Friday, December 3, 2004
Live Music, Free And Legal
Posted by James Fee in "ARTICLE" @ 11:00 AM
"I recently ran across a treasure trove of recorded performances by a Canadian group I have long enjoyed called the Cowboy Junkies, who made their first big splash in the late 1980s. I've kept track of them over the years, occasionally taking in a show when they're playing nearby and religiously picking up their latest albums as soon as they're available. Their music takes up a good bit of space on my Apple Computer iPod.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered at the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) a collection of roughly 80 live shows dating back to 1987. Most aren't in the usual MP3 format we've all come to expect, but some have been converted to MP3 and can be downloaded either all at once or one song at a time. Some have been encoded into the open-source sound format known as Ogg Vorbis."
There are tons of free music downloads all over the Internet if you know where and how to look. Are there any sites you use to download free music to listen on your PC or music player?
Imagine my surprise when I discovered at the Internet Archive (www.archive.org) a collection of roughly 80 live shows dating back to 1987. Most aren't in the usual MP3 format we've all come to expect, but some have been converted to MP3 and can be downloaded either all at once or one song at a time. Some have been encoded into the open-source sound format known as Ogg Vorbis."
There are tons of free music downloads all over the Internet if you know where and how to look. Are there any sites you use to download free music to listen on your PC or music player?
