RIAA-free, no fear, downloads :)
p2pnet news view Music | RIAA News:- “I love the RIAA,” says DownloadSquad.
“They make sure the hard working bands that record the music we love can still squeak out a living in the face of an ever-growing number of freeloading downloaders. Without them, how many talentless, lip-synching, manufactured performers would be able to afford homes in Orange County and multiple Bentleys?”
So, “In the interest of helping our readers stay out of jail and avoid massive fines, here are a bunch of places you can get tunes without fear of finding a summons in your mailbox,” says the site, noting, “There’s plenty of music on the net for you to download.”
Below are DownloadSquad’s Top Ten »»»
1. iLike is a social music site which allows you to discover new music with a little help from your friends. Free downloads and the buddy system, what could be better?
2. Altsounds has a lot of streaming content, but there are quite a few quality mp3 downloads mixed in, including bands like Anberlin, Panic at the Disco, 10 Years, and Underoath.
3. bt.etree.org tracks live recording torrents of “bootleg friendly” bands. You’ll be able to find all kinds of FLAC downloads from performers like Ben Harper, Jerry Garcia, Blues Traveler, Trey Anastasio (I smell a trend here, or at least some patchouli), Radiohead, Primus, and even Tenacious D.
4. Legaltorrents is still in its early stages, but there are still a number of music and audio books available from their site.
5. Stereogum has been offering free, legal mp3s since 2006. They’re all still available, along with zip and torrent file archives of previous months. The Gum Mix streams music to you while you browse, and all the tracks it plays can be downloaded.
6. SXSW is a good news/bad news situation. The bad news is, they only have one torrent file for download. The good news? It contains over 700 mp3s of bands that performed in 2007 for a whopping total of 3.1 gigs of audio. Change the year in the subdomain to get the 2006 and 2005 downloads.
7. Unsigned Band Web is a palce for, well, unsigned bands to share their music and get noticed. Just about every genre you can imagine is offered here, and they maintain charts to show you what’s hot. Apparently electronica is hot. Maybe I’ll stick to genre browsing. Bottom line: tons of free mp3s to download.
8. Soundclick’s music page will hook you up with a ton of downloads, including more unsigned acts – like my favorite new addiction: German hip hop. I blame my scarf-wearing co-worker.
9. Honc “if you love music. The site isn’t much to look at, but there’s still more undiscovered goodness to be found here.
10. Garage Band is also worth checking out for more diamonds in the rough. Rub it in your friends’ faces that you “heard them first.”
And don’t forget the other 25 sites 
(Cheers, Ray)
DownloadSquad – 35 Places To Download Free, Legal MP3s – Sorry, RIAA!, August 31, 2008
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September 1st, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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move to canada
September 25th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Thanks for the link, Ray! Glad you enjoyed the post…though I’d just like to point out that I didn’t necessarily list the sites in any particular order. It was mostly written at 3am, and my brain doesn’t do hierarchies at that hour.