Dinosaur Gran query

I use iTunes on the computer to load my own CDs and occasionally download tracks. Then I can make compilation playlists and download them or whole CDs to my phone. That bluetooths to the car and connects to speakers in the house. Wonderful BUT following an upgrade, I can’t add any more music to my phone this way. So frustrating - Apple trying to make more money I think. Anyone else had this problem?

I find it cheaper to download individual songs I like and copy and burn them to a CD so I can listen to them in the car too as well as through lots of other devices.
I've got Alexa but I don't like the idea of paying every month for Amazon Music, but I listen to the radio on that every day.

I listen to Spotify on my iPad &, as the odd advert doesn't bother me, I pay nothing at all. I've got an enormous collection of all sorts from Baroque classical to George Ezra via Handel, Glück, 10cc , Beatles at al - all downloaded in a nanosecond. Brilliant, I love it, it's so simple & I'm certainly not the most technically minded

I must be a dinosaur as I have hundreds of CD's and still play them almost every day on my CD player or in my car.
I have a smart phone, but don't want to pay money each month so that I can have music on it. Is there any free way of doing this? I often go to YouTube as it's great to see the videos along with the music. My favourite one at the moment is Ed Sheeran singing his song "Perfect" with Andrea Bocelli. It's called Perfect Symphony and is absolutely fantastic.

I love music from a group popular in my younger !days. I can still get their CD's but at a price. So I go to You Tube where I can not only listen to their music but watch them in concert.

It's Greek to me too - my phone sometimes post in Greek and other foreign languages!

kittylester
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You could get an Alexander and compile playbills. We do it through Spotify but you can do it through Amazon. I have one on the kitchen and the sound is really good.
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This is complete Greek to me!

You can download and play music on whatever device you're using to read this message. You can attach headphones or powered speakers for a better sound, or maybe plug through to your existing hi-fi system. Beware of Apple devices like the iPad. They are primarily machines for draining your bank account, both from initial luxury-pricing and from ongoing charges

TyGranosaurus!
Oh dear. I'm more confused than ever now! The music I was enjoying so much was on that new fishing programme with Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse. Just not expecting such lovely stuff. I think there were various Verdi excepts but not sure from which opera. Didn't really matter - just loved it!

As you have specifically mentioned TV music, there are phone apps - I use Shazam - which will listen to music to identify it for you and then link you to sites where you can download it. It's also a useful app when out and about, if you hear something you like in a cafe or shop.

Dinosaur Gran query - from TyGranosaurus Rex maybe?!

I do still have a stereo which plays CDs and records but, occasionally, if I like a particular song I will download the music onto my laptop and the sound quality is very good. No need for extra speakers.

If you can, find someone who can help out say a friends teenager, neighbour, or if a member of any organisation perhaps there will be someone there with the know-how. It can all be a bit confusing and no shame in asking to be shown How to do it.

YouTube is quite good for music. You can type in pretty well anything and there will be some of it and then it will lead to other things that artist has done or similar music.

we must be dinosaurs too.We have hi fi ,still buy and play CD's and vinyl my OH is partner in a hi end speaker business so we usually get new ones to try out as soon as they become available.
You really cant beat decent hi fi for sound quality ,so if you still have your cd player buy cd's from Amazon or HMV ,treat yourself to some good speakers ,you'll find lists in HIFI World magazine of all price ranges from a few hundred pounds to tens of thousands of pounds.I know that the sound from our system is so good you'd believe the artist was singing/playing right in front of you.Well worth splashing out on if you enjoy music .

Here's the spotify and itunes link - you pay monthly - I believe they both cost the same at £10 per month.

www.spotify.com

www.apple.com/itunes/

I'm not sure about Amazon music.

We don't link it via the 'wife' cos I'd object. We do it through the Wi-fi!!

I'm peed off with my flipping phone!

I stick everything on a usb stick which then plugs into my cd player, both indoors and in the car. The sound quality on laptops is pretty dire and my cd player is very good as is my sound bar if I want to play it through my dvd player.

If you have WiFi and Amazon a good option is Alexa I use one all the time from my sofa I just tell her what I want to listen too?

We have an Alexa not an Alexander!!

I build playlists on Spotify - actually very easy even for this dinosaur gran - and then it is linked to the Alexa via wife. Dh bluetooths his to the Alexa. We both can play our playlists in the car.

I was bewildered by the thought of it but it is fairly straight forward really.

It's the casual use of words like 'playbills' and 'Spotify' that lose me!
Sounds like I could do something magical with my android phone, download music from Amazon and maybe connect my phone to some sort of speaker? Does that make sense?
Thanks for your patience!

Jane what do you use for GN? If its a laptop you can plug the speaker into your laptops headphone socket - with my laptop I still get better sound through the mini speaker than the iPad or iPhone ( or any smart phone)

You could get an Alexander and compile playbills. We do it through Spotify but you can do it through Amazon. I have one on the kitchen and the sound is really good.

Thank you Maryeliza54. That's still a bit bamboozling for me! If only I had an i pad!

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