How music fans can keep their passion alive

I f you are a massive fan of music and you would consider this art as a personal hobby, the web & technology can help you enjoy it more than ever before thanks to many different programs, apps and websites out there. Many people don't only like to play or listen to music. Their passion is so big that they want to talk to other people about it and sometimes social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook are not satisfying enough. That is when music forums can come in handy, because they are great places to communicate with other people who like the same things as you. The Internet is filled with music forums, which means whether you like extremely popular acts or obscure music genres, you will always manage to find a place to discuss your favourite artists with fellow admirers. But the web & technology can also help you build your music library even further because you can find hundreds of different websites where you can buy music both by popular and little known bands in extremely high quality. Have you been looking for that U2 album you never managed to buy and would to like to own it now in digital format? You can find it on iTunes or Google Play. And what about random remix of 'Wannabe' by the Spice Girls you heard at a club months ago and would like to have? A quick research on a streaming service like Spotify will lead you to it and you will have the opportunity to listen to it as many times as you want. And once you own all the music you want, thanks to the web & technology you will have the chance to create a fantastic music library thanks to programs like iTunes, Windows Media Player or Winamp where you can edit the information of your files, add the cover artwork to them and, of course, play your favourite music. And if you like keeping track of how many times you have listened to a song or how much you have played an artist in particular, join www.last.fm to check your stats whenever you want. [Photo: www.huffingtonpost.com]