For years, I have enjoyed listening to music, tinkering with the stereo system, and making collection tapes (for my own use) of many of my favorite songs.

      I've always had an interest in discovering new music that I would like, but in recent years, listening to the radio has generally been bringing in 'lower yields' than it has in the past, so I wonder sometimes what good alternative ways there might be to discover new music.

      Perhaps others are wondering this too!

      Which is where the "StephensFavoriteSongs" e-book may be able to help!

      The main contents of this e-book is a collection of about 200 song titles, many of which are presented in the same arrangement as on my collection tapes.  Each entry in this collection consists of the artist's name and the song title.  In addition, the song title is usually (i.e. about 90% of the time) coded as a hyperlink which links to a web page where you'll find a description of the album containing that song and also one or more links to sound samples for the song.  So, for most of the songs in the list, even if you're not familiar with the song, you're only a couple clicks away from being able to listen to a sample!  (The web pages and sound samples are hosted by companies that sell music CDs.)

      If your musical tastes are similar to mine, you might enjoy many of the songs that I have enjoyed over the years.

      To help you find out if your musical tastes are similar to mine, the e-book includes a free (hyperlinked) list of 50 songs, randomly selected from the main collection.  This should be a large enough sample that you can get a good sense of the kinds of music that I like, and it may also be large enough to give you a good chance of discovering something that you like and didn't know about before.  So please feel free to download the e-book and try out the free list!

      If you like what you hear on the free list - and particularly if the free list leads you to some music that you like and didn't know about before, and you would like to hear more good music, you may wish to purchase and register the e-book in order to unlock the main collection (which lists about 150 additional songs).

      NOTE: - the e-book does NOT contain any music!  Rather, it is a guide to a collection of good songs, providing (for each song) the artist name, song title, and (in most cases) a link to a web page where you can listen to a sample of the song - and you may also be able to buy the CD from that page (though there are some exceptions).

      If you do purchase any music at any of the linked-to music-selling web pages, I'm not involved in that transaction in any way.  The only item which I'm offering for sale is the large collection of song titles (hyperlinks) in the e-book.  If you purchase one CD as a result of browsing these lists, you will probably pay more for that purchase than the $5 registration fee for this e-book.  If you buy several CDs, the e-book registration fee quickly becomes just a small percentage of an investment in some really good music!

When you register this e-book, you will receive a password which enables use of the locked portion of the e-book on one specific computer.  (If, in the future, you no longer have access to that computer, or the computer gets reconfigured to the extent that the e-book thinks it's running on a different machine, contact me to receive a new password appropriate to the new/modified computer.)

If more than one computer is available to you where you might register the e-book, please select one specific computer that meets the following requirements...

This e-book is a Windows-compatible executable program (a .exe file), requiring Windows 95 (or any later version of the operating system) and Internet Explorer 4 (or any later version of the web browser).

It's not particularly large - about half a megabyte.

Access to the internet is required to listen to any of the sound samples, or to  access any of the linked-to web pages where music can be purchased.  High speed internet access is ideal for accessing streaming media (the sound samples).  If you have dial-up access to the internet, please check the performance of the sound samples referenced by the free list to make sure you're happy with the media player's performance before going ahead and registering the e-book.

Good speakers are recommended!

Click here to download "Stephen's Favorite Songs (v1)"  and start listening to samples of the songs on the free list!

Choose "Save" from the download dialog box, then browse to a folder where you wish to store the file StephensFavoriteSongs.exe .

The download should take just over 1 minute, assuming a 56 kbps dialup connection, or just a few seconds over a high speed connection.

After the download is complete, use Windows Explorer to browse to the folder, then double-click on StephensFavoriteSongs.exe and you can start using the unlocked portions of the e-book.

To access the large song title collection, the e-book must be unlocked.  The password which unlocks the e-book can be purchased for $5.

To register the e-book:

• Run StephensFavoriteSongs.exe on the computer where you wish to register it.
• Navigate to the "Whole Song List" page (the password-protected page).
• Click on the link "Click here to get your password" (which will take you back to this page, but with extra information from the e-book which is needed for password generation).
• CLICK HERE to purchase (after the purchase, make a note of your password!)
• Click on the 'key' symbol in the toolbar of the e-book, then enter your password.
  
• NOTE: "CLICK HERE" (above) will be a live link in the context described above.

If you have any problems or have any questions about using this e-book, please contact me via email at stephen@stephenrklein.com .

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