So my friend just got broadband and wants to know how to download music free

vena

<i>man, i got fed of with slsk because nobody was ever on! i could never find anything! i mean, i know i like obscure music, but c'mon!!</i> running a firewall, perhaps? i listen to a lot of music that's never stepped foot out of germany but i find it without trouble on slsk, as well as really obscure american shit like Hasil Adkins.

Kosmo

I use SLSK just because I can find the craziest shit there ever, people who use SLSK are usually music enthusiasts and often artists themselfs.

the aloha

i agree, for people who don't listen to truly obscure music, and are willing to chat irc would be ok. me? i do leave the computer, don't care about being 1337, and am into stuff that not everyone has. you can get some stuff from certain newsgroups, but the easiest way for many obscure things tends to be soulseek if becuase it is easy.

3stripe

http://www.emule-project.net/ is still my fav. easiest way to get albums if you're into anything of the http://pitchforkmedia.com/ variety.

Bergamot

http://www.geocities.com/my_haz_runs/ EDIT: Holy crap Geocities.

timberford

i use soulseek, could never fault it, always has what i'm looking for.

markwilkin

My simple intro to bit-torrent for any non-techy mates is

Download and install Azureus

Then search using www.torrents.to, searches about 10 different torrent sites including torrentspy and mininova.

As long as there aren't any router or firewall problems then that's it really.

Grep

To be honest i've found bearshare kills for just about any kind of MP3, you just have to run Ad-aware and Spybot Search and Destroy right after to kill off all the spyware that installs with the free version. If she has no virus protection try the free version of AVG Anti-virus, its great (considering its free) It runs and updates automatically so it's perfect for inexperienced users - grab it here http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1