- By Jamie Stroble
- Posted Thursday, June 7, 2018
Resource of the Month: Freegal
Streaming music is great, but generally you have to either pay for the service or put up with annoying commercials. What do we like about Freegal? Well, here’s a few things:
- It’s free, so you can save the money you would have spent on downloaded songs on something else, like a tiara for your cat or a Simpsons bicep tattoo.
- It’s legal, so you will not be charged with copyright violation and sentenced to clean the dog park.
- All you need is a Forsyth County library card in good standing and your PIN (library staff are happy to help if you have questions)
- 15 million songs to choose from
- 10,000 record labels in 60 countries represented
- Music genres from bluegrass to hip-hop and everything in between - even audiobooks and music videos (you know you want to download Thriller and watch it over and over)
- Digital rights management (DRM) restrictions
- Pieces of software to download
- Free legwarmers, even though you will be getting in shape as you work out with your sweet new playlists
- Download the Freegal app from your app store
- Enter your zip code (do this rather than typing the name of your city or town)
- Choose Forsyth County Public Library
- Type in your library card number
- When browsing songs, you can choose from new arrivals, genres, featured artists, music videos, audiobooks and new arrivals.
- Tap on the 3 dots to the right of the song to hear a preview of the song, download it or add it to your wishlist.
- If you hit your limit of 5 songs per week and you know there’s others you want, you can add them to your wishlist to save them to download another week.
- To check how many downloads you have left for the week, tap the three dots in the upper right hand corner to see your account information.
- Your five free songs will reset each week on Monday at 12:01 a.m.
- In the “My Music” section you can create playlists that will allow you to shuffle your songs.
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Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Holiday Closings
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Monday, January 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Friday, March 29 - Good Friday
Monday, May 27 - Memorial Day
Thursday, July 4 - Independence Day
Monday, September 2 - Labor Day
Monday, November 11 - Veteran's Day
Thursday, November 28 - Thanksgiving
Friday, November 29 - Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 24 - Christmas holiday begins
Wednesday, December 25 - Christmas
Thursday, December 26 - Christmas
Email: Contact Us
Hours of Operation
Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Holiday Closings
Monday, January 1 - New Year's Day
Monday, January 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Friday, March 29 - Good Friday
Monday, May 27 - Memorial Day
Thursday, July 4 - Independence Day
Monday, September 2 - Labor Day
Monday, November 11 - Veteran's Day
Thursday, November 28 - Thanksgiving
Friday, November 29 - Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 24 - Christmas holiday begins
Wednesday, December 25 - Christmas
Thursday, December 26 - Christmas