M4A's to MP3's and other digital music things

i need to make this so anyone else who's dumb like me knows cos it took me 3 fucking hours to learn how to do this only to find its painfully simple. 

***if this manual isn't for you scroll to the bottom***

PART ONE

* ipod to laptop converter*

step 1: acquire ipod and ipod charger, connect to your laptop 

step 2: download this and install copy trans (not copy trans manager)

step 3: once app is started make sure ipod is connect click need help? if it doesn't seem like its working (if doesn't work after that then idk ur fucked) 

step 4: in the bottom left-hand corner click classic mode, select the files you desire

step 5: click folder in the top left-hand corner, select the folder you'd like to store them in (i premade a folder under downloads since it was the easiest place i could find them at), start backup and once files are transferred click finish. 

PART TWO:

* ipod format will be m4a and we need mp3, this is the mp3 converter*

(edit: i just learned you can use this to convert internet archive file formats :D) 

step 1: go to this website 

step 2: choose files from the folder you've stored the m4a's in 

step 3: once converted, download *individually 

Now you're ready to collect all the files you've downloaded and load them onto an sd card or whatever tf u want 

I get my downloads on internet archives as well as my friends/ family's old devices but i need other FREE!!! places to get my mp3's from. DOES ANYONE have any recommendations on where i could do that? or some song recs? or any helpful information when it comes to downloading mp3s. 

edit: i like internet archives because some of my favorite songs at the moment i have only been able to find on there but this website has been heaven sent in finding music that i CAN'T find on internet archives. It converts youtube urls into mp3 files. for free.