We have well over 1500 songs in our music library. This is in addition to tons of music stored in CD format. My husband has some decent stereo equipment and he regularly uses our music library, computer and stereo system to DJ private parties for friends and family. We are able to create playlists in ITunes and we can customize these lists according to the fashion and preferences of the host. We are always downloading music for one purpose or another and we have amassed quite a collection in all genres of music.

Nearly a year ago, a friend of ours was getting married. She has a different taste in music than we do. She wanted to play several sets of country music along with more popular pop and rock. This required several hours of downloading music that would suit her tastes. We didn't have any country music in our library at that time. Now, we have a couple of dozen songs of that variety.

The program we use to is called Acquisition. It makes downloading music extremely easy and user-friendly. In fact, even our son is able to quickly locate and download tunes without any adult supervision. And our little girl who is only four knows how to find and play several of her favorites as well.

It seems like everybody is into downloading music these days. Having songs handy in such a portable format allows for lots of uses. You can burn CDs to play in your car, set background music to photo displays and even send a song to a friend. Friends of ours have created their own playlists on our computer. When they come over they are able to add to their music lists and even burn their preferences to CD to take home with them.

Sometimes one of us will get in a nostalgic mood and think of a particular song. It's so easy to check the library to see if it's already ready and waiting, or to run a simple search - and you're downloading music in no time!

In addition to downloading music, you can also find stand-up comedy skits to add to your collection. Every once in a while, I'll get in the mood to hear some of the antics of The Jerky Boys. Within seconds I can find and play the clips, again, using ITunes. The technology that's available these days, makes downloading music, movies and more as simple as a click of the button. I can't remember the last time I resorted to playing a CD, since our music library has become to user-friendly and accessible.