Patrick J. Kidd

Music Topics

Music Notation

Magical Music Theory Tools to Learn Music Online for Free
MusicRadar | Music Gear, Equipment, News, Tutorials & Reviews | MusicRadar
- Music theory 101: notes, intervals, scales and chords explained | MusicRadar
- Articles by: Computer Music | MusicRadar
The ABC Plus project
Instruments
- How to Play Guitar | Beginner Guitar HQ
- TrueFire Guitar Review – The Giant of Online Lessons | Beginner Guitar HQ - Thanks to Jean/Jennifer/Jen/Ray/Joey/Jillian Stark for recommending this site.
- Learning How To Play The Guitar: A Beginner's Guide - Thanks to Bella Harvey for recommending this site.
- A Beginner’s Guide to Learning Guitar - Guitar-Amp - Thanks to Karolina Hewitt for recommending this site.

Multimedia

Piracy: the issues
Five applications for staying organized | TechRepublic
- Audio - Tag&Rename - CNET Download.com - $30
AlcaTech | Dj software and event technology | Affordable prices great support
AMG All Music Guide
Audacity - Record your audio in Audacity and use the Export options under the File menu to save it as a WAV or MP3 file.
Burning CD & DVD
CNET.com
Codec ...
Daily.WAV
DLink DM_-CD100 - problems
EMusic - subscriptions >=$10/month This site offers legal downloads. The artists are compensated for their products. A commercial download service that makes its songs available in unprotected MP3 files that work with all players.
Epitonic.com: Hi Quality Free MP3 Music
Gracenote Music Business Software
Headphones / Headsets ...
iHeart - Music, Radio, Live, Podcasts, Playlists, News, etc.
- Live Radio
MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet
puretracks™Home - $0.99/song - Each song download is burnable to CD, making it possible to hear music in the car, at home, or on the run, using traditional CD players. Also, songs can be transferred to Windows compatible portable devices.
Radio Garden
Songbirdnest.com | Songbird Media Player
UltraPlayer Digital Media Player - Play MP3, Internet Radio, Video, CD, and more!
Wifi Hifi Magazine

MP3

Buy / Purchase music
- Amazon.ca - Prime Music
  - Amazon Music: Amazon Digital and Device Forum
- eMusic.com
- MP3tunes.com
- Napster.com ??
- Connect.com (Sony) ??
Players for MP3 and other audio files
- Windows Media Player
- iTunes
- foobar2000
- Kantaris - See Windows' Microsoft Store
  - kantaris media player at DuckDuckGo
- Winamp Media Player - MP3, Multimedia, and Music Player
- Jukebox Jockey, LLC - Digital Jukebox Software, Karaoke Machine Software, Video Jukebox Software - Jukebox Jockey
  - Too expensive - $200 - (or $60 for dumbed-down home version)
  - If you need touch-screen capability.
- etc...
MP3 illégaux: AllofMP3.com sous pression - 2006-06-07
Langa Letter: Converting Audio Files? Let 'Er Rip! > July 25, 2005
- Windows Media Player - Download details: Windows Media Player
- SourceForge.net
  - CDex | Free CD to MP3 converter, ripper, FLAC, M4A, WMA, OGG, CD extractor
- JetAudio
- Exact Audio Copy
- Apple - iTunes
Alive Media - MP3 to WAV Converter, CD Ripper, MP3 CD Burner, Text to Speech, MP3 Recorder
Audacity (MP3 <--> WAV, etc.)
dBpowerAMP
Burning CD & DVD
Convert to other multimedia file formats ...
Downloads - Are these downloads legal? - What are the risks of viruses/spyware/etc.?
- DRM = Digital Rights Management ...
- DRM-Free files
  - iTunes
  - PureTracks
  - BlackBerry
  - AAC/AAC4 format
  - tinytube.net
  - blueapple.mobi
  - www.m.youtube.com (mobile or WiFi)
- Search
  - Songza - The music search engine & internet jukebox. Listen. Now.
- Apple
  - Apple - iTunes - buy a song for 99¢
  - DRM = Digital Rights Management ...
    - Warning! - iTunes files are in M4P format. You can only use these files for iTunes on your computer or for iPods. Converting an M4P file to MP3 is not an easy or inexpensive task. You may seriously want to consider another way to get your music. Apple is again playing with proprietary software. AVOID APPLE.
  - You can burn the iTunes songs to an audio CD, then re-rip them as MP3s and make them freely available to any player you choose.
- Audio Lunchbox
- LimeWire: The Official Site for the Fastest File Sharing Program on the Planet - P2P
- MP3.com: Discover New Music, Download Songs, Buy CDs
MUSICMATCH Jukebox Digital Audio Software:
Pinegroup
Samtack
Sony.ca
http://hardware.mp3.com/hardware/individual/2715.html (Hmm, MP3.COM link!)
http://www.mp3shopping.com/english/kanguru.htm
http://www.mambox.com/index.htm
http://www.novasonic.com/player.shtml (Seen at C.E.S, pretty cool design.)
http://www.mp3playerstore.com/ (This one was spotted at C.E.S and also plays VCDs! I like that.)
http://www.buytheoriginal.com/buy_it_now__/mp3_cd_player.htm for a list of 4 units.

Napster - Danger P2P filesharing - Be careful to never ever download a copyrighted file!! Make sure the artists are compensated for their products. See EMusic.com
NME.COM - all your music news, reviews, features, pics, competitions, video, radio, discographies and more
Radio

Old Time Radio (OTR)

Real.com
RioPort Home
RollingStone.com
Spin It Again - Convert Vinyl Records and Cassettes to MP3 or CD
Visteon Corporation: Aftermarket Operations: Mobile Electronics: Products
Webmonkey Guides: Find/Play MP3s
WINAMP.COM
Windows Media Player is included with Windows 10.
Using LAME to encode MP3s.
- VBR stands for variable bitrate. The bitrate throughout the file varies to maintain quality. It's an MP3 encoding method that's used when file size isn't an issue. Use VBR encoding when you want the highest audio quality. Not all MP3 players can read VBR files, however.
- CBR stands for constant bitrate. CBR encoding maintains the same bitrate throughout an encoded file. Use this method when file size is critical and audio quality is of little importance.
The New Classical FM

HTML Music

<object data="mymusic.wav" type="audio/wav"></object>
<bgsound> - Do not use. MSIE only.
<embed> - Do not use. Deprecated.

<embed src="abcd.mid" border="2" width="144" height="15" autostart="true" delay="0" volume="75" loop="false" controls="smallconsole">

See Also

Audio = Sound

Musicians