Another nice thing about eMusic.com is that they have free tracks available after the 100 you get for joining. While you don't have the option to pick from everything in the store, full albums and compilations pop up for free from time to time.
Luke
· 2 years ago
CNET's MP3.com offer some free music from bands who decide to put it up there.
Biggs
· 2 years ago
There's ruckus....granted you have to have a college email account, but it's good to get some of the more famous albums from a good variety of artists, as well as some remixes and tributes (Gothacoustic tribute of Disturbed comes to mind). Good selection of music nonetheless
AJSmithy
· 2 years ago
Although still in Beta, www.we7.com is one to add.
Manoptic
· 2 years ago
Acidplanet is another great option.
Evan
· 2 years ago
Wolfgangs Vault is a great place to listen to concerts from the 60's, 70's and 80's.
http://www.AmieStreet.com is a good place for indie music (although they're offering some mainstream stuff now). All music starts free and price goes up as more people download it.
How could you forget http://last.fm ? Not only does it log the music that you listen to and have free radio, most artists put up one or two full songs to listen to on the website, some even put up free mp3s.
TuneShout.com allows indie artists to upload their music for free, and gives artists the opportunity to offer their tracks for free as well. You can find bands that you just can't find on itunes or emusic. Check it out... www.tuneshout.com
Dan Imbrogno
· 2 years ago
Yeah Purevolume is amazing for finding a few tracks to download free and legally that have been made available by the artists. I have a profile and put all of my work up there for free.
TonyStarks
· 2 years ago
One of the best ones Ive found recently... http://www.musiclovr.com. Gives you the ability to download songs (via Itunes and Rhapsody) or order CDs. Great site. I highly recommend it.
almost any site that plays music in a flash player is a free music source. just use firefox with the firebug extension, playing song URLs will appear in the firebug net tab.
wayne
· 2 years ago
virb.com is a great site too. It uses the same player as Purevolume.
Yet another site, http://www.myindiradio.com (indiradio), is devoted to free independent music, available for download and streaming. Artists can sign up and post their own material under a variety of licenses, and we offer a free 24/7 streaming radio station (in mp3 format) with an eclectic mix of independent music.
What? Not a mention of Creative Commons licensed FREE music, art, movies???
I guess the folks who hope to rope-a-dope you with free samples don't want honest artists to get any fans. Google it, folks. With over 300,000 Creative Commons works already done, there is plenty to keep ya busy!
You are also welcome to submit your performance, under the protection of the Creative Commons license.
ruckus.com is a great source for free drm protected music.. you have to download their player and i think its for college students but it has the largest selection of music i've seen on a free site.
B
· 2 years ago
www.finetune.com a pretty cool site for steaming music with and option to buy
mp3.com of senet abd download.com is biggest who offer that in east but in arabic there ara more thank 1 K loool
Angie
· 2 years ago
This site is very helpfull w/ finding music! thanx
Angela Randall
· 2 years ago
There's always http://last.fm/ - Plenty of free stuff to download there.
Stephen
· 2 years ago
I know that Dennis mentioned http://www.purevolume.com but I need to give a bit of extra info. Sure the site has thousands of artists and millions of songs, but it's also very well constructed.
Mainly for unsigned or up-and-coming bands with contracts, I've discovered some absolute gold from this site from bands that have cracked the mainstream.
Adam Gott
· 2 years ago
How did you talk about archive.org and miss this one:
etree's live music archive is on archive.org - http://www.archive.org/details/etree - lots and lots (thousands if not millions) of live sets from hundreds of fan friendly bands who let you record/share their live shows including many large label acts
www.cdnav.com Free daily MP3 posts plus A/V stuff...
joe
· 2 years ago
http://www.DAZ.com also offers a free mp3 every day. You can subscribe to the free mp3 RSS too. DAZ is a very large music resource with all kind of music related information. Music lovers can join and participate, share music or use the embed music player to show others their favorite music.
Tim
· 2 years ago
www.audio-democracy.com allows you to listen to new bands, read reviews and comment on plus rate tracks yourself.
most of these sites are for primarily indie music (as in the genre, not simply independent artists), if, however, you like your music to have teeth and break some boundaries, i suggest giving http://freealbums.blogsome.com/ (Free Albums Galore) and http://freemetalalbums.blogspot.com/ (TGR's Free Metal Albums) each a shot. the first site offers a variety of work (including indie stuff) but also branches off into classical, modern composition, free jazz, avant-garde, and electronic works. navigation is a little annoying, but the artists on this site are worth it. also, it is a blog, so each album (yes, all of them are full albums/ep's) is described, tagged, and enjoyed by the blogger. the second site is for some really good metal, and it breaks it's content down into alot of genres for ease of use. no descriptions beyond the tagging, but they are all free and legal, and are all full albums/ep's.
P.S. ruckus is terrible...
Fuzzgun
· 2 years ago
Check out http://mobile.jensen.com and click on Downloadable Music and Bass Tones. Apparently they post 15 new tracks every month.
http://www.beatpick.com also let you stream music ad-free. A wonderful selection for each and every genre of music is available there.
Lemon Resistance
· 2 years ago
An Amazing site that works as a social networking site, P2P site and all around cool and easy to use. You can upload playlists, as many as you want, and anyone can download the songs, likewise for you, if you find a song on someones playlist, hit the download button and go....I love this site.
Torsten
· 2 years ago
And there is the http://www.freemusicpodcast.de/ that is specialized in introducing new tracks that are published under one of the free licences that allow for commercial use as well. Besides there are interviews with those great artists who license their songs under such a licence.
Zfdj
· 2 years ago
this is one i regularly use its got most of the well known tracks...
Carmen
· 2 years ago
Awesome website that has most up to date songs, and no membership required!
John
· 2 years ago
why is the SpiralFrog Web site is available only to residents of the United States of America and Canada?
Try bearshare.com....I found over 2000 in three nights......it was amazing.....u can purchase there too......
TSB
· 2 years ago
www.newgrounds.com has a music section that is free and legal. its all user created stuff but some of it is real kick ass. Sorry if it was suggested already...
This site is great you can look up music by artist or name of song and it will bring up similar artists plus you can mark what you like and dislike all for free.
This means simply, you can use the music for whatever you want at no cost (free). Our individual mix tracks are also free and available for download in FLAC format for sampling or remixing (open source). We provide OGG versions along with MP3 versions of our downloadable instrumentals.
Peace, McStrum
Abby
· 2 years ago
How are you supposed to know which sites are legal if they all claim that they are legal??? Like that site someone mentioned allofmp3.com, I read that its being sued by the U.S label companies and yet they claimed, and still do, that their site is legal.
جمال
· 2 years ago
Great List Ryan! Thanks
Dave
· 2 years ago
Download Music and Listen to MP3 Songs for Free! It's Easy and 100% Legal! Search from over 30,000 free songs or browse MP3 music downloads by category. Http://www.ez-tracks.com
spiral frog really doesn't work well. the songs are protected so you can't download them to a mp3/ipod whatever you might have.
garrett
· 1 year ago
TurnItUpMedia is in the beta phase right now, but it appears to have all the right stuff. Check it out.
Tracey
· 1 year ago
This is turning into a definitive list. Here's my recommendation, the Free legal music downloads at Foxtunes.com are definitely worth downloading to your ipod or mp3 player.
rob
· 1 year ago
what about limewire? I use it and was told it was legal. Is that true?
benny boy
· 1 year ago
if u get te basic it is illegal to download it but if u pay $13.95 a month then it is legal
steve
· 1 year ago
limdwire should not set people up,if it's illegal unless you pay.like the dateing services! can't get in unless you pay. limewire should be like that-can't download until you pay-don't punish the people,punish the sites for letting people download before they enter point is if it's wrong to download before you pay-sites should be set up so you can't download till you pay..limewire advertises free!! then that should be wrong too as well,if it's illegal. again blame limewire,not the people.
Andy
· 1 year ago
*what about limewire? I use it and was told it was legal. Is that true?* limewire is illegal and full of viruses!
Tim
· 1 year ago
You have to be careful with Free Music Download sites, yes iTunes and eMusic offer free downloads but usually from artists you or I have never heard of.
Arturo
· 1 year ago
For Puerto Rican music this website can help you
Christine
· 1 year ago
on spiralfrog.com you can download to a mp3 player or other sync devices, but you have to be on the internet to do that. It will not let you burn to an audio cd though.
Joseph
· 1 year ago
spiralfrog.com is pretty good. Its free downloads basically. The only catch is that you cant burn onto a cd so you cant listen to your cars cd player. But i have my Zen mp3 plug, so i have 500x more songs than a cd. if you have one of those mp3 jacks, i suggest spiralfrog.com
Quagmire
· 1 year ago
Nice selection of sites! Just checked the free and legal sites that were posted. I gotta say that I'm leaning towards Spiralfrog since I've already been using it for so long. Great service, great speeds, and a pretty big library. Other than Spiralfrog, I found Garageband was pretty good for the indies. If you surf around, you can get a hit once in a while... but otherwise, I'd keep using Spiralfrog
kung fu hustle
· 1 year ago
this is a stupid website :] :] :]
pilchards are gooooooood
· 1 year ago
i agree with kung fu hustle
roddy
· 1 year ago
If you want free unknown intrumentals ranging from country music to acid jazz try (freeplaymusic.com) It offers mp3 and aac, great quality sounding music. After choosing a song and where to save it to on your pc it only takes seconds to download, problem free. They Just added indie music and a few sound effects. Thousands to choose from. Also, if classical music is your gig, try (classic cat) for links to music by well known composers. This site is more of a hassle because you have to search for the target song to download. ( Usually found to the far right.)
♥Ayla♥
· 1 year ago
SPIRALFROG! this site rocks! i got fergie music puddle if mudd music solja boy music brook hogan music! this site is the best! and all totally free sunshines! and FAST!♥
CCL
· 1 year ago
I'm currently addicted to Maestro.FM... i go there to listen to music, find lyrics, everything... it's cool
khaosking
· 1 year ago
Seems like there are a lot of sites that offer a free legal mp3s... heres another http://www.volumevote.com ... Just one song a day, sometimes the songs are pretty cool.
I want a music company that doesn't put viruses on my computer.. Is there a company out there that doesn't have viruses on it?
ava leigh
· 1 year ago
The hottest female singer Ava Leigh who just came off tour with Lupe Fiasco has recently put out her single Mad about the boy which is available on I tunes or visits Avaleigh.co.uk
sandra
· 1 year ago
Check this one: free and for free using a creative commons license so you can legally download, share, distribute for commercial and non-commercial purposes!!
sabrina
· 1 year ago
Hiya All i wanted to know is that IS LIMEWIRE A LEGAL SITE? I am askin this because me n my friends use it at school n im afraid that when the school find out they will fine us!!
Steve O'Hear, editor
· 1 year ago
@ sabrina
Using Limewire to download commercial music without paying for it is illegal. So be careful.
ava
· 1 year ago
Hey the new Ava Leigh single mad about the boy is out and available to buy on I tunes and your local HMV or check out avaleigh.co.uk
trisha
· 1 year ago
If you want tracks that can go on your iPod or Zune, DON'T use SpiralFrog, it's NOT compatible with those devices, nor can it be burnt to discs.
Secret Owl
· 1 year ago
http://cllct.com has a bunch of artists giving out their albums for free. The scripter is working on integrating it with last.fm so that plays on the site will be scrobbled. Also, you don't have to sign up to download music (but if you sign up there's an algorithm that'll recommend you stuff).
It's a neat little mostly indie/lo-fi scene going on. Check it out.
CTW
· 1 year ago
There's lots of free & legal music available for downloading, thanks to the Creative Commons movement; netlabels are a marvellous source of free albums in many different genres. If you're feeling brave, please visit my amateurish blog, Catching The Waves, where you'll find a few recommendations and reviews, as well as links to netlabels and sites that are much better than mine. :-)
Just to reiterate: the music is free to download and share. There are no restrictions, no registration, hiddens fees or advertising to get past. You get the full mp3s - no more, no less. The netlabel/Creative Commons scene is music's best-kept secret. I hope you enjoy exploring it.
someone
· 1 year ago
is there anywhere that you can get free christian music?? not like worship or church music but like sanctus real or tobymac, or hawk nelson?
Leo
· 1 year ago
New one is qtrax.com. It has great music... all free..
Mick Nye
· 1 year ago
Hi there,
I provide some of my productions as donation music, download for free, support when you become very happy :o)
Hi! We, the Mescaline Smugglers, have decided to put ALL of our music to web free to download for anyone. The style is rock, blues, country or jugband.... 'roots' may be better name. Also there is a link to another band called Kvester Melkk Quintet which is also free & legal and the style is folk, contemporary or celtic. Check www.mescalinesmugglers.com and let us know how you like the tracks.
Jore
prent
· 1 year ago
try it
prent
· 1 year ago
check out the dizzler
Tompa
· 11 months ago
23 seconds is a netlabel with the aim to share music, shortfilms,and other works. A variety of artists from different genres. New, interesting and diverse art & music for people looking beyond the mainstream. Check it out: www.23seconds.org
meatloaf
· 11 months ago
this isn't a good website. I could not find any songs to download
Mary A
· 10 months ago
Deezer.com is pretty cool for listening purposes...i believe you can download to iTunes....but you can create multiple playlists and you can chat with people once you learn how......its a cool site check it out
how do u download music free of charge 2 my i pod ????????????????????
Matt
· 10 months ago
NOPE!!! Too good to be true. I read that SpiralFrog is actually the biggest free and legal downloadable service of it's kind...but it isn't compatible with iPod or Zune and that SUCKS because I have a Zune and I was soooo happy. When I found out it wasn't compatible, I was sooooooooo PISSED! I suggest We7.com.
there are also blubster which is a free music sight limewire<frostwire,imesh,kazza,grokster,itunes,mininova and utube these are all free networks were youcan download music some of them you can aso chat to people others you cant if theres any ones i havent mention could you let me know these are all the ones ive tried so far and imesh is the best one so far leave a comment let me know wat you think
Jon
· 8 months ago
Limewire is NOT legal. Even IF you pay for it the artists NEVER get that money. The More we steal music the more crappy music will get. Go to TurnItUpMedia.com if you want music for free. Its legal. Artist get paid. Over 2 million tracks.
Andy P
· 8 months ago
Because free doesn't=crap.
A label whose releases are available for free via creative commons license. A lovely variety of stuff.
Join Web’s First Music Social Network and Get A Free CD.Nikki Beach, known globally for amazing parties, music and entertainment, announced the launch of its new music social network, Nikki Beach Music (http://www.nikkibeachmusic.com). With the launch of Nikki Beach Music, Nikki Beach has created the web's premier music destination, offering the most exclusive music, entertainment news, music events, best dance parties, DJs, producers and top music downloads. The site will provide the members a gold mine of musical discoveries and an opportunity to explore new sound and visual experiences.
The new site will be the central place for music fans and will deliver music and music-related content from a different lineup of Producers and DJ’s who will be playing only the newest compositions, straight from the studio and into your hearts.
The site will provide music lovers an opportunity to experience the original music straight from its inception.
As an incentive for the new members becoming a part of this premier music social network, Nikki Beach Music is giving away the newest CD download as a gift for all online members.
GEORGINA
· 6 months ago
I SAID FREE SONGS ITUNES IS NOT FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
BUFFALO SOLDIER
· 5 months ago
BUFFALO SOLDIER MUSIC RULES THE WORLD
WWW.XSITERADIO.COM/BUFFALOSOLDIER
TIME WILL TELL
Bolo
· 4 months ago
I use youtube, is free and i can listen or watch any video i want as many times as i want.
Thanks for sharing your lists and other comments lists, now I can many choices to find.
lukealexander
· 3 months ago
Love to know all this.
Subrata_Nath
· 3 months ago
Please check out www.mp3shits.com which provide good quality music, some paid but almost mostly free and good thing about it is that they are catalogued album-wise. Another good site is www.1albums.com.
You can use http://www.spotify.com/ to listen to free music. NOTE: Listen only. No downloads availible.
Mashup
· 2 months ago
All very good sites. As someone who works in the music industry, the future is free downloads as people will eventually stop paying .99 cents per download. Revenue streams are switching to the online advertising more and more every day.
All Comments
http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/
Free and legal way to get music. Not always perfect, but a great way to FIND new music.
http://www.emusic.com/dailydownloads/toolbar/ma...
That website is HUGE.
100,000's of artists and like over a million tracks.
http://www.metalhordes.com
http://blog.largeheartedboy.com (Largehearted Boy, my site)
http://fingertipsmusic.com/ (Fingertips)
http://www.magnatune.com
They let you listen to free streams of full albums, and let you choose your price for album downloads, and they have licensing options as well.
http://freesologuitar.com (acoustic guitar instrumentals)
http://freemusicgroups.com (Iinks to and updates for several sites)
I guess the folks who hope to rope-a-dope you with free samples don't want honest artists to get any fans. Google it, folks. With over 300,000 Creative Commons works already done, there is plenty to keep ya busy!
You are also welcome to submit your performance, under the protection of the Creative Commons license.
thanks
http://www.betarecords.com
ansiform.afraid.org is a really nice one for ambient music for free
http://rezal404.org/wikini/wakka.php?wiki=Mp3Legal
Mainly for unsigned or up-and-coming bands with contracts, I've discovered some absolute gold from this site from bands that have cracked the mainstream.
etree's live music archive is on archive.org - http://www.archive.org/details/etree - lots and lots (thousands if not millions) of live sets from hundreds of fan friendly bands who let you record/share their live shows including many large label acts
http://www.yeoq.com
Thanks for an awesome post!
indie electronic, rock, & hip hop from XLR8R magazine
(TGR's Free Metal Albums) each a shot.
the first site offers a variety of work (including indie stuff) but also branches off into classical, modern composition, free jazz, avant-garde, and electronic works. navigation is a little annoying, but the artists on this site are worth it. also, it is a blog, so each album (yes, all of them are full albums/ep's) is described, tagged, and enjoyed by the blogger.
the second site is for some really good metal, and it breaks it's content down into alot of genres for ease of use. no descriptions beyond the tagging, but they are all free and legal, and are all full albums/ep's.
P.S. ruckus is terrible...
Besides there are interviews with those great artists who license their songs under such a licence.
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http://www.dejunair.com
This means simply, you can use the music for whatever you want at no cost (free). Our individual mix tracks are also free and available for download in FLAC format for sampling or remixing (open source). We provide OGG versions along with MP3 versions of our downloadable instrumentals.
Peace,
McStrum
Thanks
point is if it's wrong to download before you pay-sites should be set up so you can't download till you pay..limewire advertises free!! then that should be wrong too as well,if it's illegal. again blame limewire,not the people.
limewire is illegal and full of viruses!
http://www.archive.org/details/AfterthemAfterthem
All i wanted to know is that IS LIMEWIRE A LEGAL SITE?
I am askin this because me n my friends use it at school n im afraid that when the school find out they will fine us!!
Using Limewire to download commercial music without paying for it is illegal. So be careful.
It's a neat little mostly indie/lo-fi scene going on. Check it out.
Just to reiterate: the music is free to download and share. There are no restrictions, no registration, hiddens fees or advertising to get past. You get the full mp3s - no more, no less. The netlabel/Creative Commons scene is music's best-kept secret. I hope you enjoy exploring it.
I provide some of my productions as donation music, download for free, support when you become very happy :o)
Peace & love
Michael
--
Mick Nye
http://www.micknye.com
http://www.naun.dk - Europe's smallest independent music label
We, the Mescaline Smugglers, have decided to put ALL of our music to web free to download for anyone. The style is rock, blues, country or jugband.... 'roots' may be better name. Also there is a link to another band called Kvester Melkk Quintet which is also free & legal and the style is folk, contemporary or celtic.
Check www.mescalinesmugglers.com and let us know how you like the tracks.
Jore
A label whose releases are available for free via creative commons license. A lovely variety of stuff.
http://www.gigwise.com/freebies/freedownloads
The new site will be the central place for music fans and will deliver music and music-related content from a different lineup of Producers and DJ’s who will be playing only the newest compositions, straight from the studio and into your hearts.
The site will provide music lovers an opportunity to experience the original music straight from its inception.
As an incentive for the new members becoming a part of this premier music social network, Nikki Beach Music is giving away the newest CD download as a gift for all online members.
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WWW.XSITERADIO.COM/BUFFALOSOLDIER
TIME WILL TELL
RCRD-LBL.com has awesome remixes
Another good site is www.1albums.com.
100% FREE
http://musiz.org
NOTE: Listen only. No downloads availible.