Digital Music 101
So, you’re a digital music newbie, and you’re desperate to hear music online without downloading any new software or files. You’re in the right place. This article will show you how to do just that.
Listen, the methods people have used to listen to their choice of music has changed dramatically. In the 60′s vinyl was the only way to go. In the 70′s cassette tapes came around, and in the 80′s we moved on to compact discs. Conclusively, in the 90′s and 00′s the online world adopted music, and we started downloading mp3′s. These ways of listening to music took cash, time, and attention. That’s not mentioning storage, physical or digital, all this music took up a lot of space! Not any longer. These days, music is available with a press of a mouse. All hosted in the cloud, it’s totally free, takes up no space, and it’s super easy. You can’t click a mouse a few times? You’ve got bigger problems buddy.
Still, even today, you have to know where to go to attain this free and easy music. That’s the objective of this material, to explain to you on the many ways you can listen to music online while not requiring a download. Quick and easy.
What do we suggest to listen to music without downloading? Keep reading for some suggestions.
1. Pandora is probably the best one, and thus first on our list. As one of the first sites to provide truly free streaming music, they have a head start and it’s plain to see why they’ve attracted so many fans. Pandora is a radio station at heart, but it’s better than any radio station you’ve ever heard. Not AM or FM, Pandora is YouM
2. Soundcloud is a relatively new Berlin based site that is targeted at musicians and gives them a sweet audio player that they can add on any of their sites. Fans of the artist can thenhear the music from anywhere it’s embedded, you can even embed it yourself on one of your own sites.
3. Hype Machine is a site that is one of a kind in showcasing music that is fashionable with music bloggers. So, if you want to be down with what the hipsters are rocking, use Hype Machine.