We7 We7 and soon to be Qtrax are websites for downloading FREE MP3 MUSIC that has has been making big news recently. I've just signed up and can't help but be over the moon about the idea and how it works.
The music you are downloading is paid for by the sponsors/ advertisements. The only drawback is a short ad at the start of every song, of which after about 30 seconds you soon forget. But to be honest with you the advantages outway that, first it's safer to stream music from these site that illegally download (less chance of viruses), the download speeds are excellent, the choice of music is ever expanding.
http://www.we7.com/
Update: We7 has now largely closed it's library function to free users. It has the same themed radio function like that of last.fm. So you can still listen to free music just not many tracks of your own choosing (50 per month).
Qtrax
Qtraxs is a downloadable program like limewire but the music IS legal and they claim to have over 25 millions songs. Qtrax never became avaliable in the UK, which is a shame. However the european alternative is Spotify, which now is also avaliable in the US.http://www.qtrax.com/
Spotify
Originally there was a waiting list for download to somehow try and make it more exclusive or boycott legislation or something. Now that has gone, however in it's replacement Spotify limits the number of times we can listen to each track to a maximum of 5 and a total monthly listenting limit of 10 hours. This is clearly something that will put a lot of people off, Spotify has become more of a shop window for buying music rather than a full time player.
http://www.spotify.com/
Youtube
With the other free music providers starting to restrict music listening to those who pay YouTube once again appears to be one of the best ways to listen to favorite tracks. With the introduction of playlists you can keep the music playing rather than having to select each song individually. Most artists now have their offical pages with adverts before the video but there are still good quality user submitted content.
http://www.youtube.com/
Sign up on WE7 is quick and easy and there is a complete list of bands in alphabetical order and a search function available. When searching don't expect many of your top bands to appear at the moment, the day that a brand like Universal music signs up, like it has done at youtube then the choice will be as good as searching on limewire.
Updated: 29/09/11
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