Downloading MP3 "Legally": The Tutorial

(Edited on 21 October 2007, 2:07AM)

Hola!

Good Day for everyone who is reading this blog.
I'm finally back with some tutorials here.

People around me, who know me, always ask, where you get this song ?
why any song you also have? P2P software ah? Not dangerous meh?

Now I will be putting some tutorial to download MP3 yourself, and also in a so-called 'legal' way. This is because the method is basically just using files uploaded over the internet.
[Some illustration, you uploaded your whatever work on the net, someone else downloaded it, Who is wrong ? Downloaders? or Uploaders? I feel it's uploader's fault as he/she made it public.]
This may not work with Chinese songs, local songs. English songs which is popular will be a very good target here. (Songs only available on the net if there is someone uploaded it.
More popular songs --> More listeners --> More Uploaders
Some people complained "walao why Chinese songs dun have?". Hello, I'm talking about worldwide stuff. So, answer the question yourself ;) )

This is basically a very simple steps, provided you know how to use search engine correctly, efficiently. (Yes, this is true)

I will use Google for this experiment.

Okay, you are now on Google Homepage. Nothing special here.

Next, you must obviously specify what song you want to download. What format is it. Right?
MP3 is very popular format now, so let's play with it.
The most obvious text to be typed is: (In this case I want to download Foo Fighters - The Pretender)
Foo Fighters The Pretender mp3 download

You might see a lot of results, FREE here and there, with some scamming websites, and you end up giving up the song you wanted right?
It is simply because our search here is too broad.
So what is the solution ?

Nowadays, there are many hosting sites, for files and others.
I will take example www.mediafire.com
Search Engine comes with a special power to specify which specific website we want to search.
Now let's extend what we had just now,
Foo Fighters The Pretender mp3 download site:mediafire.com

Wow, we have just found the song! Let's click the link.

Last step, Save it to your PC / Laptop. As simple as Right Click > Save Target As (IE) or Save Link As (Firefox)

That's it, you can enjoy the song now! :)

*to add accuracy, you can also use "Foo Fighters" for more specific search.

I don't know why I call it legal, but it should be legal, because i personally think those who upload these mp3 are the wrong ones. They made it available to public, we use it. LOL.

Some notes:
* I cannot guarantee 100% success here.
* This is just experimental, based on my observations and experience using computer,internet.
* Once again, the success rate fully depends on people who actually bother to upload the song. I'm not the provider of the song
* If you like this tutorial, do link to this page, appreciate writer's effort to put this up though ;)