Sound #26 Making (or Listening) to Music Together:

I did visit each music networking site listed and looks like what they offer are ways to allow people who are really into music to get even more into music! Now I see how it happens that people can add music into their facebook and other accounts.

Since I share the same carrier for my cell phone as other family members, I thought I would sign up for Phling!, but really was not wild about my cell phone number being on the application, so opted instead to join Mog. Sorry to say, but don’t really think I’ll be using Mog, either. Boy, do I feel old! (But informed!)

Sound #25 Am I a music pirate?

First of all, let me make one thing clear – I am not a music pirate! I am quite content listening to whatever comes on the radio, so this exercise was truly new for me.

I did have difficulty following the directions from Harriet, but then again, it was all new. With the help of a coworker, I did download my saved song to a cd. (Seems like the options to click were in different places than shown on the directions, but I know that all it takes is one misstep and poof! you’re on a different screen.)

Occasionally, I’ll save something to a cd and of course, listen to music or books on cd.

The discussion about sharing music online and copyright is very interesting. I can certainly understand the benefit that musicians and songwriters get from strict copyright enforcement and tend to agree with them – they do need to make a living. Enforcement is just a very difficult thing.

Sound #24 The Sound of Music

I looked at the different types of pay sites for downloadable music –starting prices ran from $6.00/month (Yahoo Music) to $12.99/mo (Rhapsody). Napster had the least impressive webpage, especially compared to Yahoo, which sucks you in with all the interesting things to click on. I don’t have an Ipod, so ITunes did not have a lot of appeal. Rhapsody had some possibilties…

I downloaded the song, “Sing Again” by Chris Walla to the computer and then to a MP3 player and checked to see that KILT (the station I play in the car while commuting) does allow listening through their website.

I was blown away (again!) by the options provided through the internet for sound. Downloading was painless and I’m glad I went through the process to see what all the fuss (music downloading) has been all about.