Downloading music off the internet used to be a bitch.
It involves weeks going through the gazillions websites listed in search engine results trying to find the exact copy of the music I want that is also free.
Take finding my ideal ringing tone for instance - Whitney singing the National Anthem during Superbowl XXV. I fell in love the version the first time I heard it. Nobody ever sang it better after that.
So I finally found a free copy from this patriotic song website set up for the recent 4th of July celebration but there were some interference in the middle.
Later, after being taught by a colleague, I found a clear copy in YouTube which I first had to download as an FLV file then convert to mp3 with the FLV convertor. The copy had some announcements and applause which were not not what I wanted.
Lucky I work in an office with an arsenal of sound and video editing programs :)
Unfortunately, due to our inexperience using these software, the edited version as not as clear as the original.
FRUSTRATING!!!!!!
Froggy introduced me to LimeWire after I asked her to recommend me some websites as she seems to have a whole collection of songs in her laptop.
"Ai yah why go searching for websites? So mah huan," she said.
LimeWire is a free software that can be downloaded to your computer. Songs are downloaded using the software and not off a website. I downloaded 32 songs the first day after installing the software :D including my ringing tone.
On the down side, not all songs can be downloaded. It really depends on their library. Older songs may not be available, but I did manage to get several versions of "Earth Angel".
If only I had found out about it sooner.
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