Here's something that people in our P2P forum are always asking about: Where can they get free music that is legal and safe? Over at ExtremeTech, they have written a very good article, that takes a look at several music recommendation services. These type places will allow you to do some exploration and possibly come across some new artists you have never heard before. Every genre is represented and the services cover from the very poor, (subjective of course) to those artists that you just know are going to become mainstream.
The way most of these programs work is you tell them about your tastes by naming artists, your favorite songs, or genre and the software will then search their database and give you some possibilities that you might like. The searches can be further refined as you go along, by detailing what results you did not like as well.
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roundup, they take a look at eight very different free music recommendation services and communities. The test criteria consists of Navigation and usability; what kind of library they offer; media - what they have to offer, such as streams, as some just give lists; community and finally, the all important quality of the content and how well the program can define your taste. Below you can take a look at a snippet from media portion of the first service they review, MusicStrands.
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If you are interested in finding and listening to new music, this article might have something you are looking for. They go on to take a look at other popular services like Mercora, Liveplasma, Pandor and Yahoo LAUNCHcast to name a few.
Source: ExtremeTech
