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Find Music - Rhapsody, iTunes

Today I am working all day on finding special music, scheduling, and planning.  That means I am making full use of Ministry Tools.  Putting the whole schedule on Airset, looking through my library on iTunes, and listening to music on Rhapsody.  

So, I thought I would give a few more tools to help with music for your church. It is always a hassle for me trying to gather cd’s, listen to tapes, and try to figure out sheet music.  I am a lot better at hearing a song and saying, “I like that.”  

That is why I use iTunes and Rhapsody, a lot. They both work off the same concept - finding a song or artist you like.  While that is hugely valuable, what makes it wonderful is the ability to find similar songs or artists.  Let me explain.

Lets say you know about a particular song that you like.  I dont know why, but I am thinking of “Step Into the Water”.  Once you search for “step into the water” it will bring up a big list of people who sing that.  If they sing that song, they will likely sing another you like.  So, you can start to look into that new group, find songs that they sing and discover songs very quickly.  It is an intermingled web — which is good for finding stuff.

iTunes gives you 30sec previews of unlimited number of songs and cost $.99 to buy each one.  

Rhapsody is membership based, but gives you 25 free plays.  After that it is $12.99/month for unlimited songs.  You can only listen to them on their site though.