Free Music

Below you will find links to Open source and free software, and info related to Free Music.

If you have a suggestion for a software package that is not included, please let me know and I'll add it to the list.

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Jamendo - "Jamendo is a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses. Share your music, download your favorite artists!"
OWL Multimedia - "Owl Music Search compares your favorite songs to thousands of others to find similar songs for you to listen to, enjoy, and purchase." The results include some music which is freely available under a Creative Commons license, as they include ccMixter and Magnatune songs/artists.
www.podsafeaudio.com Ranks independent music under the Creative Commons license for Podcasting.
ccMixter - "...a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want."
Magnatune
Links to Tens of Thousands of Legal Music Downloads
Top 8 Free and Legal Music Downloads - About.com

Ogg Vorbis FAQ Ogg/Vorbis is recommended over mp3 formatting. See also Why TASTYTRONIC RECORDS prefers Ogg Vorbis to MP3 and Use ogg and not mp3!
RIAA Radar - Find out whether an album was released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Boycott RIAA
Courtney Love on "piracy"
ASCAPSUKZ - I was considering joining ASCAP until I saw this press release, came across the STIFFFF KITTIES web site, and the article ASCAP & BMI -- Protectors of Artists or Shadowy Thieves?.
You may also be interested in the links and info on the Audio Recording / Editing page