Ok, the Limewire ride is over… RIAA convinced some judge to stepped in and crushed it all for most of us…
Take notice that I said MOST.
As for me, Limewire has been a bane of my music existence since the days of Kazaa; the virus-loaded peer to peer (p2p) program back in the days when downloading music was the norm. Sure, Limewire was great for getting some music that was big on the charts, but what about the hits that have yet hit the airwaves? Now that Limewire has been put on ice, you either have to buy the expensive CD or pay for it through iTunes.
Well not me…. I still have a few tricks up my sleeves.
My usual method was to use a program called Bittorrent, which is great for things that I think is better not mentioned in this blog (hint, hint). The only downfall is that this is still a p2p-based system and can be tracked, and you may have the Sheriff Department or the cops delivering a court notice to you. However, I about to give the most of you the golden goose of music downloading… You Tube.
Yeah, I know…You Tube is for videos, but with the right set of programs, it is also a great source for music! So grab a pen and paper, because I am giving you the road map to Holy Grail of getting music! All I ask is that you don’t put this on blast, or throw me under the bus… this is how I have been get my music for a little over a year now, clean and free.
First, and most important, you need a program called the You Tube Downloader (http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html). This program is designed to download videos you like to your home computer. All you have to do is copy the url ( the address bar, for those who still don’t know) of the page the video is on and paste it in the downloader. If the video isn’t copyright protected, which most aren’t, it will download the video to the file of your choice. Just make sure that the video you choose is clean and clear, you don’t want no shitty sounding video, or one with somebody using a video camera to record it on.
Next you need a program called AoA Audio Extractor (http://download.cnet.com/AoA-Audio-Extractor/3000-2170_4-10605079.html). This program pulls the audio from the video you just downloaded from You Tube, and converts it to the famous .mp3 format. The free version only extracts 3 videos at a time, but it extracts them so fast, you really don’t need to purchase the full version. After that… well I am sure you know what to do from there. Just make sure you delete the videos, they take up a lot of space.
So, my way of getting new music is like this:
Music source: Pandora, Slacker or XM Radio… then,
YouTube: Find the video of the song that was played on the music source (oh it’s there, trust me) put it into your Videos Folder… after that,
YouTube Downloader: Copy the link to the video into the downloader and download it into a folder for the AOA audio extractor… and finally,
AoA Audio Extractor: Turns the video into the .mp3 format. Place in your music folder.
CAUTION: MAKE SURE YOU SET THE AUDIO SAMPLE RATE TO 44100!!! THIS IS THE STANDARD RATE TO MOST MP3 PLAYERS!!!!
This is the fastest way I have found to get music without crossing legal boundries; but soon this will become illegal once more people start catching on, so start collecting as fast as possible.
Like I said before, my gift to you. Just don’t put it on blast…
…or throw me under a bus.
'chuss.
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