How to download music?

16 years ago

Where is a good site to download Free music for background sound on some of my emails?

First do I need to put a file somewhere? Or how can I download on the Media folder?

I am using XP and IE 7

Thanks

Betty in Florida

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
16 years ago
ok Betty what kind of music are you wanting are you just wanting short sound files or are you looking for full songs by specific artists?
There are many file format types that music comes in so you would need to know if there is a specific file format you have to have, for example midi, wav, mp3 etc. If you just want small sound clips you can find a lot of those for free on the web they come in .wav and midi format. If you want real songs you probably want mp3 format.
The main question is where can you download SAFE files that are not infected and also do it legally.

You will need to have a folder on your computer that you will have dedicated to storage of your sound files, XP has such a folder under the MyDocuments area called My Music so you can just store them all there and you will know exactly where to find them.

I will provide a link to a website that has a lot of free.wav files you can just click on any of them to listen to them, they are free, but I always advise once you download it to your pc before you ever click on it there to play it, right click on it first and choose scan file option so that your antivirus program will scan that specific file and make sure it is clean.

this link tells you how to download the files on this site the instructions are how you would save any of these type files.
http://www.ilovewavs.com/DownloadHelp.htm#How
the link below will be the one to the site home page where you can select from different categories of music.

Here is a link that might be useful: I love wavs
grandms
16 years ago
Betty, there are many sites that have free downloads of .midi files, which make good background for e-mails. Some limit themselves to certain kinds of music such as sacred or music of a certain era. Do a google search using the name of a specific song, for example, and be sure to include .midi in the search criteria.
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one site I have used for years is garageband, you will not find todays top artist there but you may find some fabulous as yet unknown artists. I like it because of that, it is different and not something I have heard a thousand times. The artist themselves put their music up on the site to be heard and maybe get a break in the industry if enough people download their music and it has definitely happened to a lot of them. Now not all of the ones there have free downloads but many do and there are a lot of categories of music. I have been a member for several years, you can also help by doing the ratings of songs and artists. GarageBand, totally legal personally anytime I download anything to one of my windows machines I just make a habit of right click and scan file prior to opening, it is a good habit to have. Never seen anything bad from garageband downloads
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steve_o OK! I don't listen to the radio very much- but when I do, I listen to FM. I have a few Cd- but usually I lisen to them in the car- even that is rare. I seem to go in 'waves'. I really don't care about color- it just has to look decent in my living area. Cost? I guess around $300- I can't see spending a bunch for something that I don't use much- but then again, if I find something I like, maybe I'll use it more. We only have about 4 radio stations here- most are country western, which I don't like- maybe that is why I don't use a radio much.... (I have an Teac- or maybe it is Awia(sp)in my nice warm winter place that I am not at this year- I'm here, freezing the rear end off. Anyway it is either Teac or Awia, but I don't listen to it down there either, and there are lots of stations there!) The one down south is so difficult for me to use- because I rarely use it, every time I do, I need the manuel just to use the cd! Hope this helps. We only have Big Box stores in the nearest bigger city, so limited choices. Thanks.
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grandms
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Betty, I forgot to mention that I made a folder in My Documents that I named midi files and that's where I download the midi files to keep. You can keep them wherever they are most convenient for your use, but a separate folder is best.
betty_the_villages
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16 years ago
Thanks to all of you...you have been a great help...smile!
God Bless!
Betty in Florida

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