Where To Find FREE, Legal, Downloadable Music

[djcraig]

from http://www.digitalalchemy.tv

Highlights from Digital Alchemy's "Complete Guide to Free Online Music":

1. <a href="http://we7.com/">We7</a>: Free downloads with a 10 second advertisement inserted at the beginning of every track. Restrictions: None.

2. <a href="http://www.ruckus.com/">Ruckus</a>: Free unlimited music downloads. 2.5 million tracks in library. Restrictions: DRM, college students only.

3. <a href="http://www.slacker.com/">Slacker</a>: Play music on-demand along with music recommendations. Restrictions: US only.

4. <a href="http://www.pandora.com/">Pandora</a>: Streaming music recommendation service. Restrictions:US only, not on-demand.

5. <a href="http://www.last.fm/">Last.fm</a>: Streaming music recommendation service. Restrictions: Not on-demand.

6. <a href="http://www.emusic.com/">eMusic</a>: Limited to 25 MP3 downloads during free trial period. 2 million song library. Restrictions: Limited downloads.

7. <a href="http://www.qtrax.com/">Qtrax</a>: Unlimited downloads and song plays with contextual ads. P2P-based client forthcoming. Restrictions: DRM(?)

8. <a href="http://playble.com/">Playble</a>: A free music download service from The Pirate Bay. Forthcoming. Restrictions: None.

9. <a href="http://www.broadclip.com/">Broadclip</a>: Like TiVo for Internet radio stations. Schedule recordings of your favorite music and download them later as MP3s. Free software download required. Restrictions: None.

10. <a href="http://ilike.com/">iLike</a>: Discover new music through your friends. Share your music library. Download free MP3s of new artists. Restrictions: None.

11. <a href="http://www.mystrands.com/">MyStrands</a>: Downloadable application to tag, share, manage, and discover new music. Restrictions: None.

12. <a href="http://www.ijigg.com/">iJigg</a>: Digg for music. Rate, stream, and download free music. Restrictions: None.

13. <a href="http://soundpedia.com/">SoundPedia</a>: Listen to free streaming music. Create and share playlists. Restrictions: None

14. <a href="http://haystack.com/">Haystack</a>: Social network for sharing and discovering new music. Restrictions: None

15. <a href="http://deezer.com/">Deezer</a>: Free streaming online music. On-demand. Formerly called BlogMusik. Restrictions: None

16. <a href="http://www.seeqpod.com/">Seeqpod</a>: MP3 search engine that lets you play music that you find in your browser. Restrictions: None

17. <a href="http://www.jango.com/">Jango</a>: Free site that lets you play streaming music on-demand along with related artists. Sticks to more popular music selections than Pandora. Restrictions: None

18. <a href="http://www.jamendo.com/en/">Jamendo</a>: Features free downloadable music from independent artists released under the Creative Commons. Feel free to tip the artists if you like their music. Restrictions: None

19. <a href="http://hypem.com/">The Hype Machine</a>: Listen to music gathered from blogs around the world. Restrictions: None.


<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

[Cadman68]

Ever tried out Spiral Frog...

http://www.spiralfrog.com/index.aspx

and it's LEGAL!

[coop41]

Thanks for sharing this!

[phillyidol]

I don't trust anything called pandora! That sounds like trouble.

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[tiger_mn]

[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
I don't trust anything called pandora! That sounds like trouble.
[/quote]

This from a guy with "philly" in his name........

[scramjet]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Cadman68[/i]
<br>Ever tried out Spiral Frog...

http://www.spiralfrog.com/index.aspx

and it's LEGAL!
[/quote]

Looks nifty, but the catch must be what that "download manager" you have to install does.

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[Cadman68]

[quote][i]Originally posted by scramjet[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by Cadman68[/i]
<br>Ever tried out Spiral Frog...

http://www.spiralfrog.com/index.aspx

and it's LEGAL!
[/quote]

Looks nifty, but the catch must be what that "download manager" you have to install does.

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[/quote]

I've been download stuff for the past 3 months and everything is okay.

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