I was surfing around the web this morning and I came across a few handy little “how to’s” for those of you looking to rid your music collection of digital rights management (DRM) by converting your iTunes files to mp3.  Check’em out.

Tech-FAQ.com’s “Convert Your iTunes to MP3 and Convert iTunes to MP3 Format (Ask Bob Rankin).

They look simple but maybe a tad bit time consuming. However, it could be a small price to pay if you are worried about losing your tunes or looking to standardize your collection.

I don’t think it will be long before most of the music download services go DRM free but these techniques look like they should get you by until.

Every month a music service seems to be drop its DRM protected tracks. Amazon, Napster, Sony and Yahoo Music are just a few of the major players offering music without restraints this year. This is great news for the consumer but it could be a little unnerving for some artists looking for another source of revenue.

But never fear artists, I recently read an article called How to Make Money Selling Music Online over on Cobolhacker.com that offers reason to be optimistic. As you’ll see, his solution is by no means scientific but I think it is very intuitive and worth the read.