An in-depth look: where can you download music?

Google Play Music

Google play music isn’t always the first platform that jumps to mind, yet it has thirty-five million songs available for downloading or streaming. It’s a great option for both paid (from $9.99/month) and free music. Plus, you will also find music from unknown artists and DJs which can be the perfect way of introducing your listeners to new music!

iTunes

iTunes is a digital media library management and playback software distributed free of charge by Apple. With iTunes, you can explore a multitude of artists, albums and genres, from the unexpected to the great, among the 43 million tracks from the iTunes Store. This platform allows you to build a high quality music library. The average price for a title ranges from $1.29 for a track to $10.99 for an album.

Top tip: By default, iTunes offers its tracks in AAC, so in order to incorporate them into your Radio Manager, we recommend this tutorial to learn about it and be able to convert your tracks to MP3 format.

Qobuz

Qobuz is an online French music service that offers subscriptions for listening to unlimited streaming music or the purchase of high-quality music, and it offers a music webzine to keep you up-to-date with the latest news. This platform has higher prices because due to it’s CD-quality music. Sublime+ subscribers receive a permanent discount (from 30% to 60%) on purchases from almost all of their Hi-Res catalog. You may need to consider converting your tracks to MP3 format.

eMusic

eMusic is yet another subscription based platform that gives you access to a vast library of DRM-free music. The higher your subscription tier is, the more DRM-free music you will get each month. Their pricing varies from $9.99/ month to $19.99/ month.