Insider tips for Getting High Quality Online Audio Music

As of last year, there are over 100 million paid Spotify subscribers. While streaming is one of the most popular ways to access online audio, it’s far from the only way.

There are several different ways you can access high quality digital music, download it, and listen to it whenever you want.

In this guide, we’ll take a look at some of the most popular ways to download music online. Ready to get started? Grab your headphones and read on!

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Buying Music From iTunes or Another Digital Retailer

One of the most popular ways to download online audio is by buying it from a digital retailer. After the collapse of Napster back in the early 00s, retailers started to understand that there was a huge potential market for digital music.

There are a massive number of diverse music stores online but three of the most popular are iTunes, Amazon, and Google Music. The procedure is the same no matter which one you buy your music from.

You’ll search for the song, pay for it with your debit card or store credit, then you can download it and put it on your devices. Depending on the retailer, you may be subject to DRM measures. For instance, you might only be able to download each song once.

However, if you buy from certain stores, like Bandcamp, the music should be DRM free. Speaking of Bandcamp, you can often find music that’s completely free and legal, posted by new and upcoming bands.

Using File Sharing to Find Online Audio

If you want access to the widest range of online audio, you should take a look at some of the wide range of file sharing apps. One of the most popular file sharing protocols, Bittorrent, generates a huge amount of the world’s internet traffic.

While using file sharing programs can seem difficult, it doesn’t need to be. Let’s take a look at how to use some of the most popular ones.

Accessing Torrents

Accessing torrents is very easy. You need to find a site that lists torrents, such as The Pirate Bay or 1337x, search for the music you want to download and download the torrent file.

This tiny file tells your computer how to download the files from other users. This is why it’s called peer-to-peer file sharing.

There is a huge selection of music and movie downloads available on the internet and contrary to popular belief, they’re not necessarily illegal. Unsigned bands may upload music to these services to spread their names. You can also find royalty-free music that’s now in the public domain.

While you can illegally download copyrighted works, you don’t need to. You can easily avoid this and we would recommend that you do.

Soulseek

If you want to access other peoples’ huge collections and download almost anything in any format that you could care to name, we would recommend Soulseek. This client is what Napster used to be back in the day: you can find any songs that you want and download them directly from other users.

You will be expected to share your own music with other users. This is good etiquette and we would recommend that you do.

Depending on the other user’s upload and download speeds, downloading songs on Soulseek can take a very long time or be very fast. You are guaranteed to find everything on this service, however.

Gnutella

If you remember the glory days of Limewire, then rejoice! These services haven’t gone anywhere, even if Limewire isn’t what it once was. As in the old days, you can log on, search for your music of choice, and download it.

Saving Music From Spotify

If you’re a Spotify subscriber but want to access your music offline, then you’re in luck. You can save music from Spotify and access it offline.

To save this music, you’ll need to go to the album that you want to download and hit the little download symbol. It looks like a small arrow pointing down in a circle.

The songs will then download. Accessing them offline is as simple as going into offline mode in settings and then going to the album’s page again.

You can download as much music as you have space for and access it whenever and wherever. This makes it perfect for flights or any other time where you won’t have any cell signal.

Converting Youtube Videos to MP3s

So you want to access high quality online audio but don’t want to download any file sharing apps or pay for a subscription. What can you do? The answer lies with using a YouTube to MP3 converter.

This lets you rip the audio from Youtube videos and then save it as an MP3. The process usually takes seconds and you can then put the music onto any device that you like.

As MP3 is an incredibly popular audio format, you shouldn’t have any problem using these files on the device of your choice.

The audio quality of the file will depend on the quality of the video, so we would recommend only using high quality videos for the best sound quality.

Go and Find Your Favorite Music

Finding online audio with great sound quality doesn’t have to be difficult. Using any of these methods can get you all the music that you’ll ever need!

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