Slip Into Napster for Music

The Napster people had something of a rocky start as the location where music enthusiasts could find each other and, using Napster’s amazing technology, trade their music files over the Internet, even before the world wide web had come along.  No money was ever exchanged.  In a way, it was just like selling illegal bootleg compact discs except that nobody made any income from it.  In fact it was the free part of the model that angered the recording artists and record labels.  Eventually Napster settled with the recording industry, with a huge financial award at Napster’s expense.  They learned their lesson well enough to completely change their business model.

Napster, the same company that started as just a vehicle for peer-to-peer music exchanges, has now become the owner of the largest music catalog on the Internet, with over seven million titles.  While it is not free, as it was in the wild days of the early Internet, it is still an amazing bargain.  The site provides what is widely regarded as the greatest bargain for music fans with a three month introductory subscription, with renewals at the same low rates.  I suspect you’ll renew, but the three months will give you a good taste of the service.

For a remarkably low price, you receive five download credits and special bonus download credits as a subscription bonus.  Included in the plan is the reason that most people subscribe in the first place–unlimited (!) streaming music.  You can listen to entire albums or even the entire catalog of their various artists of your favorites.  They have over a thousand pre-made mix lists, and those are interactive.  They even have a streaming radio station.

The downloads you choose can be played on any MP3 compatible device, including a number of lesser know brands plus the extremely popular Ipod and Zune players.  A lot of newer cell phones have built in MP3 players and sufficient memory to hold a number of your favorite selections, as well.

You have unrestricted rights to these recordings, so you can move them around to different devices that you own.  You can even burn a CD for yourself.

Any musical genre you can think of is well represented.  I’m sure you’ll find your favorite on the list, unless you are like me and listen to music from a wide variety of genres.  The list is huge, but a few of the genres are jazz, pop, rock, Christian, children, comedy, country and the list goes on….

You can surround yourself with your own selected music and never repeat a song for three months for only fifteen dollars at Napster.com.  Where can you find that much pleasure at that price?