We live in a modern era where everything can be done in the tip of our fingertips . Work has been made so much less and finding resources has been less of a cumbersome thanks to our good friend , the Internet . When everything is available at the tip of our fingertips ( e.x : smartphones , tablets , computers , etc ) , there will also be ways to do the wrong things on the internet or even guides . One of the most common thing that people always do wrong is pirating songs.
Now at this point , many people do not get the point at all. They might question themselves time over time regarding what is this pirating music . To put things into perspective, it's basically trying to get songs that costs money for , well .... free ! 
( A random free mp3 / free song download side loading on a browser )
Now you might be wondering , that is actually a really good opportunity. Well , little did you know that you are actually stealing . If your one of these people who would wonder why , just remember that artists , musicians and composers salary are very dependant on the song they sell. If everyone is just going to get them free , these artists , musicians and composes may not get enough money to live and they would be surviving . In the end of the day , music won't exist anymore because its not profitable and people just do not have the money needed to make a song . Raging from audio editing software , instruments , computers and so on .
Then there are people who complain that they prefer free mp3 downloads because they don't like spending too much ! Also , complaining that the latest music keeps getting sold out in stores . Well that is why music streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music exists . Ever since the start of music streaming services , so much less people rely on third party mp3 downloads because they are based on one flat fee per month and their money are not being heavy on . Not only that , with such music streaming services , available on their so called beloved smartphones , tablets or even computers , songs are getting so much easier to access . Not only that , you won't even need to worry about your beloved album being sold out , theres always songs from music streaming services that have unlimited copied . Sounds great right !
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Spotify streaming on a tablet ( iPad mini )
Another reason why you should be buying music instead of downloading them for free is to show your appreciation . For your info , there are meanings to buying a song from your favourite artist and meaning to downloading it off the net for free . If your buying a song from your favourite artist , you are basically showing how much you like the song and you understand the amount of effort being put to make the song. If you're downloading a song for free , it does show that you like the song , but you don't care how much effort was put into the song , you don't care how long it takes to make the music , you don't care about the amount of pressure / stress to just produce this one song. All you care is that the song is nice to listen and you imagine that it is easy to make the song . I dare you , to try making a good song . You will see that it takes a very long time and you might get stressed and may take too long to just create the first minute ! You see , making music isn't easy . You need to know your instruments , the amount of beats per minute and so on as they can make quite the difference.
Garageband is one of the softwares you can use to make music
So in conclusion , theres more reason to buying a song from your favourite artist than to download songs for free . There are still more reasons like being in risk of having viruses but for now , heres why you should be buying songs instead of downloading them for free . If the artists themselves are providing the song for free , then thats fine to download for free of course .