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How to stay connected to music from your home country even if life has been a bit boring for the past decade

What's your life like? I am a Russki teenager who moved to America for a better future. I was extremely poor in Russia. I was not even far from the middle class and I was never rich. My family, not me per se. As an early adult in Russia the money wasn't an essential requirement. We had to come up with ways to earn money. There are a lot of schemes that resemble alcohol users soliciting money from their neighbors for their communal vodka bottles. It was pretty similar. We were always looking for easy ways to make some money so that we could buy bread. We always had food cravings.

So, I'm in America. There's nothing like New York, Brooklyn or Brighton Beach. That place really reminds me of home. It's loud, filthy, there's plenty of Russian spoken everywhere, rude people - it's just regular Russian city life. There's plenty to do, like visiting Russian music stores and bookstores.

I am a music lover, and I love to read books. Recently, it was revealed you can read Russian books on Kindle. I've stopped buying books in hardcopy. In addition, I don't have enough space in our home and my wife is almost a hoarder so I do my best not contribute to this. I also try to avoid purchasing new stuff lying around my home that I don't really need, since I have no place to put them. The stacks were pretty nice initially before they began to look sad. I finally moved them into my garage, which can accommodate my stuff.

Music is different. Because my job requires me to drive a lot and I am a huge fan of music. Although I'm a Russian-born immigrant, I don't like American music. ytmp3 I'm not a fan of hip hop, rap, rock, metal and pop. It's all the modern music that kids want to dance to. I am a huge fan of the old Russian music, and also the Russian songs that are jail-like. They are still popular in Russia even after 20 years. They aren't on CDs, they're mostly tapes in cars as well as videos on Youtube. Yes, they put everything on Youtube these days. YouTube is my most favorite music streaming site. I listen to it at all times regardless of whether I am at home or at work.

So, after some time I came up with a playlist that includes more than 300 songs I truly love. Since there are more than 300 songs, it's simple to get used to the music. But when I need to hear them in my car I don't have any Internet to spare. I need it for driving, for navigation. I record the songs at home. I'm at the top of the list. Then I record a few songs on Youtube to MP3 files. Then I burn the MP3s onto my computer and bring the CD into my car. This website I found allows you to take a Youtube playlist and print the entire playlist. Each song can be converted to mp3 and stored on my personal computer. It is then possible to convert the mp3 file to an audio disc. http://pyttkvtphcm.gov.vn/question/web-apps-that-are-cool-make-it-simple-to-locate-youtube-music-2/ Sometimes I make mistakes and make a the wrong choice and make a data CD. It doesn't work on my old car stereo. It's incredible how technology operates in the event that audio files are recorded. It doesn't require an internet connection to play mp3. I simply plug the CD into the car stereo, and the music from Russia plays in Manhattan as I drive by.


It's cheap and easy to save videos from Youtube as MP3 files. After that, you can download them to your Smartphone. My friend connected his smartphone to the car stereo and it started playing top quality audio in less than 2 seconds. Also, it was feasible to stream Spotify and Pandora radio, so there's no need for a lot of internet. I think this is my next step to try. However, I will only use free wifi.


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