I've been in a musical funk lately. Living in the US I've stopped downloading free music (it was entirely legal in Canada, or at least not illegal) and I think I've only bought three or four cds since I came down here 15 months or so ago. With the state of radio being where it is in Atlanta, I've had trouble finding decent new music to listen to.
Enter CBC Radio 3. I'm not sure how I got turned onto their site, and for the most part I only like one out of every ten songs they stream, but here's the thing. You can create an account and then make a playlist of the songs you like. When they play something that catches your ear, so to speak, you just add it to your playlist. You can also listen to playlists created by other listeners, so if you find someone with similar musical tastes you can just lift all of their stuff.
If you want to hear what I've been listening to, just create an account, log in, and find my playlist- bpwright. It's got lots of Joel Plaskett, the New Pornographers, Wintersleep, Stars and other fine Canadian music on there. Todays discovery was The Awkward Stage- an indie band from Vancouver.
If you know of any other places where I can listen to good, free music, please let me know.
I second Pandora.com
Last.fm is supposed to be good too, although I've never tried it.
Also, archive.org has a ton of free music (both as in free beer and free speech):
http://www.archive.org/details/etree
Posted by: Mike M | December 21, 2006 at 09:16 AM
Have you tried pandora.com? you can tailor your playlists.
Some of my co-teachers have been using it for their classes too.
Posted by: Liam | December 21, 2006 at 09:08 AM