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How To Find FREE Music - Ways To Find Free Music
By: Barry Walker
Finding free music need not be hard, there are many ways to find free music. Using search engines and directories are still the best ways.
In this article i make it easier for you by showing you how to do this. Most of the music that you will find will be licensed using Creative Commons which sets out what you can and cannot do with the music you will download from these website.
Directories To Search
There are directories of netlabels and websites that give away music. Below are some of the best free music directories available.
Netlabel Catalogue
The netlabel catalogue is a huge wiki of netlabels and netlabel releases.
Jamendo
Community of free music licensed using Creative Commons.
Creative Commons Music Wiki
A relatively new directory for netlabels and artists that release music using Creative Commons licenses.
How To Search for FREE Music
There are several ways that you can now search for free music on the net, and here are some of them.
Any Search Engine
Go to any search engine and type "Genre Netlabel" or "Genre Creative Commons" and replace "Genre" with your genre of choice. The search engine should deliver you a list of netlabels or websites that have free music of your chosen genre.
Creative Commons Search
This one is simple, just go to Creative Commons Search and enter the style of music you want to find. Then choose from the tabbed menu which search engine you wish for them to search through.
Yahoo! Search
Simply go to Yahoo! Creative Commons Search and typing in the style of music you want to find.
Google Advanced Search
This one isnt as easy to use but is better than Yahoo! (my opinion) and it means you have to do more clicking than usual. So got to google, click on "Advanced Search" and click on "Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more". This will give you the option to choose which "Usage Rights" you want to find, so in the drop down menu choose which ones you want to search for. Now, look at where it says "Find web pages that have" and type in the style of music you wish to search for and click on the "Advanced Search".
Firefox Search Bar
If you are using firefox you can use the search bar next to the address bar. Simply choose "Creative Commons" from the drop down menu and type the music you wish to find.
Some of these ways of searching are still in beta testing and may not work as best as they should do, but its a start.
Now that you are armed with this info, getting free music for your website could not be easier.
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