cheap (or free) music store?

St.Jimmy · 06-08-2007, 05:00 PM

Anyone know of a good cheap-and-or-free music store? It would need to have a large library, be cross-platform, and really cheap orfree.
any ideas?

alred · 06-09-2007, 12:10 AM

provided that you know what are good music though ...

//first thing always comes first ...

[BTW ::] if you find a piece of music but you cant play it then most probably it is just another new rubbish piling up on rubbish before it ...

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macemoneta · 06-09-2007, 12:33 AM

Try Magnatune. Read their document, Why we are Not Evil.

petespin27 · 06-09-2007, 09:33 PM

Check out http://www.jamendo.com/en/. There also is a rhythmbox plugin for it. I have also been partial to emusic.

St.Jimmy · 06-09-2007, 09:55 PM

@alred: for me, it just needs to have a large library
@macemonta: I've heard of them, but the problem is, my parents(minor, high school), won't give any money unless they're recommended by a magazine or something (article in lxf, ad in popsci, etc.). of course, if such a thing exists, then point me to it please.
@petespin27:nice! I've also tried emusic, but they locked me out of my account after my downloads expired

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rickh · 06-09-2007, 10:17 PM

I thought all kids knew all about that sort of thing. I am certainly not going to recommend anything of questionable legality, which is what it sounds to me like you're asking for ...

But, you might look around at some sites like p2p.net

St.Jimmy · 06-09-2007, 10:29 PM

I have looked into p2p, but suffice it to say, I'm not going further into that than idolator and songbird.

easuter · 06-10-2007, 07:57 AM

AllOfMP3 sells music pretty cheap, 25cents and lower. You can get a full album (15 tracks) for about $1.5 sometimes.

http://www.allofmp3.com/

masonm · 06-10-2007, 08:24 AM

Check out soundclick.com lots of CC licensed music.

macemoneta · 06-10-2007, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by St.Jimmy

@macemonta: I've heard of them, but the problem is, my parents(minor, high school), won't give any money unless they're recommended by a magazine or something (article in lxf, ad in popsci, etc.). of course, if such a thing exists, then point me to it please.

Magnatune is a record label. They have been written about in many articles: Linux Journal, USA Today, Wired, and many others; Google is your friend.

St.Jimmy · 06-10-2007, 10:01 PM

<-Thanks everyone! ty macemoneta, as soon as I can get money, I'll sign up for magnatune!
| I might even convince everyone in my band to sign with them!
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|->runs off to fill his hard drives with CC-licensed music