free music

Free music downloads have made a massive impact on the music industry, changing the way the industry interacts with their fans as well as the very process music fans obtain the music they love.

Downloading music became popular with fans because many Internet file-sharing programs allowed fans to download free music.  The most notorious of these, Napster, was shut down after a series of lawsuits were filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  

After shutting down Napster as a portal for free music downloads, the RIAA began suing individuals who downloaded free music from file-sharing programs.  The RIAA successfully sued Jammie Thomas.  The verdict against Thomas was overturned by an appeals court judge in September 2008.  The RIAA is appealing that judge's decision.

Not all free music downloads are illegal, as labels, artists, and retailers have periodically allowed fans to download tracks for free.  

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  Former stablemates, ever brothers, Ute were a classy bunch. Oxfordian gents by day, wretched drunkards by night – they co-existed in a magnificent haze, half melody, half tumultuous swathes of dark post rock terror… All fucking handsome! So it’s rather nice that 2/3 of the band (Ollie and Michael) have whipped ...
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• free music monday: memoryhouse

  
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  Memoryhouse ‘Walk With Me’ Toronto’s Memoryhouse have shared another cut from their eagerly awaited debut album The Slideshow Effect , out February 27 on Sub Pop. ‘Walk With Me’ is very sweet and lord knows we’re suckers for glockenspiel, so it’s a thumbs up from us. Get the MP3 for free using the ...
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• free music monday: wild nothing feat. andrea estella

  
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  Wild Nothing feat. Andrea Estella ‘Nowhere’ Twin Sister frontwoman Andrea Estella duets with Jack Tatum (aka Wild Nothing) on the title track of the Virginian’s upcoming 7″, released through Captured Tracks on February 20. ‘Nowhere’ marks Tatum’s first foray into a proper studio and precedes the ...
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• Evan Wickham – Mysterious Things

  
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  Worship leader Evan Wickham , is offering his debut project  Mysterious Things , exclusively to download for FREE on NoiseTrade! From the fast paced worshipful House Of The Holy One , to the lovely Hallelujah Jesus , and the intimate Burning ; this 2006 release is a beautifully collaborated project, musically, ...
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• Social Media Resource of the Day: RoyalityFreeMusic.com

  
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  RoyaltyFreeMusic.com : has one of the largest royality-free music libraries containing music for every occasion. From their site: RoyaltyFreeMusic.com offers a library full of over 12,000 tracks of high quality royalty-free music, background music, production music, film music, music for video production, on hold ...
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• Juan Gabriel

  
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  Are you a fervent supporter of ranchera music? Well then there is no excuse if you havent learned anything pertaining to Juan Gabriel, whos generally known as Alberto Aguilera Valadez in real world. He found the well-known Mexican artist, Jose Alberto Jimenez. His wish to become a singer 1 day has led to Jose Alberto ...
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• Ambient Classical Guitar | Meditation Relaxation | Unde Altus

  
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  Carl Sagan - Image via Wikipedia My classical guitar song “En La Brisa” seems to be useful to allot of people. So I decided to create another, but with a more ethereal dramatic sound that could be used under dialog in a soundtrack. This works out since I am working on the score for my short sci fi film . It ...
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• Free download:Thomas White ‘Ocean Green’

  
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  Taking a break from his various other bands and collaborations (including The Electric Soft Parade, Brakes, British Sea Power and Patrick Wolf) Thomas White will release his third solo album ‘Yalla!’ on 19th March 2012 via Bleeding Heart Recordings. Download for free ‘Ocean Green’ taken from his album: Thomas ...
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• iTickets Weekly Freebies

  
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  Every week iTickets.com deliver’s free MP3 download’s. The latest on their website, will only be available for a few more days. Download Take My Hand  by Lindsay McCaul , off her debut project; If It Leads Me Back . And, also grab  We Are The Dreamers  by indie artist Tiffany Thompson , off her latest ...
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• 10 FREE Children’s Music Downloads

  
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  Music for Little People is offering 10 FREE children’s music downloads. Click on the link below to get yours. Songs include titles such as  If Your Happy And You Know It  and  Old MacDonald . View more freebies: yoFreeSamples.com .
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• Slacker Radio

  
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  Slacker Radio Image by Orbital Joe Made just for me, it seems… Only the music I like, when I like. Make your own radio stations and update them with new songs automatically… FOR FREE… Like a magic ipod… www.slacker.com
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• Unboxing: New Desk!

  
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  I needed a new desk since like mid 2010, and now I got it! The Red OneLessDesk by Heckler Design. Very expensive furniture desking but was pretty much worth it. Very good quality, build, shape and ergonomics. www.geekofcomedy.com http www.twitter.com Video Rating: 4 / 5
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• Free Music

  
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  Regular readers may recall a post towards the end of last year celebrating the news of a new Apparatjik album to be released early in 2012. The good news is that the latest versions (draft 6) of the album tracks are now available for listenage and downloading on Facebook . It’s still got that 80′s ...
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• Free Song Download from Smirnoff

  
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  Get 1 Free Song Download from Smirnoff .  Simply “Like” the Smirnoff Facebook page and click where it says “Music” to get your free song. Here are the 5 free songs B.o.B Magic -(Feat. Rivers Cuomo) Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon den Adel – In And Out Of Love (Extended) Wiz Khalifa – No Sleep ...
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• Free Samples Roundup: Toy Story Read-Along App, Victoria’s Secret Lip Gloss and More!

  
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  I post a lot of freebies every week, and I know sometimes it can be hard to wade through which are still available, so each week I put together a list of samples and other freebies you can still request if you havent already. Some of the best freebies disappear too quickly to make this list, but there are still ...
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• 4shared App for BlackBerry- Download Free Files, Video Music, Picture, eBooks and more!

  
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  Some of you already heard of the website 4shared.com where you can download a bunch of everything.  Surely there’s ripped content on there and you can also upload your own files.  Use at your own discretion as we are not promoting downloading copyrighted material in any way.  So there’s a BlackBerry application ...
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• Lambchop – Gone Tomorrow

  
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  Tweet I had a tasty lamb chop for lunch, which is a rarity. And now, not long afterwards, I’ve come across a new song from Lambchop which I really like. Coincidence? Yes. Gone Tomorrow is taken from the band’s forthcoming Mr. M LP due on February 21 on Merge Records: Click the Soundcloud logo to ...
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• Off Book: The Evolution of Music Online (a/k/a progress SOPA would end)

  
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  Off Book: The Evolution of Music Online from PBS Arts on Vimeo .
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• Tony Williams – Another You

  
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  It don’t really matter what you do It don’t matter baby Baby I don’t want to be in your shoes It don’t really matter what you do Still, never feel doubt about you Baby you ain’t got nothing to prove Still never feel doubt about you A B C D E F We picking up right where we left out And I took a reassess When ...
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• Tank – U Need Me Back

  
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  Word on the street is you’re hurting without me, hurting without me. Yeah I knew you would see that you couldn’t live without me. Should’ve been about me Some of it was me. I was way too selfish but I couldn’t help it. I just wanted you to be, like me, so helpless. Feel the way I felt. Yeah Ain’t no girl ...
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