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Rhapsody music, from RealNetworks is one of several

reputable legal digital services for legal music downloads.

These are the types of services where you have to pay in order

to download online music or hear songs from them. Along with

Rhapsody, these also include iTunes, Musicnet, Musicnow,

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Rhapsody continues to improve by leaps and

bounds with over 1.2 million tracks in its catalog,

thanks to nitching deals with all five label giants and over 500

independent labels.



It now has a fully-featured jukebox that makes searches a

snap and importing tunes from, let's say, a CD a sinch. Other

elegant features include the ability to incorporate different

files such as MP3, WMA, AAC (M4A), and RealAudio to your main

Library - named "My Library". And you can mix these files

in the library any way you like and develop different playlists.

I'm very sure that this superb service will only improve with

time.



So how did it all start?



Well, we need to rewind the clock some four years ago...

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During that time iTunes did not exist, and Napster's outlawed

ancestor had reached its demise a few months prior. Nonetheless,

there was... drumroll... Rhapsody.



While part of listen.com, it was launched in December

2001. It wasn't until July, however, that songs from all

major labels became part of its diverse catalog.

RealNetworks acquired listen.com in August 2003. After

thus changing the name to RealRhapsody, the service regained its

classic title, "Rhapsody".



Downloading the software is fairly straight forward. Be advised

however that this is not for Mac users. The tracks streamed from

Rhapsody are compatible with Windows Media devices,

which, of course, are only found on Windows PC's and compatible

portable devices.



The interface consists of your simple Play, Stop, etc.

functions on the upper lefthand corner. Next to this is track

information including: the title, the artist, and the album.

A brief bio plays to the right of the track interface.



So how do you search for your favorite artist or song? Easy...

just type it in the Search bar and press go. Once you

have found your song, you usually can INSTANTLY play it without

downloading it - i.e., you can stream it. Note: sometimes when

you press play, a "!" will appear in a triangle meaning that the

stream is unavailable. In this case, you need to press the "+"

sign. This adds the track to your Library where you can access

it from there.



The streams are of such excellent quality that it seems that if

the song is already downloaded on your computer.



Note: once you press "PLAY" the song is automatically added to

your library for good. The library need not consist of

downloads. It could consist only of streams.



When you press "PLAY" the song is added to a temporary playlist.

When you add the song on your playlist by pressing play it will

play immediately.



If you don't want the song to be played immediately (such as if

you're in the middle of listening to another song) you can just

press the "+" sign to the left of the song title. This will

automatically store the song to the main library. In

order to bring it to the playlist, you will have to open up the

Library first and then drag the song to your playlist, much the

same as how you would do with any other digital music downloads

service.



If your library is large, don't worry. The library search tool

is similar to that of iTunes - very easy peanuts to find

your tune or artist.



OK. So these are some of the handy-dandy features of Rhapsody. But do they contribute to a pleasant

experience for music downloads fans?



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About the author:

An avid music listener and composer, Dr. Rajakaruna gives you

insight on the latest techniques to download latest music on the

site: download-latest-online-music.com.



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