Where do you get your music in the internet age? Did you say CD’s?!? HA HA HA HA! Good one, brontosaurus! Back to the stone age with ye! We live in the internet age. I mean, you’re watching THIS on the internet, so come on! Get with it. We DOWNLOAD our music ’round these parts.

But how do you download your music, and are you getting the best deal? Well, in this episode of Gaucho TV, Marv talks about the heavy hitters. iTunes and Amazon MP3 are the industry leaders of downloadable music. Which offers the best value for your music buying dollar? Marv covers the pros and cons of both of these, but omits Napster, because in his humble opinion “subscription services are for the birds.”

Now let’s say you just want to stream music to your computer or your smartphone. Well there’s options for that as well. We cover Pandora, Grooveshark, Last.fm, Jango, and Aol. Music just to name a few. Some of them offer smartphone compatibility, many do not. Make an informed decision, my lovelies! Unfortunately, Marv ran out of time to talk about his favorite semi-free music site for independent artists, Bandcamp. But you should check it out.

Also, this episode shows us the top five ways to stay cool this summer on the cheap. Four of which are totally reasonable, and one which is only for the more daring among us. Enjoy!