Forget Piracy: 5 Sites To Download Free Legal Music

By: Karan Goel | 24th December 2009

It’s the Christmas time, and most of us might just be looking around for some great Christmas songs! And, what can be a better search query on Google than something like this – “Free christmas songs mp3“, or “download free christmas songs“.?

But, it’s the time when we have up rise up against piracy. Billions of Dollars are wasted because of piracy. Can we ever pay that much?

So, let us dive into a list of Top 5 Sites To Download Free Legal Music.

1. Free Kids Music

From the name itself, it’s pretty easy to guess the genre of music available here.

Artists can be listed alphabetically. A separate category is traditional music, which contains songs such as My Bonnie, Amazing Grace, Kumbaya, Frère Jacques, or The Alphabet Song.

2. MP3.com

MP3.com helps the artists to promote their work to a new level of fame.

The site has been up for quite some time and one of the most important sources of free music.

You will find streaming music from the Pet Shop Boys, Eminem, 50 Cent, Linkin Park, and The Beatles. Free MP3 downloads are available from thousands of artists. Unfortunately, the free music tracks are very hard to browse or find, unless you know what you’re looking for.

3. Last.fm

Last.fm not only provides free music streams and recommendations, but also features some great tracks for free download.

Currently, there are over 200 free mp3 downloads, including songs from Jaydiohead, Peter Björn and John, The Thermals, White Lies, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Guns N’ Roses, Moby, and Nine Inch Nails. You can sort the free downloads by genre.

4. 7digital

7digital is a global digital media platform.

It’s their business to sell mp3s, but they also provide a great collection of free downloads, which are updated weekly. The sample tracks are categorized into rock, hip-hop, reggae / roots, various, and audiobooks.

5. Epitonic

Epitonic is a curated site, which offers free mp3 downloads along with a web-based audio stream, artist profiles, and reviews.

The site can help you explore new genres with short audio guided tours. Go to genres/radio to have a look at the walk-throughs.

Epitonic’s releases include artists like Grand National, Groove Armada, Zero 7, Mogwai, Belle and Sebastian, and Peaches.

When logged in you can create an individual playlist of songs hosted on the site.

Where do you explore and discover music, and how do you retrieve your music fix?