The recording industry was getting nervous about losing money and began pressuring lawmakers to crack down on illegal free music downloading sites, though lately they have been losing case after case. So, subscription music services seemed like a solution to some. You see, Instead of having to buy the CDs, with a the subscription music services, you can download the music you want. You pay on a per song downloaded scale which is usually about $.99 per download which can quickly add up into a lot of money. The best thing about it is if you want to download just a couple songs instead of the whole album, you have that option. On the other hand, if you are like me and want to download all of your songs for free, then do what I do, join a free downloads membership site. Unlike subscription music services that have the expensive pay per download fees, free downloads membership sites charge you a meager one time lifetime membership fee for all of the free downloads you want.