Where can I download good quality music for free?

[Chrispy]

I am expensed from my credit card $13.64 each month for the YouTube Premium Account experience. No ads at all, fast downloads, better video quality and it's good at both my cel tel and my desktop PCs. I tried going with ads again and it was reallly annoying.

Yes, I find the premium subscription the best way to enjoy youtube, particularly any music. Never thought of downloading from youtube (i.e. in terms of downloading some sort of file onto a drive I can use at will), though.....is it a video or just audio you download or is it rather just streaming?

 

[Doodski]

Yes, I find the premium subscription the best way to enjoy youtube, particularly any music. Never thought of downloading from youtube (i.e. in terms of downloading some sort of file onto a drive I can use at will), though.....is it a video or just audio you download or is it rather just streaming?

I used ytmp3.cc but that website is gone. I don't need to download MP3 or 4 for use. I have Premium on my cel tel too and so I am setup well both when mobile as when at home on the desk-topper.

 

[JW001]

I don't like paying for digital music since you don't actually own it. I have lost access to several downloads that were revoked on 7digital. And streaming sucks for other reasons.

What other reasons streaming sucks for?

 

[napfkuchen]

Thank you. Less than I am paying Qobuz, for sure!

Or use Youtube Family, which is about 40% more expensive (23,99 Euro here). Worth it though in my opinion for having an ad-free experience on mobile phones and tablets (without hassle) for several people. At work all other streaming platforms are blocked for me and there is no option to install browser-plugins, so Youtube Premium is the only choice. Also youtube (besides Spotify) recommendations are really helpful if you use it frequently. There are lots of channels dedicated to niche music genres, stuff you won't ever hear on the radio or find on a physical media.
A friend of mine has a really large, ever-expanding music library (well over a thousand CDs and LPs). He rented two storage rooms because he was running out of space ... That's not an option for me apart from the enormous costs of building such a collection. Just the idea of having to buy all the albums I've already listened to THIS YEAR... a pretty expensive idea. By the way, the “rental” vs. purchase argument is not one, because apart from a few exceptions, buying music albums is definitely not a good investment from a financial perspective.

 

[DMill]

I’d encourage OP to please pay musicians for their contributions.

 

[Chrispy]

I’d encourage OP to please pay musicians for their contributions.

Like listening to radio, isn't support for the artists more in buying recordings from them or attending live shows? Still how I approach it, don't use streaming as a personal library.

 

[ivayvr]

I am expensed from my credit card $13.64 each month for the YouTube Premium Account experience. No ads at all, fast downloads, better video quality and it's good at both my cel tel and my desktop PCs. I tried going with ads again and it was reallly annoying.

And for us in Canada, that is like 8.50 USD (the way things are going)!

 

[Chrispy]

And for us in Canada, that is like 8.50 USD (the way things are going)!

So you get a bargain, I pay USD 13.99/mo.

 

[Doodski]

And for us in Canada, that is like 8.50 USD (the way things are going)!

The Prince is to blame!

 

[Soria Moria]

What other reasons streaming sucks for?

Well no one likes monthly payments. Small library to select from and there are tons of albums I love that they do not have. You're also limited in the mastering. Usually they only have the most recent one and if you listen to old(er) music there is almost always a better older master out there which cannot be found on streaming.

 

[Chrispy]

Well no one likes monthly payments. Small library to select from and there are tons of albums I love that they do not have. You're also limited in the mastering. Usually they only have the most recent one and if you listen to old(er) music there is almost always a better older master out there which cannot be found on streaming.

Small library? Whut?

 

[Soria Moria]

Small library? Whut?

Your mileage may vary of course but for the music I like it is far too small and limited.

 

[Chrispy]

Your mileage may vary of course but for the music I like it is far too small and limited.

You must have an incredible library of owned discs/vinyls to make most streaming services too small and limitied....mostly my conclusion is you are far more limited in any case.

 

[Gringoaudio1]

You must have an incredible library of owned discs/vinyls to make most streaming services too small and limitied....mostly my conclusion is you are far more limited in any case.

Agree. No one owns that much personally. Probably means they have esoteric tastes not covered by services which necessarily have to be a bit more mainstream.

 

[recycle]

What do you mean by good quality music? Artistic quality or encoding quality?
Searching for artistic quality, you can find everything you want on youtube on free download. Searching for encoding quality, you can find many interesting artists and in free download on Bandcamp (Flac), you can google for DSD free download, or as already said you can address yourself to the dozens of illegal sites

 

[Chrispy]

Spotify is good, but how to download music from Spotify?

Thought you needed a premium account, which also has higher resolution/bitrate as well. I have the premiums service but downloading I don't see any particular advantages to.

 

[Gringoaudio1]

Spotify is good, but how to download music from Spotify?

You can’t.

 

[Chrispy]

I have a Tidal HiFi Plus subscription and a three-month free trial of Apple Music, and I think the quality of Apple Music and Tidal is better than Spotify. Spotify has been rumored to be launching a new Premium Plus service aimed at music "superfans. But it is more expansive. The free account is enough.

Meh, the difference between the codec used in the premium service vs "hi res" from the others is minimal. You do get better codec from the paid Spotify service by quite a bit, tho....

 

[Gringoaudio1]

I have a Tidal HiFi Plus subscription and a three-month free trial of Apple Music, and I think the quality of Apple Music and Tidal is better than Spotify. Spotify has been rumored to be launching a new Premium Plus service aimed at music "superfans. But it is more expansive. The free account is enough.

There are two levels of Spotify presently. The free one is 128kB MP3 quality I think. The better one is much better and great. My old ears can not really hear the difference between it and my music collection saved on my PC that I play on JRiver. It is all CD quality or better.

 

[Chrispy]

I have a Tidal HiFi Plus subscription and a three-month free trial of Apple Music, and I think the quality of Apple Music and Tidal is better than Spotify. Spotify has been rumored to be launching a new Premium Plus service aimed at music "superfans. But it is more expansive. The free account is enough.

otoh referring to the Spotify service going to a lossless codec, that's been a football kicked around for years without results . I think mostly because the premium level codecs at Spotify are good enough for 99% of use.