Free music downloads offered by the artists.
Free music, but I'm uncertain about the legality of their mp3s of complete works. Anyway, as they say in their disclaimer, “All MP3's are offered for a limited time and are for sampling purposes only”.
Nothing about this idiosyncratic website is very clear, including what its name is supposed to be, but if you go here you will find a list of interesting jazz mp3s. The earliest date I noticed was 1907 and the most recent was 1949. There is some suggestion that you can “subscribe” for $5 a quarter to get access to a larger list of downloads, but hitting the subscribe link brings up a display of database errors.
From Ars Technica, a writeup of the Musopen website, whose purpose is to commission performers to record classical works and put the audio, along with the printed score, in the public domain. They now have the complete recordings of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas.
Free music from Radio Finland. ☞ more
Check out the music download page (the URL
varies; from the Amazon home page, follow digital downloads/MP3
downloads) for free promotional tracks
(usually some kind of pop music).
Inexpensive music from many cultures, free of DRM.
The internet’s largest retailer has plenty of music in the form of mp3 files free of DRM.
The URL of the music download page
varies; from the Amazon home page, follow digital downloads/MP3 downloads. Look over the page for special deals.
“bbum” endures the pain of exhaustively researching home theater receivers. If I were in the market I would take advantage of his work and just order the one that he did — and I would totally click through his links to purchase from Amazon.
The former lead guitarist of Queen is an astrophysicist and an expert on the history of stereo photography. The Fresh Air interview is well worth a listen.
“At the Metropolitan Opera the general manager, Peter Gelb, cut his $1.5 million salary [...]”
This article praising the “Brooklyn-based alt-Sephardi indie band DeLeon” embeds an entertaining YouTube video of their song “La Serena” from a live concert. Their album is available from Amazon. ☞ more
Claims to be the “official” site. Has film clips, music, etc. All in flash, but nice.
Here is an interesting flash animation of the tonal structure of Coltrane’s Giant Steps.