In game music streaming service request

Xbox Music is the exact same sort of Service as Sony's Music Unlimited. Do Sony give that away with PS+? Let me answer my own question, no. They are both music streaming services, that give you unlimited access to a large music library. In short you don't
own a damn thing, you just have the rights to stream music to any device, like a smartphone, tablet or console. I'm not sure on the costs of either, but they are an interesting service in their own right and not part of either console subscription services.
I think Sony offer discounts to PS+ members for their Music and Movies Unlimited services, but beyond that no I don't think either service should be 'given away free'.

On the Xbox console, you cannot download any of the music, it's a streaming only service. On a PC and Windows Phone you should able to download the music.

You have to purchass the Xbox Music Pass if you'd like to stream or D/L musics or video from these services because Xbox Live Gold is just for connecting to Xbox Live service only. It's not including services from Xbox Music and Xbox Video. You can find
more detail here,
www.xbox.com/.../music ,

Not only is the Xbox music pass required, but you must have a Live gold membership too. This is in contrast to the Zune music pass that you could stream without needing Gold for years. So the short of it is, if you want to stream music on your Xbox you need
to pay for an Xbox music pass and a Live gold membership. The nickel and diming of this service is getting ridiculous.

The only time it resumes the download is when higher level function of Xbox LIVE are not being used.

If you are playing an online game or streaming from an online service it should remain paused. The only time it doesn't pause while streaming music or video is when you're using the respective "System Music/Video Player" apps from the menu.