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How To Download Music (MP3s) Online:

Written for Tanya, Aunties, Grandmas, and other non-technical types

I get asked for advice on how to download music from the internet all the time. Now, I can simply send folks to this page for an easy step-by-step guide on how to find and download music from the internet using torrents.

Family geeks are welcome to point their relatives to this page.

Before starting: Always have your virus scanner up-to-date, and running before attempting to download any torrents.

Step-by-Step Guide to Downloading Music with Torrents

Torrent sites have gone by the wayside in recent years. The best one is uTorrent, which you can download and install at https://www.utorrent.com/. Luckily this was always the best of all the torrent sites.

Unfortunately, sites like BTjunkie and The Pirate Bay are now defunct.  Here is what The Pirate Bay used to look like:

Isn’t that nice?  Here is another old screen shot of The Pirate Bay:

Oh wow! Here’s another one. Gotta love those Nine Inch Nails songs that you can no longer download off of The Pirate Bay.

Hey, if you ever see a big green Download button, don’t click on it. It’ll just take you to an advertisement and that will suck. Here is an image showing you exactly what that is all about on the old The Pirate Bay website, that no longer exists.

And another image:

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This window tells you the status of your download. Don’t worry about all the buttons and options. Just wait until it says your torrent is 100% complete. (The torrent illustrated above is at 9.2%) – Look, don’t worry about this. The site doesn’t exist anymore.

10. When your download is complete – there shall be no download. Here is what it used to look like in 2011:

Enjoy your music. – Look man, I just get a YouTube ripper and get my music that way.

Remember:

Always have your virus scanner up-to-date, and running before attempting to download any torrents.

Don’t be discouraged if this seems complicated — it will become second nature after a few successful downloads.

Ask your children for help if you get lost.

***Downloading copyrighted music (whether you already own it or not) may be illegal in your country.

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