Free Music — And how to get it (legally!)

Posted by CPUFreak91 on September 4th, 2008 filed in Web Stuff

You don’t have to go to bittorrent to find good free music. If you’re not looking for the latest greatest biggest artist hits, you can find some nifty free stuff in plenty of places!

iTunes: iTunes has a Free Single of The Week you can download. It has/usually has their FairPlay DRM

Magnatune.com: Actually, you can download the MP3s from Magnatune and not pay a cent, the only catch is that a voice will come on at the end of the track and say the track number, artist name, album name and “Magnatune.com”. They also have a Free Song of the Day which they’ll send to you when you give them your email. No DRM!

eMusic.com: You can get 25 free songs if you use your credit card and apply for their 7-day free trial. You can cancel at anytime, but you still need a credit card, and you need to remember to cancel–otherwise you’ll get billed. No DRM!

Amazon: If you subscribe to their weekly newsletter you can get a couple free downloads, and special deals. No DRM!

Napster: Another, gimme your creditcard have a few songs for free, cancel whenever. No DRM!

Insound: These guys will give you a free song in MP3 and there’s quite a few choices. No DRM!

There’s plenty more online music stores to chose from, and if you dig around on a few, you’ll probably find some free music. (Google is your friend).