Choosing the best online music service

Choosing the best online music service Well, it's time for me to finally say goodbye to my portable disc player, and participate in the laptop and the online music revolution. Well, the revolution is not so new, neither is my team, but as I wade through the sea of options to download music, listen and buy music online, more and more anxious to get my feet and finally, altered by a dip. But I happen to be somewhat 'more practical than that. So I spent a considerable amount of time in recent weeks trying to determine what is best for my lifestyle, my wallet and my computer. The first thing I noticed in the search for the music service is that things seemed to run much smoother with a broadband connection (and most services seem to indicate that from the get go). Like my CD Walkman, it is time for me to lose my old dial-up for the online experience. This actually proved to work in my favor, as my company gave me the lead of a good deal on high speed, and even threw in a discount on the cost of my cable TV. Now that I have "linked" to an acceptable speed on the Web, I had to determine what he was trying to get out of the experience of online music. After an intense melodic soul searching, I realized that the only thing that separates me from the perennially hip is probably the kind of music you are looking for, and how long they wanted to devote to the search for music online. The guy that sits next to me has a 60 GB iPod, and complains that it is almost full. It 'more than seven thousand songs. I do not know that I have lived long enough to listen to many songs. My needs were simple. I had an MP3 player still in the box by two Christmas' ago, and pledged to hold over 500 songs. That would be perfect for me, at least in the short term. Here's what I wanted in my new experience of online music? I want to listen to music on my PC in my car or my MP3 player? Yes to all three. I do not want to listen to the radio while I was on my PC? Again, yes. I want to trade music with others in line for a Napster-like? Eh, that scares me a little ', and I decided to open my file with strangers made me feel dirty, so I put one on hold. My next stop for the determination of how to "online music" is the price. I have searched dozens of sites and services, but fell to my three main attractions: AOL Music Now, iTunes and Rhapsody music service (provided by Real Networks). I had AOL, so I signed up to date on their products for $ 8.99/month music (which, in addition to their Inteet service provider a monthly fee). I had the opportunity to download songs, listen to while "out" and record on a CD or transfer them to my MP3 player for an additional fee for each song. Seemed to be the norm in most services. Now the music is a follow-up original AOL Music Net, which I liked because he was better at running on the local machine and the new Web-based music is now much longer. AOL has also partnered with iTunes, so that may be of AOL, but iTunes, then you're actually launches the application in iTunes. E 'of confusion. If I want my songs to my MP3 player, the monthly payment jumps to $ 14.95 a month, and if I put on a CD, and other fee of 99 cents per song. This is too much money for me. I usually buy one or two CDs a month, and that it would be cheaper than the online service. Not to mention what must be a member of AOL (more money per month) for use. I intend to AOL Music Now. In iTunes. Well, there is no monthly fee iTunes. Love it. And I can buy songs for 99 cents for each song. Love that too. But wait. I have an iPod, iTunes and the songs in MP4 format owner. Ugh. The iPod is cheaper over there is about $ 99 (no monthly fee for both), and is not the model I would select. I like my MP3 player. If you already have an iPod, may be the route I would go, but Apple tends to be very hard, and I hate being tied to one supplier, and the player format. There is also a limit to what you can share songs online. I feel even if the song, I am what I do with it. Goodbye brother. Rhapsody music service from Real Networks. So far the least expensive. $ 9.99 per month, and this is unlimited access to over 1.3 million songs. I had to pay the additional cost of 99 cents if I want to bu to CD or transfer to my MP3, but it is the industry standard for payment of the artists, and the monthly fee is less than five U.S. dollars per month than AOL. Most music is available as a broader support and my MP3 songs are wrest the transfer or share with my other computers on my home network. Like the other two, I can not listen to the radio live on my pc, but I love the freedom I have with Rhapsody Music Service. I have not been met, and the music is mine. Now I know how to download music and chose the Rhapsody music service, are on track to enter the new world of portable digital music. I bued several CDs for my car, but with a twist of the old man is currently favorite songs and recently moved my old MP3 player for the long weekend on horseback. Now I have to start looking for a replacement for my recorder. And then to top!