If you no longer interested in trekking to the mall to visit your local record shop, you might want to consider downloading your music. If you are new to this, �downloading� simply means transferring a music file from an inter-facing computer or website to a user�s computer. Downloading a single song often takes only second, while downloading an entire album can take about five minutes or less � sure beats gassing up the car to drive to the store to buy your music.

If it is truly which you are looking for there are a number of sites which will give you a broad selection to choose from. One site, Publicdomain4u has many songs available for download. Featured artists include the great �Jelly Roll Martin� as well as many others. If it is sheet music you are looking for, you can download it from The Choral Public Domain Library. Wikipedia offers a complete list of songs available for download that belong in the public domain. Visit Wikipedia. Sound List for more information.

There is a lot of really good public domain music available online which will not cost you a penny. It really depends on what type of music you are looking for. Free, legal music is often along the lines of university orchestral performances. If that is not your cup of tea, you still have many options available. Some recording artists allow their songs to be downloaded from their websites. Usually, you will get only part of a song, which they hope will entice you to purchase the whole CD. It is definitely worth checking out your favorite band or artist�s websites to see if they offer free downloads.

Search the internet for �, and you are guaranteed to find many, many sites. How will you know which one to choose? Visit he sites that look appealing and see what they have to offer. How many songs do they have in their library available for download? Do they cater to one genre of music only or to many? What is the cost, if any, per downloaded song? It will only take a few minutes to check out the sites and it will give you confidence that you are getting just what you are looking for.

Public domain music downloads are available from many reputable sites. Among the most popular are Napster-Tunes, which has more than five-million songs and 250 genres represented. MyRhapsody.com and 1000Musicdownloads.com are two other sites worth checking out. Most sites will allow you to download songs for free during a trial period. Most trial periods range from one to three weeks � maximum. After the trial period, you can join and pay a nominal membership fee. The monthly fee is usually considerably less than what you would expect to pay for one CD or album.

As you can see, there is no shortage of ways to access public domain music downloads. You can save your music to your computer for storage or transferring to another device. Many people transfer their songs to CDs or MP3 players so they can have music on-the-go. Thirty years ago, music on-the-go was available only by carrying a transistor radio with you. As the slogan says, �we�ve come a long way, baby�.