Believe it or not, lots of artists and even record companies are GIVING AWAY mp3s. (Telarc even offers some tracks at 320k).
I would check artist websites and small, high quality record labels. What we should do is create a list of good sites that offer free downloads. Here are a few I know of: www.telarc.com www.davidsylvian.com Another way is to use opensource software called iRate - it lets you sample free downloads from artists' websites, rate them, and easily find the stuff you like. There are something like 46,000 songs in the iRate database. http://irate.sourceforge.net/index.html Similar to iRate is "Indy", a windows program that does the same thing. http://indy.tv/ I just installed Indy, and it's pretty cool. It actually saves each song in a folder according to how you rated it. So you can always go to your 4-star and 5-star folders and add the stuff you liked to your collection. There is also Screamer Radio. This is an internet radio player that allows you to save a copy of a song if you like it. Many of the station presets are the same ones that slimserver lists. You can let Screamer save everything it plays, or just save individual songs as you hear them. http://www.screamer-radio.com/ -- Pale Blue Ego _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
