1. A system for receiving distributed music at a user station, the system comprising: a receiver configured to receive a transmission at the user station, the transmission comprising a music selection in digital format; a user interface configured to permit preselection of the music selection for recording; a storage medium in communication with the receiver and configured to record the music selection in digital form, wherein the user station is configured to create a preview of the music selection recorded on the storage medium, the preview of the music selection comprising a copy of the music selection having a degraded quality accomplished by a process selected from the group consisting of: compressing the copy of the music selection, adding distortion to the copy of the music selection, overlaying voice over the copy of the music selection, and deleting sections from the copy of the music selection; and a communications mechanism configured to send a notification from the user station to a central controller system, the notification configured to verify that a preselected music selection has been made available for playback.