Downloading from Free Music Sites

You don't have to pay to download music. A lot of sites offer free music downloads no purchase or subscription necessary.

Of course, a free music download site isn't going to have the selection of a paid site. Most of these free sites lack music by major artists and labels, instead focusing on songs by new or independent artists. Still, free is free and it's a great way to check out some new music!

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When you're searching for a particular song or artist anywhere on the Internet, check out an MP3 search engine site, such as Lycos Music (music.lycos.com), MP3 Search (mp3search.astraweb.com), or Musicseek (www.musicseek.net).

Most of these free music sites offer songs for downloading in the industry-standard MP3 format. You can play MP3 files on virtually every music player program and portable audio player.

Here are some of the most popular free music download sites:

• Ampcast (www.ampcast.com)

• ARTISTdirect (www.artistdirect.com)

• BeSonic (www.besonic.com)

• Peoplesound (www.peoplesound.com)