In this article you will discover how to get Rhapsody for free. As I have mentioned in two prior articles, I gave you an insight as to how Rhapsody works and what it consists of. I promised in my most recent article that there were certain benefits that Rhapsody had, one of them being the cost of subscribing to their program. In fact the cost is so low that you can even get access to Rhapsody indefinitely for free. However, even of you decide to get a paid subscription, the cost is still considerably lower than that of iTunes and even Walmart downloads.

Rhapsody, currently owned by RealNetworks, is currently the world's leader in legal subscription music services with about 550,000 listeners, a young company but steadily growing. You will find that it is streets ahead of the free peer to peer music downloads services that were existent in the early 2000's. With that please note Rhapsody is NOT a peer-to-peer music service. Even though potentially you can get Rhapsody for free, it is a legal music downloads service that has acquired rights from the four major record labels and thousands of independent labels to provide music for you, the music fan.

How has it become number one? I covered some of the benefits of Rhapsody in two prior articles, but one big reason why there are more members for Rhapsody than any other music downloads service is due to, without a doubt, the low cost of the service.

Rhapsody is a paid subscription service, allowing access to over 120 radio stations and 1.3 million music tracks for only $9.99 per month.

You can download free rhapsody music, however. The focus of this article will be regarding how to get Rhapsody for free, indefinitely. There is more detail on how to download free rhapsody that you can read here.

When you initially obtain a subscription to Rhapsody you are given unlimited access to 1.3 million tracks and 120 radio stations for a 14-day trial.

Now after the trial you may do one of three things:

1) Keep the Unlimited Rhapsody service and pay a low fee of $9.99 per month - this value can be lower if you pay let's say for an entire quarter or year in advance, such as what I have with my Rhapsody subscription.

2) You can upgrade to Rhapsody To Go. This is a portable version of Rhapsody that allows you to listen or download songs to a compatible mp3 player (sorry, no iPods). This subscription is $14.99 per month.

3) You can keep getting Rhapsody for free indefinitely, provided you downgrade to Rhapsody 25. This unique service allows you to access 25 "song plays" per month and 25 premium radio stations per month. The 25 song plays can be split into let's say 25 different songs of one play each, or 1 song with 25 plays, or any combination in between.

For example, if you want to check out the biggest 25 songs of the month, all you have to do is click on the songs you want to listen to and boom, they will start playing with streaming quality that no other music service can compare to (trust me, I know Ive tested this versus other services). Anyhow, this latter version is the ONLY way in the world that you can get access to free LEGAL music downloads. iTunes does not offer this - they force you to pay $0.99 per track.

Even if you went with the unlimited version and pay $9.99 per month, and listen to 1000 songs per month, you would have to pay $990 to do the same thing with iTunes, and $880 for Walmart! Now where's the fun in that?

I found it rather easy to join, and found it very easy to implement changes in the service in regards to the plan I wish to use. I am pretty sure that you will find it just as easy if you want to cancel your subscription, downgrade and get Rhapsody for free using Rhapsody 25, or, like me, keep paying for a great unlimited service.

The choice is up to you to get Rhapsody for free or not, but as Napoleon Hill once said, Life is a checkerboard, playing against time. If you neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision.

So make your decision and start saving money now! You can read more for additional information on getting Rhapsody for free.

Until then (or after then) happy music downloading!