Buying iphone music can quickly blow our budgets. As a music lover I was finding the cost a real barrier to my passion for expanding my music library. So I did some research and found there are basically three ways we can get music for free (or nearly for free!)
1) Search the internet for sites that have free music. This can be a lot of fun because many of these sites provide musicians with a way to get "discovered" by us. So we can be among the first to find a new talent!
Sites like sounclick have a good selection of artists that provide free music. The music is provided under "creative commons license" - which just means that the musician is willing to let you download their music for free - and even, in some cases, let you remix or make other changes to it. One way to get a unique ring tone perhaps (how to do that is covered on my squidoo lens - the link to it is at the bottom of this article)
You will also need a good iPhone converter. I recommend you Broadband Internet Access to sites like download.com as they do guarantee that they have checked the software for spyware and viruses. They also often have free software of software you can try for free. There are iPhone converters reviewed there.
2) Hunt around the internet for sites (other than Apple) that sell iPhone music on a per song basis (these can be hard to find, but Napster is planning to provide music for iPhone child internet safety later this year, so keep checking them out).
Obviously, there is iTunes! But, at around $1 a song, it does not take long to have spent your budget (you DO have a budget right? - because it is real easy to overspend when you pay out only $1 at a time -believe me I have been there!) One of the problems with iTunes is the limits on sharing and even playing the music on other devices.
3) Use subscription sites where you pay a fee and then can download an almost infinite selection of music.
There are a range of sites that offer different subscription options. We recommend the pay-once-to-join option as this works out to be the cheapest membership option (and also works out cheaper than buying one piece of music at a time).
(Musicstation is not available for US users but is an example of a pay as you go membership site and at $6US (3UK pounds) a week the costs soon mount up and by the end of 12 months we are looking at 52x6= $322 (156UK pounds) - so don't be sucked in by the slick look of sites like this!)
If you download as much music as I do - I currently have a library of Voip Malaysia songs/instrumentals - then it does not take long before the subscription option becomes the best option. On subscription, downloading all these songs only cost 13cents each. And the more music is downloaded, the cheaper each one costs!
But, be warned - downloading iPhone music can be addictive!
Did you find this information useful? The author has identified the best sites to get free iPhone music downloads on the internet. He runs a website at http://www.squidoo.com/free-apple-iphone-music-downloads
