Free Online Music

Beyond the amount of MP3s available on the internet, you can also often find free CDs and legal downloads of popular music. The ones listed below are 100% legal, so go ahead, guilt and worry free and enjoy all the new music that you can add to your collection.

British Invasion CDs
Get 2 CDs featuring the newest British bands, one for you, another for a friend. To get to the free CDs, enter your date of birth, you have to be above legal drinking age (21) since it's sponsored by a beer company. On the next page, on the lower right hand side of the page click the "Get a new British Invasion CD" image. It opens in a new tab / window.. so you may need to change your pop up settings temporarily to access it. OK, now you're there, fill out that form and you're done. Ends on August 31, 2007, void in CA and TX.
USA British Invasion CDs
Last.fm
I have to admit I didn't really get why this was so popular, but now that I've tried it I have to say it's rather addictive! They claim it's a "social music revolution"", ". What it does is that it recommends music that you may like based on your listening habits. It's remarkably accurate, I've found a ton of new bands that I love through this the last few weeks. They even have quite a few free, full length, legal song downloads. Very fun!
International Last.fm
Jamendo - Free Full & Legal Music Downloads
Here's another site I wish I'd found sooner! Jamendo is a huge archive of 100% free and legal music that you can download. There's quite a few different styles and literally thousands of albums to choose from.
International Jamendo
Free Jazz CD
The James Gentry Quintet is giving away a free CD with a collection of their Jazz music. They don't really say a lot else about the CD itself, but wander around their site and you'll get an idea about what the quintet sounds like... think the warm sounds of saxophone, trumpet and I think you'll be close.
USA James Gentry Quintet
So What!'s CD
Free 2 song CD from from Blockhead Records (an indie label from Boston) featuring "Valentine", a So What! original, and "Landlord", a song originally performed by the Dead Kennedy's.
USA Blockhead Records
Free Meditation CD
OK, it's not really a music CD, but it looks pretty cool and it's completely free! They say they can "create balance, health & wealth". Very short form to fill out, looks like it might be available worldwide.
International Meditation and Transformation
Fresh MIDIs
This website offers a ton of free MIDI and Karaoke files by popular artists with categories like Pop, Rock, R&B, Jazz and Punk. Free, legal music!
International Fresh MIDIs
Free Techno Music
Edensonic records is offering free, legal downloads of techno and electronica music direct from the artists. They even are nice enough to provide printable CD covers.
International Edensonic Records