Ruckus: When “Free Music” Can’t Compete With Free Music
[via ars] The Ruckus music service shut down over the weekend, raising the question of whether universities are done offering sponsored legal download services to students. The music industry, struggling to find workable business models for the digital age, apparently can’t even give its product away. Ad-supported services like SpiralFrog have generated what can only [...]
Edison – Not What Ships Are Built For – FREE DOWNLOAD
Edison’s Not What Ships Are Built For, is available for free download here. It’s a great chilled-out ambient electronic record. Don’t think you’re getting something to fall asleep to though, as the instrumental album pulls a lot of energy from glitchy, sliced and really unique samples. If you’re into Ratatat, be sure to give this [...]
Ziggy Stardust Remixed – FREE DOWNLOAD
Bowie’s classic Ziggy Starudst, has been mashed up and remixed by artists like ATOM, A plus D, dj BC and more to bring you Ziggy Remixed. You’ll hear Bowie’s renowned songs set to the landscape of MGMT, Deep Purple, The Supremes and sprinkled with Bob Marley and the obligatory mash up favorite, Jay-Z. DJ BC [...]
Free Music From Urban Outfitters
LSTN#3 was just released today. For those of you that haven’t already taken advantage: every season, Urban Outfitters releases a free download of about 20 tracks by new and upcoming artists. You can listen to the files in flash format on the website, and also download the full collection here. If you missed out on [...]
FREE EXCLUSIVE SIGUR RÓS CD
Sigur Rós album ‘We Play Endlessly’ will be given away free with The Independent on Saturday on 31 January. Offered in association with Q magazine, ‘We Play Endlessly’ features nine tracks taken from three of their critically acclaimed albums, including the hugely popular Hoppípolla and Sæglópur.
Max Justus Remixes 808s & Heartbreak – FREE DOWNLOAD
I’m still back and forth on Kanye’s latest release, 808s and Heartbreak. I love the beats and sonic textures, but the auto-tune drives me a bit bonkers after a while. Yes, I just said bonkers. It’s been out for exactly 2 months today, and already a remix has been released. American artist Max Justus has [...]
Free Music From Iron And Wine
Iron and Wine has posted alternate versions of songs from The Shepherd’s Dog for free download on their website here. Just navigate to their page and check the bottom right corner. The album is called “Fall 07″, but it’s the same songs as The Shepherd’s Dog. I’m guessing they were just recorded in Fall of [...]
FREE Waves GTR Solo
Yesterday, we gave you some free piano samples from Sonart. Today, we’re linking you up to a free guitar modeler from Waves. You can download GTR Solo for FREE from the waves website. Even though it’s a stripped down version of the full blown GTR 3, and it only works for one year, you can’t [...]
Free Sampled Yamaha C7 Grand Piano
Sonart Audio is currently giving away samples of their Yamaha C7 grand piano, regularly priced at $89. Formats include Kontakt, EXS24, Giga, HALion and WAV all up for download here. You can also check out some demo songs first at the same website. From the Sonart site: The versatile C7 is at home in any [...]
NIN’s Free Album Becomes Best Selling of 2008
Nine Inch Nails licensed Ghosts I-IV under Creative Commons, and released it as a free download from their site in 2008. When it was released, I went directly to the NIN site to download it. It took a while due to bandwidth restrictions on their end, and the sheer number of people flocking to their [...]
NIN Releases Lights In The Sky HD Footage For Free Download
That Trent Reznor is always up to something new. From the NIN Forums: trent_reznor posted: Your gift… The internet is full of surprises these days. I was contacted by a mysterious, shadowy group of subversives who SOMEHOW managed to film a substantial amount (over 400 GB!) of raw, unedited HD footage from three separate complete [...]
Jay-Z + Radiohead = Jaydiohead
Here’s a free mashup of your favorite Radiohead songs with some Jay-Z vox on top. Pretty solid job. Great beats. Download it here.
PC USERS: Free Trial of SONAR 8!
Cakewalk has posted a free 30 day trial of Sonar 8. It is fully functional and includes several plug-in bundles to get you going. The trial is of both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Sonar 8 Producer Edition, and will work on both Windows XP and Windows Vista. If you’re on a Mac, you [...]
Free Viva La Vida Remix On Coldplay.com
As a Christmas gift, Coldplay’s offering the Thin White Duke remix of Viva La Vida on their website. You can grab it here for free through January 4th.
Wax Pick: Freebies
Amazon’s got some great freebies up right now. I can never get enough of Leigh Nash’s voice, we’ve got some Brian Eno, Her Space Holiday and The Streets in the mix too. Can’t ask for much better than free. Amazon.com Widgets
