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Looking for a place to get music
I have never done much with bitorrent. I use FST just for the xbox30 and dvd NZB files and have never really downloaded anything else.
I am now looking for a decent place to download music from that isnt full of stupid BS and virus infested files. Everytime I have tried to download music I seem to get a BS file or a virus warning on every single torrent.
I have heard of what.cd and waffles.fm but when I go to those site they appear to be private and I have no idea how to join them. At this time I dont have anything to seed but I do have a decent connection and the ability to seed whatever I get 24/7.
If someone could give me some guidance I would much appreciate it.
BTW here is my speedtest:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1212195000.png
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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joshman1204
I have heard of what.cd and waffles.fm but when I go to those site they appear to be private and I have no idea how to join them. ...
If someone could give me some guidance I would much appreciate it.
http://www.whatinterviewprep.com/
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I have nothing to offer right now ... is that going to be an issue getting into any of these private trackers? If so are there some public sites with decent torrents so I can build up a bit of a library so I can have something to offer?
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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anon-sbi
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Originally Posted by
joshman1204
I have heard of what.cd and waffles.fm but when I go to those site they appear to be private and I have no idea how to join them. ...
If someone could give me some guidance I would much appreciate it.
http://www.whatinterviewprep.com/
read it. get interviewed and invited.
Tell em you will seed files 24x7 and donate. That should work. :P
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
Or you could forgo bt altogether
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SoundArea – Huge DDL Forum For Music Albums, Singles & Music Videos
I have been a member of SoundArea for several months but only really got the chance to check out the site yesterday. I signed up long ago as per a tip sent in by one of our readers but for some reason missed out on trying out the site after signup was complete. Since then, I’ve been getting weekly E-mails from them and these usually read something like “300 new albums were uploaded to SoundArea today”. Now 300 albums is quite a lot to be uploaded in a single day - after getting several of these, I finally decided to check what the fuss was about. For those who are confused – SoundArea is not a BitTorrent tracker – it’s a direct download link (DDL) forum. It indexes download links to full music albums, single tracks, radio shows and even music videos. The site is huge, both in terms of user base as well as content – if you download music online, this is a destination you’d not want to miss.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_GEiY3s3yU4k/TE...jpg?imgmax=800
SoundArea is not some newbie forum that launched yesterday - it’s been online for nearly 4 years, since 2006. During these four years, SA has managed to amass a huge user base exceeding 230000 members. Needless to say, activity is pretty high on this forum with over 413000 threads currently online. For a site to attract this many number of users, it has to have something special. SA indeed looks attractive to those who seek to download music, especially as the site indexes several hundred new music album releases every day.
Both scene and non scene content (this includes user uploads added in response to the requests sections on site) is indexed on SoundArea. You can find music related to almost any genre here – in fact the main forum has ~40 sub sections, one each for a different music genre such as Rock, Pop, House, Trance, Techno, DnB, Metal, Punk, Ska and many more. In addition to music albums & single tracks, SA indexes a lot of radio shows and music videos as well. Screenshot showing part of the ‘Genres’ section on main forum can be seen below:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_GEiY3s3yU4k/TE...jpg?imgmax=800
Something I noticed while browsing the forum was that they heavily advertise their VIP program (you need to donate to become a VIP) – for example, there is a special page on SA which lists all new music releases uploaded in a particular day. Full access to this feature is only available to VIP members. Non –VIP members can of course download latest albums – but they’ll have to discover them by browsing the main index.
As it is customary with DDL forums, SoundArea does not host any of the music files itself. These are uploaded to one click hosting sites such as HotFile and only the verified download links are shared in the forums. These are pretty reliable and I did not come across any broken links so far.
SoundArea has always been a forum that’s friendly to new users – it’s currently open for registration and anyone can create an account. In addition to open signups, SA maintains a good social presence with their official
Twitter and
Facebook pages.
Site Name: SoundArea (
http://forum.soundarea.org)
Registration URL:
http://forum.soundarea.org/index.php...ction=register
From Filenetworks .I'm not a member of Soundarea so can't really comment on it's usefulness.
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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joshman1204
I have nothing to offer right now ... is that going to be an issue getting into any of these private trackers?
Depends on what you mean with "offer". If you're talking about trading invites, then you may want to know most trackers forbid that, so you'd better forget about it.
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no I meant offer as in I have nothing to upload or seed. I am not looking to trade or anything like that. I just want access to one decent tracker so I can download some music.
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n00bz0r
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Originally Posted by
anon-sbi
read it. get interviewed and invited.
Tell em you will seed files 24x7 and donate. That should work. :P
I am in the queue right now
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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joshman1204
no I meant offer as in I have nothing to upload or seed.
You can always borrow CDs from a friend or the library.
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I am in the queue right now
Good luck, although you won't need it if you've read that page, it has everything you need to know. :happy:
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Is there a certain time when the wait times for an interview are decent? I have been in the queue over an hour and there are people that have been in the queue over 6 hours.
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I don't know. You have to be patient. No one said it'd be fast, there's a lot of stuff going on there.
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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joshman1204
Is there a certain time when the wait times for an interview are decent? I have been in the queue over an hour and there are people that have been in the queue over 6 hours.
Its worth it bro
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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joshman1204
Is there a certain time when the wait times for an interview are decent? I have been in the queue over an hour and there are people that have been in the queue over 6 hours.
It's completely random, from what I've heard. I only can say I've been waiting for maybe 1h, maybe a bit less, and I entered the chan at ~16.00 GMT.
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The wait can be 30 mins to several hours from what I've read so as others have said, so just be patient. It IS worth it however. They have practically everything musical, with ebooks thrown in for good measure.
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No doubt what is a great site, but I still prefer waffles.
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http://coda.fm/
trusted public site, not very good for ... well, non-commercial artists
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is there any way to get the interview done from a banned country :( the bots not letting me in
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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Evelyn
is there any way to get the interview done from a banned country :(
Not any honest one. If your country is banned, getting someone to invite you directly is the only way in. Did you check the PU forums of the trackers you currently belong to for unlimited What.cd giveaways?
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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anon-sbi
Did you check the PU forums of the trackers you currently belong to for unlimited .....
what are PU forums?
if im getting you partialy right, i have only 3 tracker atm and afaik they are against invite thread ?
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Evelyn
what are PU forums?
PU stands for Power User.
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i have only 3 tracker atm and afaik they are against invite thread ?
Then that's a no-go. Unless you plan to join a more accessible site and ratio whore there to be able to access their invite forum and then join What.cd, I hear that's the cool thing to do. :P
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anon-sbi
PU stands for Power User.
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i have only 3 tracker atm and afaik they are against invite thread ?
Then that's a no-go. Unless you plan to join a more accessible site and ratio whore there to be able to access their invite forum and then join What.cd, I hear that's the cool thing to do. :P
im PU in one & VIP in One :) the tragedy is both are over gentle forums :D
bit-hdtv dont letting me in to the forum, if they have such thing........ i rocked 9+ ratio there in last 3 days d'loding only x2 freeleach :P
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Well waited a total of 18 hours over several different days just to fail the interview ... dont think I really care to try it again. Are there any private trackers that are easier to get into even if they dont offer the same content as what?
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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joshman1204
Well waited a total of 18 hours over several different days just to fail the interview ... dont think I really care to try it again.
Check what you did wrong. Work on that. They have an IRC channel to solve doubts with the interview studying material.
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
I know exactly what I did wrong but really dont care to mess with it again right now. Are there any other options for private trackers?
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
Depends on your tastes. If all you want is mainstream stuff, the music section on any general/0-Day tracker should do. You can also use DDL forums.
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joshman1204
I know exactly what I did wrong but really dont care to mess with it again right now. Are there any other options for private trackers?
Really, do give it another shot. Else, try libble, another private tracker which caters to music, and is relatively easy to get into. Also, as anon said, if all you need is mainstream music, DDL forums should suffice. I've found this DDL to be a great source of 0-day music.
PS. If you stay active around here, I'll consider inviting you to waffles.
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joshman1204
I know exactly what I did wrong but really dont care to mess with it again right now. Are there any other options for private trackers?
Check Out Soundarea. Exellent DDL forum It has more music that what.
Or if u download mostly singles and not Album (or can take pain of downloading track individually) check pirateapp or any vkontakte based app
@man_utd
Some how u managed to remind me of days when i use to visit site with torrentinvite word in it. :dry:
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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Cut-Copy-Paste
@man_utd
Some how u managed to remind me of days when i use to visit site with torrentinvite word in it. :dry:
And how did I succeed in doing that ?
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You can try music-torrents.org
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^had never heard of this tracker. good alternative to what and waffles it seems. thanks for the heads up.
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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Cut-Copy-Paste
Or if u download mostly singles and not Album (or can take pain of downloading track individually) check pirateapp or any vkontakte based app
Don't forget Groovedown. You won't find stuff from the big record labels (The Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc.) there, but the selection of lesser-known material is amazing.
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cibu
You can try music-torrents.org
From what i can see they are just to 3 months old and with 19000 torrent i would say IMPRESSIVE. If they hang around for sometime get posted on some blog i see a good tracker. I m so gonna create a new account.
@man_utd
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PS. If you stay active around here, I'll consider
I though it was exclusive pickup line for TI forums
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
Well I already had an astraweb account but for some reason never thought of using newsgroups for music. It is a little work and some of the stuff I am looking for is not available but I would say 80%+ of what I was is available and the download speeds are nice. So I guess for now I will just use newsgroups until I get this private tracker deal figured out.
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No doubt what is a great site, but I still prefer waffles.
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jukebox1888
http://lookpic.com/c1/i2/287/RyRuT5wY.png
Actualy its perfect example how badly u can made TS appear.
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Cut-Copy-Paste
Actualy its perfect example how badly u can made TS appear.
Would be passable if it was light green over solid black in a monospaced font. :01:
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http://panda.cd has quite a lot of potential. It covers artists that release their own music.
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Re: Looking for a place to get music
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Cut-Copy-Paste
Example of a stupid theme made by complete noob.
