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Download songs on the Internet are now one of the most common ways people get their music. The technology used to listen to music over the years has evolved dramatically. The music industry has gone from records, to cassettes, to CD's, and now to the digital age of MP3's. Downloading music has become extremely common since it is easy to sync downloaded music libraries with MP3 player and other mobile devices that nearly everyone has nowadays. Even though some people still enjoy purchasing records and CD's, it is clear that downloading music online is here to stay.
People have been getting their music from the Web for many years now, but they way they do it has changed a lot. Free downloads of music were once extremely common and popular. The music business, though, has fought many legal battles with websites and web based services that gave out copyrighted music for free. While there are still a few in existence, this is no longer the primary method in which people get their music online.
Paid download songs which are perfectly legal and totally sanctioned by the music industry and artists are available from a variety of sources. You may even use a music player on your PC that allows you to automatically connect to an online music store. Many sites give you the chance to check out their library of artists and songs. If you just want one or two songs, you can download them; you may also choose to get an entire album from an artist you like.
You can often find low prices on the music you get online that actually makes it cheaper to buy that way than purchasing a CD. There are a variety of expenses related to producing CD's, packaging them, and shipping them, but those costs do not exist with online download stores so they can offer lower prices. Many sites also permit you to preview music before you buy it, which can help you decide if you want to spend money on an album or not.
Many people like to download songs by popular artists that they may have seen on television or heard on the radio. What if you only want to buy one song instead of a whole album's worth of music? While this was not possible in the age of CD's, you can pick and choose exactly which songs you want to buy when you download your music online. You don't have to blow money on download songs as you can pick only the songs you like best.
