elbo.ws (online)
seeqpod (online)
getpeel (software, mac only)
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I can VERY RARELY not find music going this route, though on occasion it happens. Let me know how it goes.
]]>If you want Top 40, it's likely going to be illegal. If you have musical tastes that are a bit more open, it's a big ol' free buffet out there and never really a reason to buy new music again.
The funny thing is that as a collector I still buy from used shops, flea markets etc.
]]>search google images for: artist album blogspot
it's especially easy if you know the album art
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]]>Yup. It's not the same as filesharing when you're posting MP3s that have been freely given to you for that express purpose by the bands/labels in question (although doubtless there are those that do post copyrighted material without permission). Hype Machine and other aggregators just make for a simple way to search the MP3s that are out there for download, although of course they don't know an illegally-posted MP3 from a legit one.
]]>The commenters here and most of the Internet 'pundits'? Sure, they support music they like! The vast majority of the userbase? If it were up to them, being in a band would have to be your second job more so than it often is now.
Dropping the whole debate, if you find the bands you like online at least read about them on their blog and use DownThemAll! or something to grab the music while you give them the common courtesy of eyeballs.
]]>I would suggest that if you have a particular genre or genres of music you like, just search on that genre & "blog", and then follow the blogroll of anyone posting music. Most like-minded music blogs include links to each other.
In my case, I like 60s/70s psych, old blues and 70s/80s punk, all genres with loads of out of print stuff, most not effectively copyrighted by anyone in a position to enforce that. There is literally far music in all of those genres posted by collectors on the web than I could hope to download and listen to in a lifetime, and ironically most of it is far more enjoyable to me than what is commercially available.
]]>This is not good for new music, or classic rock, but a great source for interesting old 78s from around the world. Try something a little different.
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]]>Album name Rapidshare
Album name Megaupload
1. download & install Greasemonkey with firefox
2. download & installHypemachine greasemonkey screipt
3. Head over to hypem.com, search and click on the diskette icon (save icon) to save the file as mp3.
4. Done
SXSW lets you download all of the music from the official SXSW website, but this nice fellow did all the grunt work for us and put it together in a nice easy to download torrent.
]]>Probably everyone knows about this.. it was floating around on the webs a while back, but it's a good query.
I know it's not exactly the same as what Ben is discussing here, but it's also a good vector for finding MP3s.
And it, err, won't only find *free* songs, but also "free" songs.
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