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[Q] Where do you get your music mp3's from?

I am trying to figure where XDA peeps get their music from.

A lot of mine are legitimate, but a lot are pirated, long story short lots of piracy has lead to lots of purchases
CDs; I rip them in Apple Lossless (for archival purposes) and then use Max to encode them to 320kbps mp3. Then it's a case of making sure album art is correct and then fetching lyrics. I'm ridiculously anal about keeping an organised library ;P

I use amazon mp3 the most
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I do sharing with friends & WWW all the time

Well. I have a lil bit of both. I get some from iTunes and I get some from 4shared if iTunes doesn't have what I am looking for.

itunes sucks

Demoniod
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4shared, /rs/, sharing with friends, or buying an actual copy of an album.
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I get my music from YouTube.

sumflipnol said:
I get my music from YouTube.
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Please tell me you're joking... Even 1080p videos on youtube have an audio bitrate of 128kbps, and unless you're demuxing them you're re-encoding an already lossy format >.<

Beemp3.com is such a good site

I love Amazon mp3 but I wish that they had refill cards here at Best Buy so that I can add up my Best Buy points.

husam666 said:
Beemp3.com is such a good site
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just thanked you for an awesome new site....o yea

LolLimewire still works
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Just spent £20 in the HMV sale, not bad for 5 albums.

Alex530 said:
LolLimewire still works
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o yea limewire pirate edition lol

AdrianK said:
Just spent £20 in the HMV sale, not bad for 5 albums.
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What you get? Please tell me no JB! Haha
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!PANDA said:
What you get? Please tell me no JB! Haha
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Hell no!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Tenacious D - Master Exploder
System of a Down - Steal This Album
Incubus - A Cow Left of the Murder
The Subways - Young For Eternity

AdrianK said:
Hell no!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Tenacious D - Master Exploder
System of a Down - Steal This Album
Incubus - A Cow Left of the Murder
The Subways - Young For Eternity
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Haha good man
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!PANDA said:
What you get? Please tell me no JB! Haha
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What's wrong with James Brown!?lol

Anyone knows the name of this song??,

Hey guys
So i got my friends after a hangover in my house,and one of them wanted to show me some booties on youtube,and we ran into this dj cast moombathon mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXJIVtxPeXo&feature=youtube_gdata_player and,i usually listen just dubstep and hardsyle,but this first song in the video is killing me!i have to find out the name! So anyone,please if you can help me,please do so...thanks in advance
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Ayo-Hyper Crush

Yup, that's it. Shazzam is your friend OP.

Soundhound.

I use to prefer SoundHound over Shazzam but it stopped returning results for me allot of the time, so I switched to Shazzam and it has been doing a better job. I think it depends allot on the genre too, for EDM I found Shazzam does a better job. But it's quite possible SoundHound has stepped their game up in the past 6mo. I keep both though just incase only one can identify. I have the premium versions of both too, not sure how much that matters.?.

jaszek said:
Ayo-Hyper Crush
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Thank you jaszek!
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All of my thanks tomorrow will go to anyone that can get that video in high quality!! LOL

85gallon said:
All of my thanks tomorrow will go to anyone that can get that video in high quality!! LOL
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I know,its like an awesomest video ever!
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Music producing!

Do you produce music? Post here!

I play electric guitar.
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androidino95 said:
Here's my track:
http://soundcloud.com/n0id/andro
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worst music made by me
http://soundcloud.com/wuby
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I produced some psy trance back in the days
but i left it

link plox.. if you dont have Soundcloud just register and upload your songs^^
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I produce some dubstep (which 15 year old doesn't nowadays ) and some IDM but I never share it except when I do a liv mix
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Thanks don't hurt ya know?!

androidino95 said:
Do you produce some good music? Post here!
Here's my track:
http://soundcloud.com/n0id/andro
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Hate to be the buzz-kill, but re-sequencing loops from a sample library, does not a musician make..............
Anything with you actually playing an instrument ?

TravisBean said:
Hate to be the buzz-kill, but re-sequencing loops from a sample library, does not a musician make..............
Anything with you actually playing an instrument ?
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There is a difference between playing an instrument and producing music. You are saying that all techno/electro/dubstep/dnb/etc producers are not musicians if they don't play an instrument?
Just to add, I don't consider myself a musician. I do it just for fun.
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Double post.

androidino95 said:
There is a difference between playing an instrument and producing music. You are saying that all techno/electro/dubstep/dnb/etc producers are not musicians if they don't play an instrument?
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Musicians play musical instruments, and I even include electronic stuff like drum machines where you at least need a sense of physical rhythm. If you use a keyboard and mouse then you're not playing an instrument at all so you're not a musician. Doesn't mean you're not producing music, but you're sure as hell not playing it.

Archer said:
Musicians play musical instruments, and I even include electronic stuff like drum machines. As soon as you introduce a keyboard and mouse then you're not playing an instrument at all so you're not a musician. Doesn't mean you're not producing music, but you're sure as hell not playing it.
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Nvm. Two different things I guess.
Musician=\=Music Producer
I apologize, English is not my mother tongue.
Ill say it again. I never said I was a musician, thread title clearly states Music PRODUCING!, That means, any type of music prod. even beatbox if you want.
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androidino95 said:
Nvm. Two different things I guess.
Musician=\=Music Producer
I apologize, English is not my mother tongue.
Ill say it again. I never said I was a musician, thread title clearly states Music PRODUCING!, That means, any type of music prod. even beatbox if you want.
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Yep, totally agree. What software & hardware did you use?

This is some music a friend of mine has done. I love it!
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/14201759
Let me know what you guys think.
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ysoliman said:
This is some music a friend of mine has done. I love it!
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/14201759
Let me know what you guys think.
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I don't usually listen to music like that, but I like it! :highfive:

Archer said:
Yep, totally agree. What software & hardware did you use?
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Hardware - 10 year old PC (makes it more fun), mouse, keyboard, headphones (no special pro stuff)
Software - FL Studio 10, I tried Reason and Ableton Live, too, but FL is kinda, most intuitive I'd say.

Thanks! :highfive:
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androidino95 said:
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No, not really. It's just that the manner in which you sequenced the samples doesn't really constitute an artistic statement, equivalent to that of a "Music Producer."
androidino95 said:
Just to add, I don't consider myself a musician. I do it just for fun.
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That's fine and great, nothing wrong with that, I just wouldn't have labeled the thread "Music Producing."
(perhaps "Fun with sampling")

TravisBean said:
No, not really. It's just that the manner in which you sequenced the samples doesn't really make an artistic statement, equivalent to that of a "Music Producer."
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I have to disagree with you there. There's an almost infinite number of ways that you could layer the samples, have key changes, tempo changes. It's all expressive and therefore it is artistic. Bare in mind that a guy laying out a few hundred slices of toast in a cuboid shape was once on show in an art gallery. It's that subjective!
Also once you've finished laying out your tracks, just selecting a master volume and clicking "render" makes you a music producer. Does it make you a good one? You can't possibly say from just that statement, but you have produced music.

FLStudio thread!

Hey all!
I'd like this to be a place where we can share our soundclouds and .flp (Fruityloops) projects, discuss music, and share tips about how we can potentially improve our music.
I'll start!
https://soundcloud.com/mbq-1
If you guys would like the flp of my latest couple songs, Id have no problem sharing them. :highfive:

Awesome idea for a thread. I've used FL on PC a lot before now but not had much of a play on my tablet. I keep meaning to sit down and spend some time on it.
When I do.... I'll be back.

Archer said:
Awesome idea for a thread. I've used FL on PC a lot before now but not had much of a play on my tablet. I keep meaning to sit down and spend some time on it.
When I do.... I'll be back.
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Awesome!
I haven't had the chance to use it on a tablet. It would feel almost awkward to, hahah. Plus performance would be super hindered
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MBQ_ said:
Awesome!
I haven't had the chance to use it on a tablet. It would feel almost awkward to, hahah. Plus performance would be super hindered
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Obviously it depends on the tablet, but I've got it on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 (first version) and it runs perfectly. I imagine it would labour a bit if I had lots of tracks and realtime effects running, but it played all the demo tracks without any lag or stutter. Obviously if it did get slow then I'd just have to render every time I wanted to hear it in full without lag.
I reckon it would run on most up-to-date tablets with no problem at all. A nexus 7, for example, should have no problem.
Are you using it on your phone then, or just on PC?

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Obviously it depends on the tablet, but I've got it on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 (first version) and it runs perfectly. I imagine it would labour a bit if I had lots of tracks and realtime effects running, but it played all the demo tracks without any lag or stutter. Obviously if it did get slow then I'd just have to render every time I wanted to hear it in full without lag.
I reckon it would run on most up-to-date tablets with no problem at all. A nexus 7, for example, should have no problem.
Are you using it on your phone then, or just on PC?
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Just PC. Muuch easier. I do own an N7 though. Might have to try it out
You listened to any music on my soundcloud yet? I would very much appreciate anything you'd say on it.
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MBQ_ said:
Just PC. Muuch easier. I do own an N7 though. Might have to try it out
You listened to any music on my soundcloud yet? I would very much appreciate anything you'd say on it.
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I'm not at a PC with speakers - I'll certainly have a listen later and let you know though.
Is it all done with FL?

Archer said:
I'm not at a PC with speakers - I'll certainly have a listen later and let you know though.
Is it all done with FL?
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Yes. All done with FL.
If you want the .flp, let me know
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MBQ_ said:
Yes. All done with FL.
If you want the .flp, let me know
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Will do - thanks.
I don't think I've ever used FL to make a complete tune before now. I use Acid by Sony to layer loops and samples, but I make bass lines and some synth parts in FL.
Here's my soundcloud, which does include FL work, but lots of other stuff too...
https://soundcloud.com/the-richter-contingent

@Archer ill return the favor and follow you!
All the music I make, from drumbeats to the rhythm, and the synth is all done by me. From my head to the keyboard. No loops, ever.
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MBQ_ said:
@Archer ill return the favor and follow you!
All the music I make, from drumbeats to the rhythm, and the synth is all done by me. From my head to the keyboard. No loops, ever.
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When I use loops they're all my own stuff. I work primarily loops based but make them using synth, guitar or FL. I did start off using loops I'd downloaded when I was learning to use Acid, but quickly started recording my own.

Archer said:
When I use loops they're all my own stuff. I work primarily loops based but make them using synth, guitar or FL. I did start off using loops I'd downloaded when I was learning to use Acid, but quickly started recording my own.
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That's awesome man.
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Getting rid of my everlasting earworms

Yo people,
I think you all know the phenomenon of the earworm (thought it was called that in English): a part of a song that keeps on repeating in your mind. Well, it are summer holidays here in the Netherlands, so I don't have a lot on my mind and I think my brain has started to fill the empty spaces up with earworms. Since about a week and I half various song have been repeating over and over again in my mind, from waking up to going to sleep. It are mostly songs I've heard recently, but the Pokemon theme songs has flown by too , and this is getting kind of extremely annoying and rediculous, so I was wondering if someone knows a cure for earworms.

You're in control of your brain, right? Just tell it to stop. I do the same things with hiccups, and it always works.

Ichigo said:
You're in control of your brain, right? Just tell it to stop. I do the same things with hiccups, and it always works.
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Sounds logical, let's give it a try.

You can hear me playing Pokemon ask the way over there? :what:
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veeman said:
You can hear me playing Pokemon ask the way over there? :what:
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My sight might be not the best but my ears work better than I could wish for .

This happens to me too. Try to actually listen to the song that's stuck in your head. If that doesn't work then it's just stuck there
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listen to another song :silly:

Seraz007 said:
listen to another song :silly:
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Then that one will get stuck there :banghead:
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Remcotjuuh said:
Then that one will get stuck there :banghead:
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still better than listening to the same song
its an infinite Loop

Watch some porno, though it's more of a short term solution.
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1)Cover your ears
2) If it doesnt stop, change your brain
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Sleep
We see you meow on our nexus⁴ can we haz some more?

Thanks for all the rather creative solutions, but it's still there (although a little less severe). Even a three day vacation didn't help :what:
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Well. You could always try drugging yourself to oblivion. I hear it helps.
Alternatively, start micromanaging your brain. If the song is annoying, just force yourself to forget it. Works for me.

1st step: Throw "Epic Sax Guy" away from your bookmarks;
2nd step: Go to the nearest airport and listen to starting jumbo-jets;

ShadowLea said:
Well. You could always try drugging yourself to oblivion. I hear it helps.
Alternatively, start micromanaging your brain. If the song is annoying, just force yourself to forget it. Works for me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxeoLhLdqnQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Or just get that^^ stuck in your head
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Tezlastorme said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxeoLhLdqnQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Or just get that^^ stuck in your head
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Oh joy. :laugh: I had a classmate who sat drumming that on her table for a whole week once.