What are you doing? I am an Russki young man who came to America looking for better life. In Russia I was never wealthy, and certainly not in the middle-class category, I was filthy poor. My family was not my own in general. Russia was a nation where young adults did not need money as they grew older. So, we had to find new ways to make money. There are many schemes which resemble alcoholics soliciting money from their neighbors for their communal vodka bottles. The idea is similar as we'd explore ways to earn some quick bucks to even go purchase bread. We always had food cravings.

So, I finally arrived in America. It is far away from New York, Brooklyn and Brighton Beach. This place is a great reminder of home. It's noisy filthy, smells like Russia, and the people there are rude. I've spent quite a bit of money there, mostly in Russian restaurants and music/books stores.

Music is my obsession and books are my favorite. Nowadays, it is possible to browse Russian literature online, as is the case in recent times. And so I stopped buying hard copy books as I don't have much space in my home. My wife is quite an escapist, so I try my best not to contribute to that and that includes avoiding purchasing new items that I don't really require to keep in the house, since there is no place to put it... After a bit of research, the first few months , my stacks of books turned into an ugly sight, and I decided to move them into my garage, where there is still space for my belongings.

But music is something different. I love music because my work requires me to travel long distances so I listen to a lot. Because I am a Russian citizen, there's no way that I would like new music in the USA. I'm not a big fan of hip-hop, rap, metal, rock or pop. The new-age music that kids love to dance to. I really love old Russian music, also the songs from jail that are very specific to Russian music industry. These songs remain popular in Russia after twenty years. They aren't on CDs - they are mostly tapes in cars and videos on Youtube. Youtube is now the only place to find all the data. So I can spend hours on Youtube listening to music while I'm at work or when I get home from work.


After some time, I was able to create an extensive playlist that included more than 300 songs that I like. Since there are more than 300 songs, it's easy to become accustomed to the tunes. But, when I want to listen to them in my car I don't have internet access. I need it for navigation and driving. I do the preparations at home. I'm now in the middle. I take a few songs on Youtube as mp3 files. Then, I burn those MP3s to a CD with my computer. Then I drive the CD to my car to listen. The site allows you to print the entire Youtube playlist, then convert each song to MP3 and save it on my computer at home. Then it's easy to transfer the song to an audio CD. Sometimes I'm mistaken and create a data CD, that won't play on my old car stereo. The quality of the recorded audio is incredible. I don't require internet connection to play music on mp3. I simply insert the CDs into my stereo slot. Once I am in Manhattan the music from Russia is heard in the background.

It's simple and cheap to save videos from Youtube as MP3 files. You can then download them onto your Smartphone. My friend connected his iPhone to his car stereo and within seconds, it was playing very excellent sound quality. It was also feasible to stream Spotify and Pandora radio, which means there's no need for a lot of internet. I think I will try this next.. However, I'll be wary of using free wifi.

http://ytmp3.com.de