MP3.com's "successor"

[mlts22]

This was years ago, but mp3.com used to be a definitive place to find a lot of lesser known bands in the rock/metal/industrial genre with definite talent, and worth listening to.

That incarnation of mp3.com is long since dead, but is there a site that has a good amount of demo MP3s for download, as well as the ability to download various bands' stuff in MP3 format?

I've seen a number of sites, but either they are just shills for the Big 5 labels, have relatively few bands, or they only allow downloading in some DRM-encumbered format.

Thanks in advance.

[wyneken]

There is a long thread about this. (Search the forum for something like "free music sources.") But here are a few:

>> http://www.epitonic.com
>> http://www.iuma.com
>> http://www.indie-pendence.com/
>> http://www.tonspion.de/ << auf Deutsch, but how hard is it to click a download link?

Motherlode of free mp3 links:

>> http://www.kittyspit.net/erik/mp3/linkpage.html

mp3blogs:

>> http://www.webnymph.com/?page=music
>> http://www.mp3blogs.org/

Net labels ("albums" released free over the net):

>> http://www.archive.org/audio/netlabels.php

Also, an increasing number of labels and bands offer songs to download from their sites -- especially in genres like indie, goth, techno, surf, and other fringy categories.

Finally a personal favorite:

>> http://www.comfortstand.com

Enjoy!

[mlts22]

Thank you very much for the info. I tried other searches (not here), and came up with sites that were either quite lacking in content, or were just shills to install spyware on your system [1].

I've also heard that www.soundclick.com is good, when researching Creative Commons licensing for a CD a band I'm helping is putting out.

[1]: Yes, I know, I know... I should just see if the local student bookstore offers a package deal of an iPod and a Mac Mini... then I'd be pretty much assured of a spyware-free computer. However, I can't give up Neverwinter Nights, World of Warcraft, and C&C: Generals.

Oh wait... all three have Mac versions...