How do I burn a music CD?

In recent years, technological advancements have transformed the nature of the music industry. Most personal computers now provide users with the option to burn music onto CDs. While this technology is itself declining in popularity, since fascination with portable devices such as cellphones and MP3 players is increasing, most purchasers of a personal computer system expect these systems to be equipped with CD re-writer drive so they can burn a music CD. Most computers that are purchased at retail outlets include desktop software produced by the Microsoft Corporation. Typically, this software has a few different options for burning a music CD, including the Windows Media Player, which has the power to burn a music CD. Competing with these Windows-based systems are Macs, produced by Apple. These computers let users produce CDs with a variety of systems, including iTunes program. In both cases, the process to burn a music CD is well integrated with the music management software, in ...  more

•How do I get my music (and movies if you're lucky to have the 5th generation iPod) into my iPod? •How do I buy music from the iTunes Music Store? •How do I best manage my music library? •How do I back-up my music library? •How do I use and customize my iPod? •How do I use my iPod as more than a music player? These and numerous other questions are answered in this easy to follow instructional book. All the step-by-step instructions are accompanied with screen shot illustrations and sidebar tips. There are no wasted paragraphs. Each chapter and subheading is followed by a brief introduction and clear enumerated steps for each feature of the using iTunes and the iPod. The last few chapters cover how to customize your iPod with numerous Apple and third party gadgets and how to use it for more than playing music. This book covers iTunes up to version 6.0. However, the most recent 6.0.2 update is not so significant that you can't figure out the added features after using this book. The ...  more

If you can download the song that you want to play using quicktime pro or something than you can import it into itunes, windows player or whatever default music player you have on your computer. If you have a CD W/R dive than you can burn a disc using your default player.  more