Broadband And Cell Phones Have Become A Gateway To Constant Music

Through most of the last century can you imagine what would have happened to some poor guy who speculated that someday we would use the same instrument to call our business colleagues and play our favorite music.  Yet, most new cell phones can do just that, especially the mobile phones carried by younger people.

Imagine trying to explain the Internet to someone as recently as the 1970′s.  I tried…unsuccessfully.  Even into the 1990s, our current Internet speeds with broadband connections would have seemed like a distant dream.  Yet, today, most of us connect using broadband services.  High quality streaming music to our computers has moved well beyond the pipe dream stage long ago–well, I guess, it hasn’t really been all that long.

Napster, the same business that started as just a vehicle for peer-to-peer music exchanges, has transformed itself into the holder of the largest music catalog on the entire Internet–over seven million titles and still growing.  While it is not free, as it was in the wild days of the early Internet, it is still an amazing bargain.  They offer various plans, but the best all around deal is a three month membership, which can be renewed if you still haven’t satisfied your music thirst.  Three months will give you a good sense of what the service has to offer, and I strongly suspect that you’ll decide to renew.  A lot of people have maintained a membership for years.

For the widely recommended three month plan you get five download credits per month plus bonus credits.  Included in the plan is the reason that most people subscribe in the first place–unlimited (!) streaming music.  You can listen to the entire catalogs of your favorite artists or, if you prefer, entire albums of a variety of artists.  They have over a thousand pre-made mix lists, and those are interactive.  There are streaming radio stations, too.

The music that you select to download as part of your subscription can be played on any MP3 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.

With your three month membership downloads, you receive unrestricted rights, so you can put your music onto various of your players.  You can even use your software to create your own CD.

There is a huge list of musical genres.  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….

All of this is just $15 for the three months of delightful musical saturation at Napster.com.  Where can you find that much pleasure at that price?

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