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Not too long ago when there are no facilities yet to download music online, building a song library means collecting bulky record albums. In its earliest days, these are 78-RPM phonograph disc records that were kept in a bound photograph-album-like container. The term “record album” hence was derived from this packaging which at its height featured artistic rendering of the song collections` titles and their artists. These first albums were made of vinyl and contained song recordings ranging in total duration from half an hour to an hour, with both sides of the disc played. The albums` play time would depend on the genre of the song recording and the record label. Today, the term “album” is still applied to any collection of song or music recordings even as vinyl records have become obsolete along with their early packaging. Thus, those recordings on compact disc, compact audio cassette, MiniDisc, and digital or MP3 formats can still be called albums.
However, with the current technologies enabling almost anybody to download music online, a song library is not as voluminous in size as the collection of record albums before. The downloaded songs can be stored in a computer`s hard disk itself provided it has ample memory space that would allow other PC applications to work efficiently. A song collection can likewise be stored in portable media players (PMPs) like MP3s and iPods whose memory can accommodate hundreds or even thousands of songs. The storage capacities of PMPs have dramatically expanded, reaching 64 gigabytes (GB) for the flash memory based gadgets like the third generation iPod Touch. Hard disk drive PMPs` memory is even greater with up to 500 GB space now available in the Archos 5 Internet Tablet.
With these new storage capacities, a song library can be conveniently built. There is even be no need for CD storage racks if one chooses to have the music collection stored in the current high-capacity PMPs. Having an Internet connection to download music online perfectly dovetails with this way of building a portable music library. There won`t be a need to peruse over music or album labels in a record bar. Various online music stores offer downloads of digital songs and music which can be accessed any time of night or day. The access at these websites can either be on a per-song or a per-album basis. Compilations of various artists` recordings are then easier to build, and mixes of different songs in a particular collection can be made.
There is also a choice of accessing peer-to-peer file sharing systems to download music online. A humongous collection of recordings are available at these P2P networks such as that linked to the website DownloadAnySong. At this particular site, there are also software applications which will enable transferring the downloaded material to CDs. With this feature, it is possible to create the song library that approximates those old-style albums featuring the artistic covers which have been part of the development of the appreciation of music over the years.