Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Top 10 Websites to Download your Music legally for Free

If you’re a big fan of downloading tracks from the internet then check out the following websites that will provide you free downloads for your favorite song.

1. Jamendo

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Jamendo is your one stop to unlimited and legal downloads. You can find music by artist’s name, song name or album name.  Currently there are 12541 published albums along with 67398 album reviews and around 417100 members.  Join Now

2.  Artist Server

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Artist Server has the tools and services to help you promote, distribute and track your music online. You can even have your own blog, radio station, favorites list, Website friends list and more.

3. GarageBand

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GarageBand covers a wide range of genres and offers a large number of tunes for download. The majority of artists will be unknown to most people, due to the nature of the site, but the review and rating system makes it easy to pinpoint and listen to the most popular tracks.

4.  Live Music Archive

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Live music archive contains a  large collection of live recordings from a wide range of artists. Please note that the site runs a policy which does not adhere to any particular set of laws, and states so in its Terms and Conditions, and makes the user responsible for making sure that the content is legal in their own country.

5.Epitonic

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Epitonic also has a large number of online radio stations based on several genres and subgenres that are worth a listen. The site is a little confusing at first, but once you work out where the genre and artist lists are, its fairly simple from there

6.  Download.com

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I’m pretty sure we are all familiar with Download.com already. The music is generally from unknown and unsigned artists, but the range and quantity of material here is staggering. Currently it’s offering more than 80,000 free MP3s!

7. Freemp3Mail

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FreeMp3Mail is a Free legal download system in which the user creates an account by giving the site an email address and a password. It is a great source for free music downloads. The best part about it is that all of the music is 100% legal and yours to keep.

8.  AltSonunds

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AltSounds is an  alternative online music community. It gives listeners a place to find the best new music available in an environment that works for them and with them. Like the sites I’ve mentioned above it also offers free legal streaming and downloads.

9.  SoundClick

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Soundclick is one of my personal favorite websites. I’ve been using it for a long long time now. Not only you get to download your favorite track but there are so many versions available for most of these songs created by other users. You can even buy or sell music there.

10.  Amazon

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Last but not the least Amazon is one of the biggest websites out there that offers free music downloads for it’s users. The popular one-stop-shop has a small selection of tracks available for download for free. These are changed regularly, but are often by known artists.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Don't forget about the mighty Tribe Of Noise!
http://www.tribeofnoise.com