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

We all heard Radiohead's experiment allowing people to download their album at whatever price they felt was reasonable, including $0. They averaged £1.08 per download, but the number of downloads thew it over the £1,000,000 level. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Here’s a pretty straight forward proposition for both music lovers like me and you and all the indie artists out there. As a music lover I can download free music as much as I want and support the artist financially in the process. How is this even possible, you ask? picked by rustycat 2 years ago

Prince is to give away his new album for free with a British tabloid newspaper before its official launch, in a move that has caused dismay among music retailers. picked by AutumnLotus 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

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

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

On April 1, 7Bros. Records in conjunction with Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group are set to release Sevendust’ seventh studio release titled, Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow. picked by drakulon 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

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

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

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

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

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

Radiohead composed a string-orchestra piece in honor of Harry Patch, the last UK veteran of World War I and the third oldest man in the world. Patch died on July 25 at age 111, a few weeks after the song was recorded.

You can download it for £1.00 Proceeds will go to the Royal British Legion picked by Bingo 4 months ago

The concept couldn’t be simpler. Put a record sleeve or CD case in front of your face, make sure your body aligns with the person on the cover, get a friend to take a photo — then send it to www.sleeveface.com. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

It's a 2 disc set of 36 instrumental tracks. You can download the first 9 for free, all 36 for $5, all 36 and two discs sent to you for $10, as well as some other interesting packages.
Site is slow right now, though. picked by Zaeyde 2 years ago