Napster
was the first major system for finding MP3 music downloads. The result of a court challenge by Metallica made access to unlimited free mp3s is no longer possible, but music lovers who subscribe to the new Napster get unlimited streaming and unlimited downloading. Subscribers can burn all favorite tracks to discs and transfer music to portable music players. Sign up now and get a 7-day free trial. Choose from thousands of artists from their catalog of over 1 million tracks. Download the software for free, the regular subscription price is only $9.95/month. Napster is now owned by Roxio, makers of Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator and other media software. UK residents sign up at Napster UK .
RealNetwork's Rhapsody Digital Music Service
gives you unlimited access to over 45,000 albums by 25,000 entertainers with 700,000 tracks from all five major labels and more than 100 independent labels right from your PC. You can listen to complete albums, create custom playlists, build your own radio stations, burn your own CDs, and much more. Rhapsody features both MP3 downloads and streaming Internet radio. Rhapsody's Internet radio is at high 128kbps quality, ideal for broadband. You can try Rhapsody for free for 14 days.
mp3 Jukebox Software
The jukebox until recently known as MusicMatch is now Yahoo! Music Jukebox.
It allows you to rip your CDs, vinyl, and tapes to CD-quality MP3s, create customized CDs, print and design jewel case covers, organize all your music files in an easy to use library , and listen to over 25 of the best programmed internet radio stations. The "Plus" version is $19.99 to download ($14.99 during special sales), and the "Basic" version is a free download.
mp3 Players (find more mp3 players in Electronics)
Creative Labs
offers the ZEN line of mp3 digital audio players and personal video players, the industry-standard Sound Blaster audio cards, the Creative Inspire speaker series, and more, direct from the manufacturer. UK shoppers link to Creative Labs UK  .
Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
provides over 170 channels of 100% commercial-free music, sports, news, & talk. The XM Satellite Radio receivers (the hardware) sell for from $40 to $200. Subscriptions (the software) are as low as $9.99/Month (with a 3-year contract) to $12.95/Month (with a 3-month contract). You can also subscribe to listen to XM Radio Online for just $2.99/month for six months.
SIRIUS Satellite Radio
is more than 120 channels of 100% commercial-free music, world-class sports, news, talk, and information. SIRIUS delivers content and quality that AM/FM radio can't, with built-in features like seeing the artist and song that is playing on the display.
New and Used Music (and videos)
Buy.com CDs
start at $4.99, with free shipping on many items. No credit card? Buy.com now accepts payment via PayPal. And Buy.com Music Downloads start at $.79 each, with over 622,000 tracks to choose from.
Amazon.com
has very good prices on a multitude of items, including CDs, and they frequently offer a used CD alternative alongside the new price. They have thousands of titles for under $10 at their music outlet, and even offer some free MP3 downloads.
Second Spin
buys and sells used CDs, DVDs, and games.
New Music: imported CDs, genre music, discount CDs...
Walmart Music
has the low prices and wide selection you would expect at any Wal-Mart store. And if any item you order from them does not meet your expectations, you have your choice of returning them to any Walmart store, or by mail (some items such as computer hardware and components, heavy or large items that are identified as oversize on their item description pages and perishable products, such as flowers and food, cannot be returned to a store).
Classical Music Shops
Arkiv Music
is a dedicated source for classical music recordings. You can link directly to buy classical music CDs by Composer or by Conductor. You can also search by performer or catalog # at their website. Their guarantee (see website for details): "If you have received damaged, defective, or incorrectly shipped merchandise, please notify Customer Service within 30 days, and follow the procedures [on their website]. We will gladly replace the merchandise without additional charge, or provide you with a full refund. If you are simply not happy with your ArkivMusic purchase and the merchandise is unopened, we will be glad to exchange it for you." ArkivMusic currently ships products to addresses in the United States only. Their shipping options are: 1st Class US Mail (4-8 business days, PO, APO, & FPO boxes should be OK), Next Day Air, and 2nd Day Air.
Music Clubs, Buy & Sell Music, Videos, Games, & Books
At Your Music
all CDs are just $6.99 each and shipping is always free. Choose from an online catalog of over 14,000 CDs. In addition to having access to the entire catalog of CDs for just $6.99 each with free shipping, subscribers also automatically receive 1 CD a month from their Music Queue as part of their monthly fee. In other words, you must buy at least 1 CD a month, of your choice from the full list, at the $6.99/free-ship price, and you can buy as many more than that as you wish, at the same price. The Music Queue is a list of "must-have" CDs created by the subscriber and can be edited at any time. If you're not satisfied, for any reason, you can cancel your subscription. You do NOT need to buy a minimum number of CDs.
Sheet Music
Music Notes
is the world's largest sheet music store, with a browsable and searchable inventory of over 40,000 digital sheet music titles available for instant download and printout, and over 260,000 mail-order titles. They also provide dozens of free sheet music downloads, with more being added every month, and free music manuscript (staved) paper layouts you can download and print for writing your own compositions.
More Free Sheet Music: The Sheet Music Consortium, hosted by the UCLA Digital Library, provides free online and downloadable scans of old sheet music. For example, a search for "Stephen Foster" produces 129 results. browse
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