| Want to start a music website with free downloads | | | | There are obviously conditions attached and usually |
| but don't know where to look for free and legal | | | | can be found on the page that distributes the |
| sources of mp3 files? This article shows you how. | | | | download in the form of a "Creative Commons" |
| Finding free legal material for adding to your own | | | | license. This is a license that can be created using the |
| website is a legal landmine, especially if you use social | | | | Creative Commons website and there are different |
| networking sites to source your material as some of | | | | types of licenses so its best to read the license given |
| the artists on these sites are using illegal samples and | | | | before adding any of the music to your own website. |
| releasing unlicensed cover versions to the public. But, | | | | Finding netlabels may need a bit of research, but one |
| one place that is overlooked for free music. | | | | way of doing it may be to do a search on Google. |
| If your starting a music website or want free and | | | | For example the search term "dance music netlabel" |
| legal music to host on your site then there are places | | | | throws up quite a few results on the first page, one |
| that you can go to where you can download free | | | | of those being my own. You could try using that |
| and legal music which you can also use on your own | | | | term or changing it to the music genre that you |
| website called Netlabels. Netlabels are growing in | | | | want to host. There are also music directories that |
| numbers now that sales of music are dipping and | | | | list netlabels that you might want to try searching. |
| more and more big name artists are choosing to give | | | | One thing you should never do without the |
| away FULL albums. Some of these Netlabels are | | | | permission of the website owners is to link to the file |
| releasing very professional material, some of which | | | | on the netlabels servers, this uses up their own |
| i'm surprised has never been signed to major labels. | | | | bandwidth and most netlabels run as a non-profit |
| What is so special about these netlabels is that they | | | | organisation. |
| also allow you to host the music you download from | | | | Now that you are armed with this info, getting free |
| these sites on your own server and distribute freely. | | | | music for your website could not be easier. |