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Free and Legal Music
Acid Express
Forget worrying about copyright – make the music yourself. This program allows you to sort of like painting with sound. Download “loops” from some of the sites mentioned here to increase your library of sounds. The free version limits the number of tracks and formats that you save.
CCMixter
“Browse this site to hear some of the great remixes people have built from sampling music on this site, all licensed for use under Creative Commons license.”
Jamendo
“On Jamendo artists allow anyone to download and share their music. It’s free, legal and unlimited.”
Jimmy G Music
Another composer making his music free to the masses. You do need to register first.
Jonathon Roberts
Music may be used in any capacity through a creative commons license, as long as you credit “Jonathon Roberts (jmtr.com)”.
Kevin McLeod
He has made his music freely available to download. Also known as incompetech.
MP34U
“There are so many great songs in the public domain arena. We are ripping and specially mastering MP3 files as fast as we can. We hope you enjoy our selections.”
Open Music Archive
“Open Music Archive is a collaborative project, initiated by artists Eileen Simpson & Ben White, to source, digitise and distribute out-of-copyright sound recordings. The archive is open for anyone to use and contribute to.”
Purple Planet Music
Royalty free. No registration. Just browse and download. Be sure to give them credit.
Podsafe Audio
Wide range of music to be found here.
Podsafe Music Network
We used to use this all the time. There is a lot of music available here but you have to have your own podcast before signing up. Be prepared to invest a lot of time to finding music as the interface is pretty unwieldy. Some inappropriate stuff here as well…
Wikimedia
Another collection using the .ogg format. Not sure if it’s entirely useful for our purposes. Let us know.
Loops
(snippets of music which are useful for making your own music with software like Acid Xpress)
Free Loops
“With over 6000 sounds and samples it’s easy to get overwhelmed…”
iBeat
“Contemporary music production pack consisting of 16bit wave files available as shots, loops and instrumentals. All available under Creative Commons.”
Sample Net
SampleNet is the world’s first free sample search engine. There are thousands of CD-quality samples here for you to search and download. All of SampleNet’s samples are copyright free.
SpliceMusic
“Splice gives anyone, anywhere the ability to collaborate on music right through a web browser. You can upload or record sounds, make songs, listen to other user’s songs, make remixes, make friends and a whole lot more.”
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