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Monday, February 23, 2009

Download Music for Free Online

By Graham McKenzie

Since the end of the 90's, music fans anywhere there is Internet access have maintained a fascination for all the many ways they can download music for free. Dozens of programs appeared earlier in this decade that made it possible for just about anyone to share music with friends and to partake in unlimited free downloads from third-party sites. There was just a tiny problem with these incredibly popular and useful programs. They made the major labels very upset, and the courts eventually found them to be illegal.

Fast forward to 2009 and you will find that the digital music download options on the web have increased substantially. Where ten years ago music could only be downloaded from a very few places, now you can find almost any track you want from services like Rhapsody and iTunes. There are hundreds of millions of songs in every genre, each and every one available for the sweet price of $0.99 a track. But $0.99 a track is not the same as free, and if there is anything music fans want more than access, it's affordability.

Fortunately, there are web solutions that help fans find free music in dozens of locations online. You don't have to have a huge budget to buy new tracks and albums, and you don't have to sort through millions of titles.

What do you need to know to get started? The best place for you to begin is at the streaming services. You can find tends of thousands of streaming sites online, and all of them provide invaluable ways for fans to listen to new tracks. You can find tracks from your favorite artists. You can listen to new artists. You can eve listen to just random songs. The World Wide Web also hosts thousands of online radio stations. Every one of them offers you access to streaming feeds (some with commercials), and recently it has been possible find even build-your-own stations allowing you to select the artists you want to hear.

There is a tremendous amount of free music on video sites and artist home pages, too. Many artists offer free tracks for download. Their tracks also appear on social networking sites such as MySpace, and in the samplings you can access on any download service.

If you want to find new music, visit the sites that allow performers to post their music for free. Performers and bands offer free tracks so they can build up a fan base, and to create word of mouth for forthcoming releases. Some of the biggest acts like Fallout Boy and Gym Class Heroes did just this to get started. Regardless of the kind of music you prefer and no matter what your budget, the Internet offers more free music than ever before. Just search performer home pages, listen to streaming video, hit the video hubs and share sites to find more tracks than you will ever be able to listen to.

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