Broaden your musical ear (mp3.com)

Member Name: Alternum

Product:	mp3.com
Date:	17/08/00 (9 review reads)
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Advantages: Free, legal downloads of a wide variety of music

Disadvantages: Lack of recognised bands (which I think is an advantage really!)

I've heard a lot of things said about this site that really disparage it quite a lot, and which simply aren't true. The most usual charge levelled is that there are no tracks available to download from bands of note. This is, of course, true - but only because mp3.com is one of a seemingly dying breed, the lawful and above-board MP3 site. It only puts up tracks when it has permission to do so, which I think is an extremely commendable thing to do.

The site is, in fact, an excellent hunting ground for new material. If you're feeling bored with the bands you've heard of (and everybody else has heard of) then go to this site and you will find a wealth of material split into various categories. Just browse away, let your imagination run wild, and find something you really really like. Plus, you can sound very musically informed when you tell all your friends about this great new band that none of them have ever heard of.

Seriously though, this is a good resource. It caters for all tastes, jazz, classical, blues, pop/rock, everything. The downloads are generally pretty speedy and don't break very often - and you get the chance to widen your musical tastes, broaden your horizons if you will, which is always a good thing. Try something different for a change.

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