Amazon MP3 Store

I'm an occassional music purchaser, both real CDs and the MP3 kind. I used to buy music all the time, but not so much these days. I'm an iTunes user. Like millions of people I've got an iPod, so I need it, but I kinda like the software too. I also buy music through iTunes - it's real handy, and I like that.

Not being a manic music collector (I say collector, because I do listen to music all the time), I've never felt the need to simply 'download' music. I'm quite happy to buy it.

That said, the format that iTunes uses, along with the DRM, can be annoying at times. I was looking for tracks to use with some snowboarding footage recently, and being ages since I'd bought anything from iTunes, I forgot that I was going to need to burn the music to a CD and then rip it again. Lame.

So I was really pleased when an email dropped into my inbox telling me about the Amazon MP3 Store.Official and DRM free! OK, so I know I'm way behind the times here, Play have been doing this for a while, right? There are probably loads of others too... but this was the first official, non-iTunes, MP3 store that I'd heard about. I did say I was an occassional purchaser, remember...

I like Amazon. Their mp3 store is a good addition. No doubt the selection will be growing very quickly, it's dead easy, and you end up with basic mp3 files. Flexible. Nice. I'll probably buy more music now.