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I’ve been a music lover for as long as I can remember. With great addiction comes great addiction fixes! I think I started with Napster back in 1999, and was using it for almost 2 years until it ran into some problems with the authorities.
I abandoned Napster for Audiogalaxy, a web-based music sharing system, and was happy to use it until a year later, it too ran into some problems. It was a really good software, too bad, I guess all good things do come to an end.
In 2002, I found Kazaa, a peer-to-peer sharing, and my thirst for new and old songs continued for 2 years. Obviously, authorities could never ever stop the sharing of files over the net, no matter how hard they tried. Asians love FREE stuff. Period.
The only CDs that I’ve bought in the last 5 years were all of Bon Jovi’s. Yes, when it comes to my favorite band, I always buy original. LOL.
It was not before long when Limewire came a calling. This time though, the authorities were slower to respond, as it still up until today, some 4 years later. I didn’t catch the torrent wave until a year ago. I never believed in downloading files larger than 200MB, and even until today, I’d rather buy DVDs from the shop for RM8 each than downloading a 3+GB file. Bollocks to that, it may be free but it’s not practical.
With Limewire search coming up with junk files and viruses these days, I switched to Frostwire and although there’s 100% no way around junk files, at least the search results are minimized towards the authenticity of the mp3 file.
So, it’s Frostwire & Bitcomet for me these days. Sites like rsstorrents.com and mininova.org are my favorite haunts. By the way, before the music authorities contact me over this post, I want to say that PLEASE don’t get pirated stuff, buy only original *KEEPS A STRAIGHT FACE*.
The only difficulty that I face with is the search for NEW malay/indonesian songs. If you know a good site, please share. Danke.
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November 6th, 2008 at 9:51am
The CD’s I buy not pirated one you know. It’s just the urmmm, cheap local version ones … LOL!
But I seldom download stuff. Just too lazy. And yeah, I’ve given up on Limewire. It’s Bitcomet for me
November 6th, 2008 at 11:05am
I used Limewire too and I did wonder what were those files that I downloaded but cannot play. Now I know. Do you think it’s alright to just delete them?
I’m switching to Frostwire too then.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:33pm
I think the best place to find Malay songs are still through limewire. Other methods either suck, or just aint worth the search.
Another option is to go to Jiwang.net if i’m not mistaken… or you could download conventional the songs the conventional way at rindok.com.
My preference is still Limewire for Malay songs.
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November 6th, 2008 at 4:52pm
i started out with napster too and then audiogalaxy.but using dial up back then was just agonising.back then when you begin to download and then exit before it finishes it’s considered gone and you have to start downloading it all over again the next time you start up.and then came kazaa and then limewire.pretty much the same as you
heard about frostwire two months back and i got that…but i somehow feel the database isnt that big.cant find a few songs on it but what the heck, it still works.when it comes to downloading series and movies its Vuze for me.absolutely reliable!
November 6th, 2008 at 5:15pm
I started with napster tooooo, then audiogalaxy, then Bearshare. Now I am comfortable with ARES and BITCOMET.. Since my company has prohibited us from ares and bitcomet, I download music through the web especially for indonesian songs. http://www.4shared.com
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November 6th, 2008 at 9:23pm
you can try
http://www.asscrewz.com/portal/index.php
they got lots of mixture downloads there!
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November 6th, 2008 at 10:38pm
Nick Phillips – I love downloading music, it’s been my favorite online hobby since 1997.
Used to drive all the way to Penang to buy music CDs, RM10 for 3. I spent RM200 one time. 
Jewelle – Yeah, it’s best to delete. It’s not that the file cannot play, but clicking it means you’re activating a virus. Ensure your computer is virus protected, I’m using 3 antivirus software on mine at one go – Avira, AVG & Avast. When you download, the main thing is to look at the availability of the bitrates. If the bitrate is not listed, don’t download the file.
cdason – Limewire? Well, I tried, sometimes come up empty handed too. I heard of Jiwang.net, but the files are very low quality.
mat kolej – Actually, Frostwire share the same P2P network as Limewire, though possibly less coverage to safeguard the originality of the song. If I can’t get the song there, I just use the torrent.
maika – Yeah, I’m aware of 4shared.com.
Bosscat – Thanks!
November 8th, 2008 at 12:27pm
I didn’t know your are into P2P/BT stuff for your music
I used some of the stuff you mention for exploring other genre of Muscic
Have you try Last.FM?
How about Itunes ? Try creating an USA account and get some of the Free
musics/video/MV
November 10th, 2008 at 10:09pm
orangutan – Of course, where else can I access songs.
Last.FM, I heard of that, but the quality of the songs are not standard. As for the ITunes, the free account is limited. I think I’m fine with English songs, it’s the Malay songs that I need help with. 