Feels Like A Radio Station
I have been digging through the database at my local library searching for musical groups, albums and individual songs that I like. It started with me loading my current CD collection on my computer. It made for great listening just picking a group or album or just playing them randomly. Once I went through my collection, I started hearing other songs that I wanted and started buying CD’s from E-bay. That was a bit pricey and I was stumped about how to proceed. They I took my son to the local library and discovered that they had a nice music collection there. Unfortunately, I exhausted the local ones rather quickly. Shortly after that, I discovered library sharing.
I started making a list of the albums and musicians that I enjoyed. From there I would scan the database to get what I wanted. I still have about 30 that I cannot find in their system so eventually I will have to fork over some cash to complete my collection. What is nice is you order them from all over the state and they are delivered directly to the local library. You check them out and transfer them and take them back. In the mean time, your collection continues to grow. As of yesterday, I was up to 94 hours of music. Figuring that 96 hours is 4 days and I still have at least two more days to copy, I will have a boat load of play time.
I will probably end up buying the songs I cannot get on line. I know that it is a different format than the CD but it is cheaper to do it that way if you only want one song off of the album. It is even cheaper to buy the whole album for under $10 on line as opposed to $13 and up from a store. If you only want one song, it is usually $0.99. Now some would say that I have not purchased the songs and am therefore doing this illegally. I would say that since we just passed a levy to support the library, I lend financial support to the library and am a part owner. That gives me the right to copy the music since I already own it. As long as I don’t trade or sell the songs or play them for financial gain, no harm, no foul. Rock on.
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Cobb
I started making a list of the albums and musicians that I enjoyed. From there I would scan the database to get what I wanted. I still have about 30 that I cannot find in their system so eventually I will have to fork over some cash to complete my collection. What is nice is you order them from all over the state and they are delivered directly to the local library. You check them out and transfer them and take them back. In the mean time, your collection continues to grow. As of yesterday, I was up to 94 hours of music. Figuring that 96 hours is 4 days and I still have at least two more days to copy, I will have a boat load of play time.
I will probably end up buying the songs I cannot get on line. I know that it is a different format than the CD but it is cheaper to do it that way if you only want one song off of the album. It is even cheaper to buy the whole album for under $10 on line as opposed to $13 and up from a store. If you only want one song, it is usually $0.99. Now some would say that I have not purchased the songs and am therefore doing this illegally. I would say that since we just passed a levy to support the library, I lend financial support to the library and am a part owner. That gives me the right to copy the music since I already own it. As long as I don’t trade or sell the songs or play them for financial gain, no harm, no foul. Rock on.
Icool
Cobb
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