HELP! Try to download MP3 files defaults to quicktime files

I have tried to download several mp3s from the web using internet explorer but it defaults them to quicktime video files! Anyone suggest a fix
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The browser is Chrome and when I click to download a new Chrome window opens that is a blank screen with the download at the bottom of the page. I don't know what that downloader is called. The weirdest thing is I got back to lunch and the website had timed me out. When I logged back in then I was able to download the next file! I don't even know what I did.

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