Where to Find Free Music to Download

One of the most frequently asked question by people who love music is; where can I get free music to download? They also want to know where can you find free music download sites that are legal, as well as what are considered some of the best music download sites. Fortunately, thanks to the digital revolution, there are many options available these days.

Now, when most people think about music download sites, the very first thing that pops into their minds are Amazon, Napster and of course Apple iTunes. With iTunes and Amazon you can download a song for $.99 (per song). Conversely, Napster (which has since merged with Rhapsody) uses a monthly subscription fee model which allows you access to their entire library of songs.

Keep in mind that most of these free songs are from lesser-known artist who are trying to make a name for themselves and build a following. Very rarely will you be able to download FREE songs from well known and popular artist. OK, let’s don’t waste anymore of your time, here is a list of some of the best sites that will provide you with free music to download.

MP3.com - When you are on the MP3 home page, look for the navigation menu near the top of the page. Click on the one that says ‘FREE MUSIC’. Then select the genre of your choice. It is somewhat tricky as you will have to navigate through a couple of links to download and locate the free MP3 file. After you download it you will find it in Windows Explorer (for Windows 7 operating system) download folder. You also have the option to save it under the “Add to my Library” file. This will allow you to access the song and or music on your web browser (online).

Amazon - You will find the free songs in the Amazon MP3 store. When you go to the Amazon.com web site, just type ‘free music downloads’ in the search box. Once there, click on the ‘MP3 downloads‘ link. Once you arrive on the page click on the genre that you want and choose the song you want (remember you can listen to it before you download it) and then click on Get MP3.

What’s really cool about Amazon is that they use what is called cloud computing AKA cloud technology. This gives you the option to download it either on your hard drive or on Amazon’s cloud player, or both. When you download it, it will be stored on Amazon’s servers instead of your hard drive (stored on your web browser instead). This way if your computer hard drive crashes you will have all of your files saved safely and securely on your web browser. You can also store your documents, photos and videos using Amazon’s web services as well. The main advantage to this of course is that is saves space on your hard drive for other important files and folders. Nevertheless, if you still prefer to download your free music on your hard drive, it will be stored on your Windows Media Player.

For those of you who have a Android tablet or phone, there is also a Cloud Player for Android.

Let’s get back to our list of the top free music download sites;

Other top sites to download free music include last.fm, purevolume.com, ilike.com, stereogum.com, jamendo.com, and MTV.com.

There is also a lesser known site that is great for downloading free music called incompetech (located at incompetech.com). The reason why I think that this is such a terrific site is because not only can you download free music, but the music that is downloaded is royalty free also. This is very significant because many people are creating videos these days for either business or personal use and this will allow them the opportunity to use royalty free music for their video projects.

Just go to incompetech.com and then click on the ‘Royalty-Free Music’ link that you will see on the top left hand side of the web page. This will take you to the royalty free page, and then from there it gives you three search options; Browse by Genre, Search by Feel and Keyword Search. From there choose the song you want (make sure you play it first to see if you like the song) and then click the download button. From there you can save it on your Windows Media Player. Once it’s downloaded, you can find the file in the Windows Explorer download folder.

Lastly, another way to find free music download sites is to simply go to your favorite search engine and type in ‘Free Music Downloads’ in the search box.

In conclusion, I hope that this answered all of your questions in regards to finding free music to download. Hopefully you found this tutorial both useful and informative.

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