Napster.com - It's back again
the worlds most recognized sound media source.
MP3Nut.com
A fine resource for music seekers, this searchable site offers a large,
categorized MP3 sound file section, as well as a comprehensive lyrics archive.
MP3s here range from classic tunes to the latest Top 40 hits. There's even a
small, but growing, guitar tabs archive here. A big plus to this site is that,
(unlike most MP3 sites), you don't get bombarded by annoying popup ads.
GNapster
Looking for MP3s? This new freeware program lets you search for and download
MP3s and other binaries on the Web. Unlike a lot of resources of this kind,
GNapster isn't plagued by annoying popup ads or spyware.
HealingPiano.com
This site offers free MP3s of soothing, original solo piano music. The site
also serves as a resource for people experiencing "tough times due to illness,
loss of loved ones, or any other type of personal pain."
VoiceOfTheWeb.com
This unique resource offers free professionally recorded voice prompts in MP3
format, suitable for Web sites, Flash animations, multimedia, etc. The voice
prompts, which were recorded by voice artist Chuck Brown, are available in
four "moods."
FreeKidsMusic.com
There are a lot of MP3 sites around, but this is the first one we've seen that
is devoted to MP3 music files for children. There is a nice selection of free
MP3 music here, available for preview and download (and the files are all
legal).
Kazaa-skins.com
This site offers a nice collection of free skins for
Kazaa, the popular file-sharing software
program. The site also offers help on installing skins, as well as making your
own.
FreeSoloPiano.com
A well-done free MP3 site that specializes in solo piano and piano-dominated
instrumental music. All the MP3s here are legal and you may preview files
before you download them.
Kazaa
Media Desktop
Looking for MP3s? This free program offers a feature-packed peer-to-peer
file-sharing application that's a great resource for finding MP3s, as well as
other media files, such as audio, video and images. Kazaa offers a powerful
search engine and lets you download, organize and play multimedia files.
(For Windows).
Morpheus
Hailed at one time by many as the second coming of
Napster, MusicCity's Morpheus has emerged
as one of the most popular freeware programs around for hunting free MP3 (and
other media) files online. Morpheus's excellent search features make it easy
to find the file you're looking for, quickly. (For
Windows).
MP3
Bible verses
At this site, you'll find a nice selection of verses from the New Testament
and Psalms in MP3 format. The recordings are original, free and categorized.
The Scriptures here are from the modern English American Standard Version of
the Bible.
MusicMatch
One of our favorite MP3 sites, MusicMatch offers loads of free (and legal)
sound files, by an eclectic assortment of artists. Basically, most of these
artists are giving away a track or two of their material, hoping that you'll
like what you hear and will buy their CDs. Most of the acts here aren't big
names, but there is plenty of worthwhile music, including folk, rock, jazz and
country. Each artist has been rated, on a scale of one to 10, by the site's
visitors.
MP3.com
This is the largest and perhaps the definitive MP3 resource on the Web (it's
certainly the most commercialized). It offers up-to-the-minute news, contests,
information about sound utilities and, of course, free sounds (over 3,000
legal MP3 files). Categories include dance/techno, electronic, experimental,
heavy metal/acid rock, industrial, instrumental, new age, pop, R&B/soul, rap,
reggae and rock.
Audiogalaxy
In the aftermath of Napster's legal
woes, a lot of music seekers have been migrating to Audiogalaxy, a searchable
resource for free MP3s. Music categories here include rock, alternative,
metal, blues, folk, jazz, rap and country. Audiogalaxy also offers 25 megs of
free Web space to musicians, so that they can post their MP3s, band
information and images here.