Its only lately that I have really appreciated the benefits that I enjoyed as a result of growing up in a musical family. My mother played piano at home and my dad was an accomplished jazz guitarist.
Having children of my own I can see how they have benefited from having access to guitars and other musical instruments as they’ve grown up. Continue reading “How to Encourage Music Learning”
The big attraction at the local arcades has been its selection of video cabinets. It was a place where we could play all the classic games. Every game was a special experience as each cabinet was dedicated to its own game. Continue reading “How to Build Your Own Arcade Cabinet”
Many times you are interested in buying only a single song especially if you do not like the remaining songs in the album. However, buying a single song offline can be expensive, as the costs are almost the same for the song producer.
Buying a song online is cheaper and there are many online marketplaces and stores where you can make a purchase. These include ebay, itunes , fye and amazon.
You can download free songs from the internet, but you often have to download a software like limewire, which usually has viruses. There are some websites where you can download the songs you want, without paying any fee. Some of these websites are:
www.mp3raid.com
www.musiclemon.com
Some of the popular R&B singers, songs and bands are:
Aretha Franklin “Respect”
Otis Redding “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”
Marvin Gaye “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”,”What’s Going On?”,
Ray Charles “What’d I Say?”
Michael Jackson “Billie Jean”,”Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'”, “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough”
Four Tops “(Reach Out) I’ll Be There”
Stevie Wonder “Superstition”
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles “Tracks of my Tears”
Prince “When Doves Cry”,”Sign O’ the Times”
Martha and the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street”
Al Green “Let’s Stay Together”
Ben E. King “Stand by Me”
James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”
Booker T. and the MG’s “Green Onions”
Wilson Pickett “In the Midnight Hour”
Sam Cooke “A Change is Gonna Come”
The Temptations “My Girl”,”Papa was a Rollin’ Stone”
Sly and the Family Stone “Family Affair”
Rick James “Super Freak”
George Clinton “Atomic Dog”
Chaka Khan “I Feel for You”,”Tell me Something Good”,”Sweet Thing”
Black Box “Everybody Everybody”
Lenny Kravitz “It Ain’t Over til It’s Over”
Cab Calloway “Minnie the Moocher”
Billie Holiday “God Bless the Child”
Louis Jordan “Caldonia”
Some of the popular rap artists are:
rakim
nas
biggie
tupac
ice cube
eminem
big pun
big L
jay-z
flo rida
soulja boy
lil wayne
pitbull
vanilla ice
shawty lo
birdman
k-fed
john cena
shivneel
Music converters convert songs and other music between popular formats like MP3, MP2, AAC, AC3, WAV, MID, MIDI, WMA, M4A, RA, RAM, OGG . There are many freeware and shareware programs available . Some of these are
audacity.sourceforge.net – import a file and then export it in the desired format, open source software.
zamzar.com
jodix.com
www.tipard.com/all-music-converter.html – Tipard All Music Converter, free trial available
While saving music in digital format , the size of the file is a consideration. If greater accuracy is required, the size of the music file is usually more and so fewer songs are stored on the music player.
Compared to .wav files, .mp3 files are more suitable for music file storage. The bit rate should be more than 128, preferably 190 and above.
If you do not have enough funds to buy a new iPod, you can purchase a refurbished iPod . The prices are significantly lower, and they usually come with a warranty from Apple . Many buyers use them for several years without any problem.
The 8 GB Ipod Touch has a song storage of approximately 1,750 songs . The average length of a song is 4 minutes, usually less.
So the total length of the songs stored on a 8GB IPod Touch is about 7000 minutes. For larger storage capacities like 16GB or 32 GB, the song storage increases proportionately.