Post by scottmusadj on Mar 29, 2007 23:10:02 GMT -5
Hi all...as I'm sure you've noticed by now, I have quite a range of music accessibility from all over the globe especially being from the music-toilet known as the U.S. I have several tricks to finding everything but probably my favorite is Newsgroups--by far the web's best-kept-secret. I'm not talking the crappy, filtered ones that come with your provider---these are the subscription ones. I know a lot of you are rather young on here but if you happen to have a new credit card burning a hole in your pocket, I recommend two for you to try and see 
For the inexpensive taste, try usenet.com. 2gig accounts are only about $5/month and they come with the best piece of software ever created (IMHO), Newsrover, custom-designed and free. With this program you can use their fantastic search engine to scan the 100,000+ groups from all over the world for just what you are looking for--and usually find it since a lot of posts are Europe-based.
If you really want to be a pro, Giganews is the best there is. Period. The cost is more than the above (about $8 for 2gig--I personally have 25gig for about $12), and there is no *free* software. However...retention times for files are now over 100 days (that's over 3 months!). Case in point: a post done on December 28 of over 700 of the greatest Dutch songs of the year (I collect it every year and last year's had 4 Djumbo songs off 'Jump', but also includes the hot world hits too). This years has more Djumbo, Bo and Monica, Bob Sinclair, Basshunter, Beatfreakz, Chipz, plus 3 Rhianna tunes--I'll post the list when I get it all. I was still able to be download it on March 29 of this year after I had initially forgotten about it. That's amazing retention--most providers would last a month, if that. Usenet would probably be between 1 and 2 months. To me it is totally worth the premium for this kind of access.
Giganews has a new free 3-day 1gig trial for no risk with any plan. I've had it for years and swear by it--it's the real deal. If you do sign up for this one, they have a referral program going so please use this link:
www.giganews.com/?gn165988
One more thing...if you delve into the groups, be prepared to run across just about everything imaginable, so use the mp3 search to be safe
For the inexpensive taste, try usenet.com. 2gig accounts are only about $5/month and they come with the best piece of software ever created (IMHO), Newsrover, custom-designed and free. With this program you can use their fantastic search engine to scan the 100,000+ groups from all over the world for just what you are looking for--and usually find it since a lot of posts are Europe-based.
If you really want to be a pro, Giganews is the best there is. Period. The cost is more than the above (about $8 for 2gig--I personally have 25gig for about $12), and there is no *free* software. However...retention times for files are now over 100 days (that's over 3 months!). Case in point: a post done on December 28 of over 700 of the greatest Dutch songs of the year (I collect it every year and last year's had 4 Djumbo songs off 'Jump', but also includes the hot world hits too). This years has more Djumbo, Bo and Monica, Bob Sinclair, Basshunter, Beatfreakz, Chipz, plus 3 Rhianna tunes--I'll post the list when I get it all. I was still able to be download it on March 29 of this year after I had initially forgotten about it. That's amazing retention--most providers would last a month, if that. Usenet would probably be between 1 and 2 months. To me it is totally worth the premium for this kind of access.
Giganews has a new free 3-day 1gig trial for no risk with any plan. I've had it for years and swear by it--it's the real deal. If you do sign up for this one, they have a referral program going so please use this link:
www.giganews.com/?gn165988
One more thing...if you delve into the groups, be prepared to run across just about everything imaginable, so use the mp3 search to be safe
