There are many ways to legally download music from the Internet. The various methods depend on the legal situation in individual countries. It can be said however that it is completely legal to record music from Internet Radio stations. Another definitely legal way is to download music that has been uploaded by the artist or [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Musicy is an Open Source software program to record Internet radio. The main benefit of the Internet radio recorder over similar applications like Streamripper is the all-in-one aspect. Musicy provides the means to find, play and record Internet radio without having to switch applications or running software in the background. The free Internet radio recorder [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Regular readers already know that I recently switched from using XMPlay to AIMP2 which provides the better total package. One of the interesting functions of AIMP2 is to record Internet radio (yes XMPlay can do that as well). It took a while to find out how this function could be enabled in the player and [...]

Categories: Knowledge, Music and Video

Recording Internet Radio for private use is legal in most countries. It is an excellent way to increase the own music collection legally in short time. You find several free and many paid applications on the Internet that offer to record Internet Radio but none that worked so well as the Stripper and Streamripper combination. [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Software

Recording Internet Radio is not a new invention, several programs offer this ability for years. I’m thinking of Streamripper, Screamer Radio or XMPlay which all have functionalities to record music from Internet Radio. A new concept, at least for English Internet users as far as I know, is to save mp3 from Internet Radio stations [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Online Services, The Web

Streamripper was released in a new version today and I would like to use the opportunity to explain how you can save Internet Radio tracks using Streamripper. You actually do not need another software to accomplish this because Streamripper can be used from the Windows command line. Lets say you almost need no other software [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Software, Tools

Global Pandora was a great service while it did last. Users from outside the United States where able to listen to Pandora, the Internet Radio that would create music stations based on artists or songs that you like. The Music Industry made the decision to block access to Pandora for all users from outside the United States although most users reported that they discovered new music that they found interesting and that the majority actually bought music they discovered at Pandora.

Categories: Music and Video, Online Services

The Last Ripper has been released in a new version. The software can be used to save Last.fm music and requires a Last.fm username. The usability and interface has been changed a lot in this new version. The first change is probably the most important one: Users can now search and create Last.fm playlists inside the program instead of copying and pasting urls from Last.fm into The Last Ripper.

Categories: Music and Video, Software

Meemix reminds me a lot of Pandora. It’s a music recommendation service that finds related artists and tracks from information that you enter. Once the first artist was found that you have entered additional artists and tracks are played once the song finishes or you click the next track button.

Categories: Music and Video, Online Services, The Web