finding a song

leon · #1 31-10-2009, 10:19 PM

Hi Guys, I'm not really very music minded, but there is the rare occasion that I might like to fine a song from years ago and add it to my music file.

Is there a site where one might be able to download a particular song for free.

Many Thanks.

Leon

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #2 31-10-2009, 10:21 PM

Generally no, Leon. Most music is copyrighted for a very long time, which seems to grow longer and longer everytime the RIAA lobbies the paid and corrupt US government. What song was it out of curiousity?

Dave

koputai (Jason) · #3 31-10-2009, 11:07 PM

There are many nefarious ways of obtaining music from the past that isn't readily available through legal (read profitable) means. However, if you want to be legal, you can usually (not always) find what you want on a second hand CD on an interweb auction site such as the big E.
What are you after Leon, maybe one of us around here have it that we can send you (well, legally we could possibly sing it over the phone to you!)

Cheers,
Jason.

taminga16 (Greg) · #4 01-11-2009, 08:01 AM

Hi Leon,

I am with Jason, what is the title?

Greg.

vindictive666 (John) · #5 01-11-2009, 11:21 AM

try www.youtube.com

regards john

styleman333 · #6 01-11-2009, 01:07 PM

Leon

Try limewire matey , its what i use ..... the song will be there and yes its free. Can hold some viruses but as long as u got good virus scanners u will be fine

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #7 01-11-2009, 01:16 PM

yeh gods, Limewire? Leon - NEVER use that crap. NEVER. Please, just trust me on this, never.

Dave

styleman333 · #8 01-11-2009, 01:25 PM

Well ive used limewire now for at least 6 years and never had a problem ...

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #9 01-11-2009, 01:28 PM

and I've worked in the industry for a good Ten years and seen nothing but problems. To each their own.

Dave

joe_smith · #10 01-11-2009, 01:43 PM

Our library has a good collection of CD's and they can get some more of them in from other library's in the area, have you tried yours

leon · #11 01-11-2009, 03:05 PM

Many thanks guys I think the secondhand music shops may be the way to go, I wasn't after anything in particular at this point in time, but occasionally do look for a song that may suit my needs.

Thanks again.

Leon

Outbackmanyep · #12 01-11-2009, 07:28 PM

I was using Limewire until it got full of bots......i discarded it and now i rely on other family members to send me stuff! lol

Jen · #13 01-11-2009, 10:35 PM

gday Leon yep ive used Limewire for years Love it
But if you want to you can download legally direct from ITUNES but they are not for free. Or u can have a chat to ya best buddy Jen she has over 10,000 songs on her computer

GeoffW1 (Geoff) · #14 01-11-2009, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by styleman333

Leon

Try limewire matey , its what i use ..... the song will be there and yes its free. Can hold some viruses but as long as u got good virus scanners u will be fine

Look out, you will soon be pelted with fresh cow pats

I got in big trouble

for mentioning this very illegal thing here recently. I admit rightly so.

Cheers

Astro78 · #15 01-11-2009, 11:16 PM

I heard of some cutting edge software that was patented a while back that allows you to hum the tune and they nail it for you....now what was it

barx1963 (Malcolm) · #16 01-11-2009, 11:47 PM

Avoid Limewire like the plague, in fact, I would catch plague to avoid it. Full of nasties, Had someone use it on a work computer once, ended up wiping the hard drive to get rid of the nasties and starting again.

bojan · #17 02-11-2009, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leon

Hi Guys, I'm not really very music minded, but there is the rare occasion that I might like to fine a song from years ago and add it to my music file.

Is there a site where one might be able to download a particular song for free.

Many Thanks.

Leon

Leon, welcome to the club

When a song starts to "play in my head" I try to write down couple of key words from lyrics.. then I google this (accompanied with keyword "lyrics").
Very often after that I know the name of the song and the band.. the rest is up to you

(and youtube, perhaps..)
Of course, Gold 104.3 and Vega 91.5 help a lot..
During this process it occurred to me that if I hear on the radio something good and don't know what it was, it turns out to be Fleetwood Mack !
Once, I found a second hand record in a foreign shop.. bought it by credit card and stated the address of a friend who lives nearby.. then he made mp3 for me. I did not want to bother with postage :-)

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #18 02-11-2009, 07:33 AM

I'm with Jen here - and use iTunes. Even if you don't have a Mac or an iPhone, iTunes on your PC is a very good tool to find music with. Once you've searched for it and come up with relevant hits, you can sample 30 or so seconds of each track to see if it is what you were looking for. If you like it it's only a buck or two to download legally.

I have trouble understanding why people won't pay for music and begrudge the artists their measly asking price. You're not being asked to pay for an entire CD these days, at over $30 - you can buy just the song you like. Two bucks - big deal! The artists are worth supporting properly - how else do they make a living and stay recording if their audience blatantly rips them off by downloading their blood sweat and tears for free over LimeWire? I don't believe for a second that anyone here can't afford two bucks and pay for a song legally. "Can't" and "won't" are two different things. Music recordings that that are either old enough or that have been bequeathed to the public domain may be downloaded for free, which is wonderful.

Another BRILLIANT development of late is music recognition software like "Shazam" on the iPhone (and maybe others by now). You fire up the application, hit the button and point your phone at a source of music - the radio, TV, over the loudspeakers in a shopping mall, etc and the phone samples the music passage it hears for a few seconds and digitises it. It then connects to the database and uploads the passage, where it's analysed and comes back (pretty reliably I might add) with a result. You can then hear it to make sure it's what you sampled along with its details. You can then pay your buck ninety nine and download it on iTunes - all automagically. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

Octane (Humayun) · #19 02-11-2009, 09:05 AM

+1 for Shazam.

I listen to some pretty obscure stuff and it manages to ID tracks when I test it at home.

The first time I used it was in a busy shopping centre at lunch time. I was amazed it was able to recognise the track being played over all the fraccas.

Regards,
Humayun

leon · #20 02-11-2009, 12:24 PM

Hey guys, now I'm not trying do do anything that I shouldn't, I just didn't know if it were possible to get free music on the web, so to speak.

Think I might just see where this goes.

Leon