Here it is, my guide to downloading free legal music online.  I’ve come up with about 20 locations for getting free legal music online, without having to worry about our friends the RIAA.  Now of course, how “legal” it is when your download this free “legal” music online is, depending on whether you are using a ripper as I do, you should be fine.  Even if you rip music off of internet websites like Imeem or Deezer, you’ll be fine as long as you don’t share any of it.

The Guide: Download Free Legal Music Online 

1. We7: Free tracks, but you get a 10 sec ad at the beginning of your track. (worth it?)

2. Imeem: Free streaming music online.  A huge selection of music.

3. SpiralFrog: Free, ad-supported music downloads. DRM gets added onto your tracks… Pooey.

4. Ruckus: I used this when my brother was in college.  Give college students free downloads.

5. Slacker: Music playing on demand.

6. Pandora: Recommends streaming music online.

7. Last.fm: Streaming music service with recommendations.

8. eMusic: A free trial with up to 25 free downloads.  I’ve created tons of accounts here and gotten at least a few albums worth of tracks.

9. The Hype Machine: Find and download music from blogs around the world.

10. Playble: Free downloads courtesy of the Pirate Bay!

11. Broadclip: Schedule recordings of songs played on the air.

12. iLike: Find new music and download some free mp3s of new artsts.

13. MyStrands: Tag, manage, discover new music.

14. iJigg: It’s like Digg but for music.

15. SoundPedia: Free streaming music online.

16. Haystack: A social network for discovering music.

17. Deezer: Free streaming online music.  Similary to Imeem.

18. Seeqpod: Find mp3 music in your browser.

19. Jango: Free site that lets you play streaming music on-demand along with related artists.

20. Jamendo: Free downloads from independent artists.