Let's face it, there's nothing worse than buying an entire CD after you've heard a single good song on the radio, only to find out that that song is the only decent track on the album. That problem doesn’t apply to you when you take part in an Internet-based wave that is sweeping the industry. downloads that allow you to pick from among thousands of songs – singles – that sound great. And you can pick them one by one.

The Internet offers instant gratification for those who want to buy and listen to music. You now don't need to leave your house. If you hear a great song on the radio, you can log onto one of these sites and download it within seconds. It is just really easy to use and the sounds great. Even more importantly, perhaps, every major record label is on board with Internet finally, and a significant number of independent labels are coming on board.

Many single tracks are encoded in Windows Media Audio (WMA) format at a bit rate of 192 kilobits per second (kbps). This is a smaller file with a much higher quality than most MP3-encoded files at 128 kbps. And the is supposed to be a perfect copy from the master, so users will not need to download 20 songs to find the right one, only to find the end of the song cut off.

Most Windows-based computers should be able to play digital files. That is, 233 MHz with 64 megabytes

5thEye @ 01/07/2009 08:41 PM : Re: Untitled albums...
I completely agree.
velvet_elvis81 @ 01/07/2009 08:39 PM : Re: Predicted rating not working?
What's the "recommended" bold text? Does that mean our individual recommended albums are gonna be bolded on the artist page? Because that would be excellent.
Ezreal @ 01/07/2009 08:35 PM : Re: Medieval significance in Metal Music???
It's a romanticization of knights engaging in epic battles, as well as a heavy dose of mythology. Battles with dragons, Viking raiders, pale warriors with large swords (and often larger codpieces) rescuing scantily clad maidens - all male fantasy stuff. However, like the poster above me said, it is a relatively small amount of metal groups that headed in this direction. They just seemed to have the best t-shirts and album covers.
Kronz @ 01/07/2009 08:34 PM : Re: The Lindsey Buckingham Appreciation Society
I don't know the answer to that, but funny you mention The Dance, I've just been listening to the DVD version. It's been 11 years or more since I saw it on TV, so it's kind of like it's new again. The versions of "Go Insane" and "Big Love" are mesmerizing. I am definitely going to be getting the DVD now.
lalind @ 01/07/2009 08:34 PM : Re: I made a list of my favorite singles...
I am very glad to see some of my favorites on your list as Space, The Flirts, Sweet, The Knack "My Sharona", The Shangrilas, Giorgio Moroder and more. But we are not musically twins :)
Torc @ 01/07/2009 08:34 PM : Untitled albums...
I found [http://rateyourmusic.com/board_message/message_id_is_1555897_and_board_id_is_2_and_find_is_1555897#msg1555897,this] discussion about untitled tracks, which makes sense. Should the same logic be applied to untitled albums? That is, an album without a title should be called [b][untitled][/b], while an album intentionally named [b]Untitled[/b] would be capitalized without brackets.
brooky1969 @ 01/07/2009 08:33 PM : Re: The Lindsey Buckingham Appreciation Society
^ Appears to be a Rick Turner guitar probably. There's a pic at the bottom of the linked page that looks like it may be the one Lindsey's using there. [http://www.edroman.com/guitars/rickturner.htm,http://www.edroman.com/guitars/rickturner.htm]
credo @ 01/07/2009 08:32 PM : Re: Top 10 of 2008
[quote markjazz][quote Genesis_Jaime]I can't imagine shelling out the cash it would take to go to the cinema enough times to have seen enough films that I had to cut the list down to a top 10 per year. I went to the cinema maybe once in '08. And I'm a film enthusiast and student.[/quote] True, I just wait 5-6 months and then rent it now.[/quote] LoveFilm give out ridiculous amounts of trial time... started with a free 30 days, quit, got a renewal invite of buy a month get one free, quit, got an actual gift card for another 3 months free. S'just... I must've paid about £15 for 6 months of unlimted DVDs. Popcorn and a drink at my cinema is £8, ffs.
diction @ 01/07/2009 08:31 PM :
yeah I like those 2. The stuff on MOP's Warriorz, The 6th Sense, Royce's Boom, that Pitch Black single, the one he did for Cee-Lo... You're right his decade is not so bad. It's just after Donuts, I guess I don't want to hear no more Premier styled beats.
TheIdioteque @ 01/07/2009 08:29 PM :
A joke thread by a respectable RYMer. To answer your question, yes.

of RAM should do the trick on the low end. A sound card and speakers (or earphones) are also required to hear audio. If you have a portable digital player, make sure it will support the format that you are downloading.

Because these files are compressed, a large hard drive is not required to store downloads. A 20-gigabyte hard drive should be fine, though most PCs these days ship with at least 40 gigabytes. In plain English, this means you can store thousands of downloaded songs without running out of hard drive space. However, you can always burn to a CD if you want to free up space.