Due to launch later today, Qtrax signifies that the music business is finally coming to accept the reality of free music downloads. Instead of charging you for the music, Qtrax will feed you adverts while you download, but without spyware or any other malicious software required (at least they claim). What makes this really significant is that it has the backing of the major labels and they are... read full post picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago

Download lots of albums free for listening to on your computer with their music player. Best of all it is legal. picked by ashleygv 2 years ago

In Rainbows, the seventh studio album by alternative rock group Radiohead, has become available for download from their official website. The band have let fans decide what to pay for the 10 MP3 files - from nothing to £100. The future of music marketing? Better hope not if your a struggling musician. An update to Blurmore's original post. http://www.plime.com/entertainment/music/l/37076... read full post picked by Turtle 2 years ago

Cambridge-educated economist-... (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Billy Bragg) Peter Jenner put a figure on how much each music fan who buys music would have to pay in order for access to every song ever recorded while maintaining or increasing music sales. picked by charbarred 3 years ago

Amazon.com, the internet retailer, wants to launch an online music store next month to challenge Apple and is working on plans to sell music with reduced protection against copyright infringement. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

EMI Music announced that it is launching new premium downloads for retail on a global basis, making all of its digital repertoire available at a much higher sound quality than existing downloads and free of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. picked by studio 3 years ago

New service offers music for download. Songs start off free and increase in price - to a maximum of 98 cents depending on how many people download it.
Artists maintain full ownership of their work and receive 70% of every sale after the first $5 to cover expenses picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Pretty cool trick. I tried it and it works great. picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

SpiralFrog is an ad-supported free-music download site. It boasts 800,000 songs and 3,500 videos available for download … free of charge.

The catch, of course, is that you must view advertising in order to download DRM-protected music and video. SpiralFrog is built on a revenue-sharing agreement with participating labels, and your eyeballs pay for the music. picked by capriccio 2 years ago

Scott's newest novel, Infected comes out April 1st. It is a science-fiction/horror blend. You can download it for free for the next few days. It is in pdf format. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

I don't know if this has already been posted, but this site lets you stream music for free without commercials. I think its nice, and I think you will too picked by roarkmeister 1 year ago

Looking to get stuff for free? Become the ultimate Freeloader with these 11 tried and true tips. Learn how to score hookups from your friends, get free music, and score free money with our guide to freeloading. picked by 1krazykorean 10 months ago

Led Zep, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Britney Spears may have hidden secret backwards messages in their music, but beardy grinning weirdo music man Richard D James (or rather Aphex Twin) went one further and hid pictures in his music. Presumably just because he's clever enough to do it.

A chap who may or may not go by the name of Bastwood goes one further by finding the things. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The unofficial SXSW 2009 torrent compiles every song freely available on the SXSW Music web site into three downloads. Previous years' torrents available as well. picked by bernardblack 8 months ago

Deerhoof has released "Friend Opportunity" to critical acclaim and updated their tour schedule. picked by monkeyman 3 years ago

Download mp3s of myspace easily with this search. picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

Let's face it, limewire doesn't have much from Hooverphonic. And good luck finding BB King's Live in Japan concert anywhere other than finetune and pandora. But now you can download songs from Pandora and Finetune (and other such sites). picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

Want to read and talk better - practice music. A new study found that music exercises improve verbal communication skills. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Free style is an interesting game. Turn up your speakers...

"Jump through a musical playing field to create a random, free-style jazz melody. (Flash)" picked by thephrog 3 years ago

Beatsuite.com the award-winning royalty free music library has launched its New Music Podcast showcasing the finest production tracks and flash loops from its online royalty free music library. picked by slime 3 years ago