Every now and then, Microsoft does something really cool. Like releasing the Windows Live Essentials free, or giving us the Pinball game. Hey, I did say once in a while, didn’t I?
Thanks to the friendly guys at Download Squad, I found that Microsoft is sponsoring downloads of free music at Reverbnation. The songs are not copy protected, and, in the words of the writer at Download Squad, they don’t all suck.
There is page after page of choices of all types of music. The only downside I see is that most, if not all, are encoded at 192kb/s, and they all have a little Windows banner on the album art. (if you’re sensitive to low-encoding fatigue, you might want to abstain, and seek out the freebies from Amazon, usually encoded at 320kb/s, but then again, Amazon doesn’t usually have freebies by the thousands) I quickly found several that I liked, such as a live version of Stevie Wonder’s Superstition by Los Lobos, so I’m going back for more. Prepare to take a while looking around.
So, if you like free (and who doesn’t), and don’t mind low bitrate encoding, go for it!
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Quote of the day:
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. – Edgar Allan Poe
