed above and you'll be listening for days - for free.
MP3.About.com comes through with a good list of free and legal sources for music downloads. Add this to the MP3 blogs listed above and you'll be listening for days - for free.
Free Audio Books
This site hosts a great collection of downloadable audio books of classic works of literature. From Dickens to Kafka, Poe to HG Wells to Mark Twain to Jane Austen, you'll find something for every audio book fan here. And they're all free!
This site hosts a great collection of downloadable audio books of classic works of literature. From Dickens to Kafka, Poe to HG Wells to Mark Twain to Jane Austen, you'll find something for every audio book fan here. And they're all free!