How to use Rhapsody

Rhapsody is a popular media player and music software program that allows users to listen to and download music. You download the software for free, and there are free versions of Rhapsody as well as those you have to pay for. The free version allows you to import your CDs, burn CDs, transfer music to your portable players, as well as have access to a number of radio stations and music streams. You will, however, have to pay for music downloads as well as additional subscriptions for various services.

How to use Rhapsody
In order to use Rhapsody, you first have to download it. You can do so by going to their website and installing the software onto your computer. This is free and only requires that you register with the system. You do not need to enter any credit card information, and you don't need to cancel anything after 30 days or anything.

Once you have downloaded Rhapsody, you can transfer the songs in the library to your personal MP3 players or your Sansa, which is the portable MP3 player designed specifically for Rhapsody.

Buying songs
If you want to purchase songs and/or albums, you can register to do this on the site. Songs are 79 cents each, and purchasing them allows you to put them in your library and download them onto your MP3 player.

In addition, if you have Windows XP on your computer, you can also subscribe to Rhapsody Unlimited or Rhapsody to Go. This will provide you with unlimited streaming and access to Rhapsody's library of songs for a monthly fee starting at around $10 a month rather than purchasing each song individually. With this, however, you can't save the songs to your computer or download them onto your MP3 player. This is not to be confused with satellite radio, either. Satellite radio simply plays random songs; with streamlined access, you can choose the songs you want to listen to and listen to them over and over, if you'd like.

Burning CDs
You can easily burn your favorite music onto a CD with Rhapsody with the following steps:
1. Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW into your computer's drive. CD-R's are recommended because they are the most compatible.
2. Click the "Burn" tab in the Mixer.
3. Next, add the tracks into the Burn view of the Mixer by dragging and dropping the tracks from the library into the Mixer, or by dragging whole playlists.
4. Rearrange the order of the tracks if you'd like
5. Click Burn at the bottom of the Mixer. Sometimes, you will be prompted to purchase certain tracks if you have not already done so before you can continue. Once you've done this, you'll have to click Burn again to start the burning process.

Creating a play list
You can easily make play lists of your favorite songs or to organize your music in Rhapsody by doing the following:
1. Go to File, then select New Play List. You can then name the play list, and it will show up in your list of My Play Lists on your mixer.
2. Add songs to the play list by dragging songs from your Library or Mixer into the new play list.

Rhapsody is easy to use and has a variety of features that music lovers will enjoy, including streamlined music, inexpensive downloads, and much more.