This is probably a question that a lot of people are asking these days, what with the recession going on and lack of money in our pockets.
So how do you get your hands on music from the internet that is legal to download?
A great way to artist that you enjoy is to be a member of Last.FM, on the home page when you are logged in you’ll see down towards the bottom of the page a “Free Downloads” section, this will have a selection of free legal music downloads that your favourite artists have available for your to download, now I’m not saying you’ll get free tracks from top artists all the time, but you’ll certainly get a good collection of tracks to download….
Another fantastic place for free music, if your quick, is Amie Street, I personally use Amie Street a lot myself and you can get new releases from some of the top artists, but with the big names you have to be quick, as an example: I downloaded the new Crystal Method album Divided by Night for the crazy cost of around $2 yes that right, but within minutes the price had shot up.
But Amie Street is also great for discovering new artists and their releases are also free, the system works in a way that all releases are free until they get popular and then the price goes up gradually, so been first in is ideal, I would highly recommend Amie Street.
There are of course other sites out there that are similar, but these are the main two that I use to get my hands on some excellent music for free and for a fraction of the cost of other retailers.
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If I’m online I often just listen to the music anyway without the need to download via LastFm and Spotify..
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Another good source is radio stations themselves, many have free music downloads to help promote new or local bands. I don’t know if all do this but my favorite station here in the Twin Cities (Minnesota) is The Current and they have a free song of the day podcast where you can get some pretty funky fresh tunes every day. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/podcasts/song_of_the_day/
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Thanks for the info Chris, will check out your link when I can
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Arnie street hyperlink now goes to the Amazon MP3 download Home page.
Also at least for this person Last.Fm is getting a little wonky .
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Hi Robert, this is quite a “classic” blog post as you can see from the date, since this was posted Amie Street closed down and Amazon Took over