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- kingdedede, on 05/19/2008, -0/+271. Venzero Mixtape
http://www.venzero.com/index.php?id=premiumpleasur ...
Some audio player manufacturers will happily give you music, on the condition that you buy their product first. German company Venzero is a bit more generous, having launched the Venzero Mixtape: a rotating collection of MP3 tracks by "exquisite bands" that anybody can download. Or at least that's the theory. Since launching the Venzero Mixtape, the company has changed the lineup only once. The nine tracks that make up the current mixtape are a pleasure to listen to, however, so even if Venzero never gets around to picking up where it left off, you still come out ahead.
2. Epitonic
http://www.epitonic.com/
My favorite brick-and-mortar record stores--I can call them that because they still have plenty of vinyl--not only offer a wide variety of music but also have staff who can talk intelligently about what they offer. Even when I walk in just to say hi, I usually end up walking out with a new CD and new knowledge.
The closest experience to that in the online world is Epitonic, where you don't get just free music--you get free schooling too. The site features extensive writeups on all the featured artists (including links to similar acts), streaming audio, and at least one free MP3 per album.
Unfortunately, Epitonic hasn't really been updated for almost two years. But the site has enough content that you can still spend hours, if not days, exploring new musical avenues.
3. Mush Records
http://www.mushrecords.com/
Like other independent music labels, Mush Records has artists who cover a lot of stylistic ground (they describe their range as "electronic instrumental, underground hip-hop, downtempo, abstract hip-hop, experimental, indie-rock, jazz-based grooves, turntablist compositions, electronic pop, saturated folk, left-field, dreamy stuff, more versions of hip-hop, and on and on"). And Mush is not afraid of giving away music and videos for free, since the company expects visitors' interest to be piqued enough for them to spend a few dollars on a CD.
Unlike Epitonic, Mush Records separates the areas where you learn about artists from where you download media. On the one hand, it makes music discovery a little less organic. On the other hand, the site's extensive archive of articles written about their artists gives a more textured look at their work. Either way, a collection of 70-plus free tracks is nothing to sneeze at.
4. iSound
http://www.isound.com/mp3
If you're a musician, iSound seems like a dream come true: The site provides tools for artists to create their own pages to promote and sell their music online. If you're a music fan, iSound seems like a potential nightmare--you'd expect to have to wade through plenty of questionable material to find one gem.
Both of those perceptions are accurate, but what separates iSound from similar online services are three features that let music fans quickly zero in on what they like. First is a search tool that finds bands based on their similarity to three artists you enter; second is a list of the 200 most popular tracks; and third is an icon that tells you if a band has any downloadable MP3s before you click through to their page. Using these tools I easily racked up more hits than misses.
5. The Live Music Archive
http://www.archive.org/details/etree
The top two reasons I love going to concerts are the feeling of camaraderie (I'm surrounded by people who are into the same music, though I run the risk of a Coke spilling on my shirt) and the chance to hear my favorite songs performed outside of a studio setting, sometimes arranged in new and creative ways. The next best thing to being there is a concert recording, but relatively few bands make recordings available for sale, and many bootlegs are kind of iffy soundwise.
Then there are the bands that don't mind exploring the gray area in between. The Live Music Archive features high-quality concert recordings from bands that are cool with noncommercial distribution of their performances. Dip into the extensive roster, and you'll find names like Robyn Hitchcock, Billy Bragg, and the godfathers of sanctioned bootlegs, the Grateful Dead. - zombird, on 05/19/2008, -1/+205 items can't fit on a single page?
- jstearns, on 05/19/2008, -1/+11That's not music.
- sprash, on 05/19/2008, -0/+8What about www.jamendo.com? All music there is licensed under CC. Great quality for non professional "home-brew" Music.
- VAJasonL, on 05/19/2008, -0/+7Buried for the use of the word "Groovy" in title. Better luck next time.
- lihkin, on 05/19/2008, -0/+7Stupid PC World pagination. I will not browse through to the second page and see more ads.
- muleskinner, on 05/19/2008, -1/+6PC World's site sucks gnarled rhinoceros *****.
You know you've gone to far when you have to squeeze your articles in between your advertisements.
IF I WANTED TO WATCH ***** ADVERTS I'D WATCH TV.
Bastards. - flipnboi, on 05/19/2008, -0/+4Groovy sites for free music downloads? Tubular!
- MrFurious2k, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3I'm an individual and listen to bands none of you have ever heard of. Therefore you all need to check out my links to my eclectic tastes of Belgian folk punk electro jazz mp3 downloads.
- MrSkills, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Sorry for the shameless self-promotion but there are a couple of free songs here:
http://www.templescene.com
And to get into a more community-minded mode, check out thesixtyone.com where there are free downloads from loads of acts. And a substantial amount of its users found it on Digg.
:-) - h3lx, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Wholeheartedly agree, what kind of consumer slut riddles through page after page of menial ***** to find a single sliver of viable content... if this is what the internet is coming to, I may have to go outside.
- cowholio4, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2http://www.last.fm/music/+charts/free/
- S4MF1SHER, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2I was poking around on iSound for a few minutes and found some pretty cool music already. Being able to input your 3 favorite bands and have the site find similar bands is sweet.
- krisscofield, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2Live Music Archive is a real gem for live shows that you don't want to spend money on hearing again via InstantLIve or whatever recording service might be at bigger shows. Usually available in FLAC too.
- bat-21, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2http://www.thesixtyone.com It's like Digg for music.
- uncoolcentral, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2my tunes are free
http://www.uncoolcentral.com/tunes.htm
and only some of them suck! - BuddyDoQ, on 05/19/2008, -0/+2I've been jamming to thesixtyone at work. It's sort of like a digg radio, and some of the songs do have a mp3 available.
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+2I see no links. I am now disappointed.
- BetterOffEd, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1C'mon... I thought that it was intentionally campy. No?
- funkytaco, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1http://www.avidbeauty.com - yes, it's relevant. I will also be rolling out the music blog aggregator soon. Personally, I think Hype Machine is king.
- AutomaticTLC, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1http://www.thesixtyone.com (for the lazy)
- MoDinero, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1I use Beemp3.com.
- murlidhar, on 05/19/2008, -1/+2naah . it doesn't let me PROMOTE my favorite bands . Sorry , only torrents for me. (cough cough).
- fac3less, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1I've found that http://www.muxtapestumbler.com/ hits the spot when it comes to muxtape hunting, great little site.
- zizzy, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1last.fm is good, but you can only download one song at a time.
- flxfxp, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Try Jamendo, one of the best!
- AsbellFTW, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Isounds is by far the best of the five
- ElBeh, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Grooveshark? Skreemr?
- theLaika, on 11/02/2009, -0/+1at least it's better than "AWESOME"
too much, digg... - RevinKoze, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1What ever happened to Qtrax? If I'm correct, they still have yet to release on OS X...?
- vh1`, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1(sort-of) shameless self-promotion (I'm on a couple of tracks and play live), but my friend puts all his stuff for free online
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Errand-Boy/139389368 ...
http://cllct.com/release/errandboy - CTK14A, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1cr3ation, google it
- BurnTees, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1yea, that's cool...and although you can listen to all the tracks there on the site, they do still cost $.99 to download.
- novenator, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1we've come a long ways since Napster
- ElBeh, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1One of the many reasons I hate PCWorld.
- DanMiller, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Sorry, nice site for free music, but it isn't legal
- darlyn, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1Don't forget seeqpod.com
- inactive, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1nah.
i'll stick to my torrent sites, thanks. - ResonantFish, on 05/19/2008, -0/+0This list is incomplete without Daytrotter.
- highgeere, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1If you haven't checked out the live music archive, you should really do so. The description in this article doesn't do it justice.
- RBrenner14, on 05/19/2008, -5/+5http://mp3s.pl ftw. Seriously, try it.
- MrSkills, on 05/20/2008, -0/+0Sorry, I should have put thesixtyone link. Too busy promoting myself :(
But thesixtyone really is good. I'm mostly listening to (other) artists from there at the moment. Check out Hot Bitch Arsenal, Hidari and Admiral Twin as a good starting point. - padz0r, on 05/19/2008, -5/+5the pirate bay works for me
- picpak, on 05/19/2008, -1/+1Why would I download a free song from a band that deserves the money when stealing crappy songs from mainstream bands because of their lack of effort is so much more rewarding?
- arj919, on 05/29/2008, -0/+0absolutely.........5 items, I am "undigging" this because of that, thank you for pointing it out, i dugg it to come back later - but that is not what I remember of this site and its articles
- akilnam, on 11/06/2008, -0/+0Now a day ipod is very popular equipment for music lover around the world and If you just bought a new iPod and are looking for some places that you can find cheap music downloads for ipod but please review here at first. http://www.cheapmusicdownloadsforipod.com
- lavabeat, on 05/27/2008, -0/+0For fine music http://mp3leben.com
- goldgirl99p, on 05/28/2008, -0/+0Dont go for any hype. Analyse and use the correct site.
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