I know you guys are the fonts of all knowledge so I'll ask here. I've done a search which took me to
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=166846 but that hasn't really told me much!
Small writing for the backstory:
When me and my ex parted company 16 years, 3 months and 12 days ago, she took all the CDs. I intended to simply trawl a few second hand shops
to replenish the ones I wanted. That never happened as the replacement swmbo (who moved in 16 years, 3 months and 13 days ago) brought all her own
music with her..... Not to my taste but as she was new, I smiled and put up with it. Then she did a baby so any music was Disney, nursery rhymes,
Postman Fekin Pat, Tweenies, ect.....just as that unit was starting to listen to proper music, swmbo did another baby...... Collectively, swmbo and
the kids have a very wide genre of music. Tubbs (11) is a Beach Boys to Status Quo fan (thanks to FiL). Dort (7) is anything dancey and current. Swmbo
is a classical musician and music teacher so what she listens to gets played over and over and over again so she can write out the scores as sheet
music to teach her pupils. I can probably subconsciously quote dozens of songs I've never heard of.... Meanwhile, I'm drowning in
sounds.
So, where do I find all my 80's/90's music? Free would be nice but I don't mind paying. I'm not looking for a monthly sub as once
I have all my old tunes on board, I doubt I'll be downloading newer stuff.
TIA. :-)
Personally I use Apple Music as the family subscription allow me to supply 6 members of my family with all the music they can eat for £14.99 a month.
But I understand you don't want to subscribe to anything.
So I would just suggest iTunes itself as they have pretty much everything you could want and it's really cheap. That said, you might pick up some
80's or 90's bundles either in iTunes or Amazon or supermarkets that might get you started.
There are obviously "free" options out there but I tend to pay my way because as a software developer I make my living from digital goods
and it seems only fair to not rip off other digital goods creators.
Cheers,
Craig.
If you "do" torrents, I can send you an invitation to probably the best private torrent site around if you like ?
Everything is on YouTube and you can download everything from singles to albums totally for free in seconds. Just look around at the free download
online sites. Done this for years and have sooo much music.
[Edited on 20/9/16 by Mr Whippy]
Most is on youtube. Download YTD. The software is good just be careful installing and updating as it tries to bundle extra software (harmless) when asking you to accept what you think is just the generic things you have accept when installing.
I use songr, finds what I want and stuff I have forgotten about. Easy to use. just type songr into your browser and download the version you want. Will play the results so you can check it's what you want and downloads into sub folder songr in the music folder. Free too.
Cheers guys.
I'll swerve the torrent for now and play with YTD.
If this thread is anything to go by, I can certainly see why the music industry is struggling to survive...
Interesting article I read earlier today: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/20/apple-music-aid-music-industry/
I don't think anyone has mentioned Vevo yet - I quite like just using the Vevo app on my Apple TV to stream music videos. There are occasional
adverts in there but the video and audio quality is excellent and it's quite cool to see some of the old music vids from your youth! I used to
love Alice Cooper's 'Poison' when I was a teen! 
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Originally posted by owelly
When me and my ex parted company 16 years, 3 months and 12 days ago, she took all the CDs. I intended to simply trawl a few second hand shops to replenish the ones I wanted. That never happened as the replacement swmbo (who moved in 16 years, 3 months and 13 days ago
If it is for use in the home (not mobile) and you don't mind the odd advert then a free subscription to Spotify may do the job. if you want to use them on an ipod or phone (tracks downloaded but will delete after 30 days iirc) and don't want advert then it is £10 per month (£5 per month with an NUS card for students).
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Originally posted by loggyboy
Most is on youtube. Download YTD. The software is good just be careful installing and updating as it tries to bundle extra software (harmless) when asking you to accept what you think is just the generic things you have accept when installing.
might be worth a quick circuit of the charity shops and getting original cd's
If you want originl CD's etc., then trawl the charity shops, eBay, MusicMagpie, Amazon for used stuff - can probably get a lot of stuff picked up
on the cheap there.
But the other option, if you're happy with digital copies on a computer, is to beg/steal/borrow (less of the middle option) CD's from
friends and family, and rip them to your computer via iTunes or similar. Then you've got them all under one roof.
Mirc
http://www.mirc.co.uk/
Connect to undernet and channel #mp3passion
Type @find and whatever song and your away....