A Step-by-Step Guide On How To Download Music For Free Using BitTorrent

By Carl Hartley


Thanks to the internet, there are a lot of things which you can now do right in the privacy of your own home. And it includes shopping for the latest album of your fave artist or band. But did you know you can also download music for free? Yes, it's true, and it's through the wonders of BitTorrent.

BitTorrent is a kind of file sharing. People hooked up on the internet can share with other users an assortment of files, including movies, games, e-books, and others. And it also includes music tracks or albums. Provided that what you're looking for is on someone's computer hard drive, then you can download it. Likewise, what you have on yours can be downloaded by others as well.

Downloading music through this means is easy. First you need to have a BitTorrent program installed on your PC. This is where you will be able to download bits of the files until they are completed. And you use this too to share what you got to other users worldwide. An installer is easily downloadable, and it's for free as well.

After downloading and installing it, the next step is to look for the music files you wish to get. Aside from having its own application, it also has its own dedicated tracker sites. It is through these that files, as well as the people owning them, that you're looking for may be searched.

If they remind you of a search engine, well it's because they act like that. You type the title of the music you wish to have in the search bar. You click on the search button and wait. After some time, a list of related files will appear. You get the idea - just like when you're looking for something on Yahoo! or Google.

Which tracker site is the best? If you got no idea, you can simply drop by forums related to BitTorrent downloading. You should pick the best one, as it will be your best bud for future BitTorrent downloading to do. Once you got one you like, it's time to look for the music files you wish to get for free.

It's important that you type in specific words related to what you wish to get online. It could be the artist's name, song title, album title, genre, music label, etc. Depending on the tracker you're in, either tick or select from the list "music" for filtering. This way, only music files will be displayed, and not others you don't need, like movies, games, etc.

Once a list is up, it's now time to pick which music file to download. What are the things to consider? Music files come in a variety of format - mp3, acc, wma, flac, etc. Pick one that comes in the formatting you like. Then, the higher the file size, the better the audio quality. Lastly, the higher the seeders (number of online peers who got the file) the faster the download is.

When you double-click on the file of your choice, the BitTorrent software you have on your computer will automatically start up. There may be some more instructions to follow, but mostly it just involves clicking "ok". And that's how you can download music for free and easily via BitTorrent file sharing.




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