Free Music Sites

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From free music sites. Be warned that this page is very old, so I'm not sure all these sites still work, and I'm sure there are btter ones.

Midomi - (*****) Lets you find a song by singing into your microphone - does a pretty good job too (although database is limited to mostly popular music).

Mixlr.com - (****) Really stepped up in covid season to help artists stream live sets.
Last.FM - (****-) Popular internet radio which lets you specify song you do and don't like, and play similar music, or make friends with people with similar music taste. Also available as application.
FineTunes.com - Nice interface, lets you make playlist.
Nullsoft SHOUTcast - Numerous genres and opens .pls file with WinAMP
WindowsMedia.com Radio - Opens directly into Windows Media Player (mostly US stuff).

Spotify - (*****) Very popular app available on most desktop and mobile platforms which lets you listen to almost any song on request or make your own playlists from their huge online database. The free version has adds... I think the paid is ~$10 per month and the has a feature where you can download a few playlists (encrypted I assume) for offline listening.
Pandora - (****-) Streaming radio stations. In the simplest mode you chose one track and it continues to play similar stuff. Over time you can vote thumb up / thumb down on songs and it will slowly learns your preferences. Brilliant idea and hugely popular, but I do prefer spotify.

I'm not sure how ethical it is, but a number of websites convert YouTube videos to mp3/wav, allowing you to get music tracks.