Summer Music Festivals

Napster.com, started as a free trading music set, but it has now become the owner of the largest music catalog on the Internet, with over seven million titles.  While it is not free, as it was in the wild days of the early Internet, it is still an amazing bargain.  The site provides what is widely regarded as the greatest bargain for music fans with a three month introductory subscription, with renewals at the same low rates.  Three months will give you a good sense of what the service has to offer, and I strongly suspect that you’ll decide to renew.  A lot of people have maintained a membership for years.

For the widely recommended three month plan you get five download credits per month plus bonus credits.  Included in the plan is the reason that most people subscribe in the first place–unlimited (!) streaming music.  You can listen to entire albums or even the entire catalog of their various artists of your favorites.  They have over a thousand pre-made mix lists, and those are interactive.  There are streaming radio stations, too.

The music that you select to download as part of your subscription can be played on any MP3 device, including Ipod, Zune and many others.  In fact, if you cell phone has this option, you can even carry the music you’ve downloaded from Napster on that, as well.

You have unrestricted rights to these recordings, so you can move them around to different devices that you own.  You can even use your software to create your own compact disc.

There is a huge list of musical genres.  I’m sure you’ll find your favorite on the list, unless you are like me and listen to music from a wide variety of genres.  The list is huge, but a few of the genres are jazz, pop, rock, Christian, children, comedy, country and the list goes on….

All of this is just $15 for the three months of delightful musical saturation at Napster.com.  Face it, that’s cheaper than a fast food lunch for three.

The Napster company had something of a rocky start as a place where music fans could find each other and, using Napster’s amazing technology, exchange their music collections over the Internet.  No money was ever exchanged.  In a way, it was just like selling bootleg CDs except that nobody made any income from it.  In fact it was the free part of the model that perturbed the recording artists and record labels.  Eventually Napster settled with the recording industry, with a huge financial settlement.  They learned their lesson well enough to completely change their business model.

Napster.com, the same business that started as just a vehicle for peer-to-peer music exchanges, has transformed itself into the holder of the largest music catalog on the entire Internet–over seven million titles and still growing.  While it is not free, as it was in the wild days of the early Internet, it is still an amazing bargain.  They offer various plans, but the best all around deal is a three month membership, which can be renewed if you still haven’t satisfied your music thirst.  I suspect you’ll renew, but the three months will give you a good taste of the service.

For a remarkably low price, you receive five download credits and special bonus download credits as a subscription bonus.  Included in the plan is the reason that most people subscribe in the first place–unlimited (!) streaming music.  You can listen to the entire catalogs of your favorite artists or, if you prefer, entire albums of a variety of artists.  There are also over a thousand interactive, genre playlists.  There are streaming radio stations, too.

The downloads you choose can be played on any MP3 compatible device, including a number of lesser know brands plus the extremely popular Ipod and Zune players.  In fact, if you cell phone has this option, you can even carry the music you’ve downloaded from Napster on that, as well.

With your three month membership downloads, you receive unrestricted rights, so you can put your music onto various of your players.  You can even use your software to create your own compact disc.

Any musical genre you can think of is well represented.  I’m sure you’ll find your favorite on the list, unless you are like me and listen to music from a wide variety of genres.  Among those genres are rock, pop, classical, R&B, musical soundtracks, Christian, jazz, comedy, and the list goes on.

You can surround yourself with your own selected music and never repeat a song for three months for only fifteen dollars at Napster.com.  Where can you find that much pleasure at that price?