Getting Started
You should read this page if you are new to the world of live, lossless audio recording, trading and collecting. If you already know how to use FTP, Shorten or Flac, or how to burn perfect audio CDs, then you might want to skim this page. If you're scratching your head at square one, asking "How do I get the music?" then this is the place for you.

Although it won't help you to get to the music faster, it's worth reading AboutWheelToTheStorm for background information. If you understand this sites philosophy, what follows will make more sense.

How Do I Get The Music?
Big picture, there are five steps:

1. Finding out where to download lossless audio files (e.g., archive.wheeltothestorm.com)
2. Installing the SoftwareYouNeed to download lossless audio files
3. Installing the SoftwareYouNeed to decompress lossless audio files to a format that you can burn to CD-R
4. Installing the SoftwareYouNeed to burn the music to an audio CD-R.
5. Downloading and Installing the SoftwareYouNeed to archive your new lossless audio files so you can keep them forever and ever.