Burning music off the Internet can get you into a lot of legal trouble. Illegally pirated copies of music are readily available. But is it possible to burn legal copies of your favorite music? The answer is yes.

Before we go into sources for legal music on the Internet, let't take a moment to discuss a few options for creating and burning the music to CD's after it is downloaded.

First of all, you will need a computer that has the proper equipment for burning CD's. Most modern computers will have been shipped from the factory with a CD burner built in. Adding additional memory will speed up the process of burning CD's so upgrading your machine as much as possible is recommended if you intend to burn a lot of CD's. Finally, burning CD's can use a lot of hard disk space to store the music files and temporary files. If you are planning on burning a lot of CD's and want to store the files on your local machine, opt for the largest hard drive your budget will allow.

Windows Media Player

If you have a Windows Operating System on your computer, it is very likely that you have a great CD burning software already on your machine. Windows Media Player offers the ability to add multiple songs to a playlist for listening or burning to a CD. Using the Windows Media Player, it is also possible to easily edit the order that songs will appear on your CD. Since it is a free component included in most Windows installations, the Windows Media Player is the first choice of many people when they want to listen to music or burn a CD.

Deep Burner

A freeware program for burning CD's and DVD's, Deep Burner offers the ability to create CD's with a simple drag and drop interface.

Finding legal music on the Internet

With the abundance of peer to peer networks on the Internet, music is readily available. Unfortunately, downloading music from these sources may leave you in a legal dilemma unless you already own the CD. Still, if you are making back up copies of your music collection, peer to peer sharing networks have their place.

Frostwire

An excellent peer to peer network, Frostwire offers the ability to search for and share music, movies, software and pictures. Being a very popular choice in the peer to peer networking community, Frostwire is very likely to have the files you are looking for. As an added bonus, Frostwire is also offering free downloads of new musicians who are seeking to advertise their work so you might just find some new sounds that you really enjoy.

Legal download sites

Looking for new music but don't want to go to the music store? Legal download sites can offer the ability to buy music or even get free downloads. There is plenty of legal music available for music fans to download and burn to CD. Play safe and get your music from reliable download sources.

Amazon.com

Amazon has its own mp3 store where you can buy music for your collection. With tracks starting at 99 cents each or whole albums from $5 on up, Amazon is an affordable way to get your favorite music.

But what if you're broke?

Luckily, even those who have been liberated from their money,( in other words, those of us who have bills to pay,) can still find great music to download from the Internet. Sites like Bresso.com and last.fm offer some great music download choices for free.