On the Net - Surfin' Sidcup-style!

Media Leech - http://medialeech.m4d.com/
MP3 Search - http://mp3search.astraweb.com/

If you have an interest in MP3 files, you'll probably want to search 
for a particular track on the Net at some time or other. I did this 
recently for one called 'Amazed' by a group called Lonestar. I 
tested two different MP3 search engines which I'd used before. 
They both use slightly different criteria for matches - if you just 
type in LONE, MP3 Search will also find files with LONELY etc, 
but Media Leech won't. Typing in LONESTAR gave 22 hits from 
MP3 Search and 33 from Media Leech and both listed several 
files called Amazed from Lonestar. However, try as I might, I 
couldn't manage to get onto any of the FTP sites and download 
the track though I have managed to use them before. From the 
error messages I got, it sounded as though they were just too 
busy, so at a different time of day you might strike lucky.


Lyrics Search Engine -  http://lyrics.astraweb.com

Having been unlucky trying to get the track itself, I decided to 
console myself by finding its lyrics on-line. One of the best places 
to try is the Lyrics Search Engine, whose address I got from 
Media Leech. The front page lists the top five lyrics that are 
currently being searched for. You can just go to an alphabetical 
listing if you know the artist's name already, otherwise you can do 
a basic 'AND' search. They suggest you type the artist's name or 
song title first. I don't know what else is left because I didn't get 
anywhere typing just lyrics. The content of the site is fairly patchy, 
but it appears that they rely on people contributing lyrics. I found 
Lonestar and Macy Gray's 'I Try' but no luck with one I wanted by 
the Pet Shop Boys. The site covers some very obscure artists 
such as M2M and Da Bush Babees (who???) yet omits others or 
covers them briefly. Still, it's worth trying the site. 

                                                         Sue

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