Music Download Sites - Subscriptions
For the avid music fan, these sites offer an all-you-can-eat model. But of course you need to be in the restaurant to eat. For a monthly fee, you listen to all the music you want, but to keep the music you either need to a) stay a subscriber or b) pay to permanently download the tracks. And to transfer the songs to CD or an iPod / portable device you have to buy them.
So if you get bored with the same old music and want to explore, and/or if you spend alot of time at your PC, these are the services for you. If you want to take your music on the go and not be tethered to your computer, click here to see your options.
Yahoo, Rhapsody and Napster come out at the top of the pile in this competitive market, based on song selection, ease of use of their software and add-on features.